Daddy’s brother, Travis, is getting married on Saturday. Gillian is the flier girl, John is the ring bearer, Daddy is a groomsmen and Mommy is a bridesmaid. Tonight we had the rehearsal. John did a great job of holding Gillian’s hand while walking down the aisle. He also got to take a ride in Uncle… Continue reading Wedding Weekend: Rehearsal
We took the kids swimming today. We put Gillian in a tube similar to John’s swim vest. Basically it’s a tube with a vest. Gillian loved it. She wasn’t afraid to get her face wet. As a matter of fact, she constantly put her face in the water. The big benefit of this tube is… Continue reading Water Baby
After bath time tonight we were having a dance party in John’s room. While we were dancing, Duncan ran out of the room and downstairs. Daddy and I looked out the window and saw Grandma and Grandpa’s car. We all went running downstairs and Gillian was yelled “Grandma!” John immediately started to perform. He ran… Continue reading Surprise Visit
Late last night Daddy and I heard a thud. I went running into Gillian’s room. I found Gillian climbing back into her bed with a rag doll. I asked her if she was okay. She just nodded. She snuggles under her blanket with her rag doll. I asked her again if she was okay. She… Continue reading Thud in the night
Lately Gillian has been putting her babies in timeout. She puts them on the stairs, whispers something to them and walks away. After a few minutes she will go back to the babies and take one out. I like to ask her why the babies are in timeout. She replies “Pushing.” Sometimes she says “Baby… Continue reading Timeout
I don’t know if it is just my kids or it’s me. But we attract the most random people. Today we were eating lunch in the food court at Monmouth Mall. A little old lady passes by our table and starts waving at Gillian. Gillian saw the old lady and started to squirm in her… Continue reading Random people
Tonight Gillian pulled all the cushions off of the couch. She started jumping up and down on the cushion-less couch. She would jump up and land on her tushy and she would laugh. John noticed what she was doing and had to join her. The two of them jumped together and laughed. I know we… Continue reading Trampoline
The kids and I had a relaxing night at home. I made grilled cheese sandwiches for dinner and put on John’s favorite movie (this week): Popper’s Penguins. I asked John to explain the movie to Gillian. He said “Gilly, there’s this one penguin his name is Loudy. And he’s really noisy.” That’s how he explained… Continue reading Cake
I love that Gillian is becoming like John. She has her little group of “friends” that have to join her in bed. John calls his stuffed animals his “friends.” Every night when I check on her I take some of the friends out of her bed, but yet every morning she has them in bed… Continue reading Friends
Gillian loves to play with her baby dolls. She frequently brings me a baby and says “baby cryin.” She will hand me the doll and ask me to help stop the baby from crying. I always play along and rock the baby and give baby kisses. The other day, Gillian gave Daddy a crying baby.… Continue reading Shaking
John and Gill went up a hill 