The Gilmore Family

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Saturday, June 23, 2012

We left for the beach a day after I got out of school! Memorial Day weekend is now our favorite time to go! We were able to stay for a week and enjoy time with Anthony's parents and my mom! Wish we could have taken everyone! Ali absolutely loved every bit of it...and we couldn't have been more thrilled since the beach is our favorite place to be! We are so ready to go back!

I finally got the camera I've been waiting years for...I had a little too much fun capturing photos!

A few more beach picture posts to come! Stay tuned...

Our view...we had the most amazing view of the bay and the beach!

Ali had no reservations about the sand...

My beach "babo..."

A good friend from college happened to be at the same condo so Ali got to play with sweet Lynlee! She loved saying, "Hi!" I think she said it to her at least 20 times! So sweet!

Serious stuff...

Giving some love...trying to hug! Haha!

Sharing...they were just precious!

Loving the ocean with daddy! She cried when she had to get out!

Family time!

Sweet Grandmama! Don't know what we'd do without her!

Ali wasn't too cooperative for a photo...what a face!

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Backyard Fun

The sweet Jones family let us borrow their slide! We love to borrow kid stuff, especially daddy! Ali has really enjoyed it! Thanks Hilton for sharing with Ali!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Weekend Fun

We had the best weekend! Ali and I spent the day together Saturday, and even though we were sad that daddy ended up working overtime we still got to visit him for a walk around the duck pond. Ali had a great time chasing the ducks! She would have gone straight into the pond if we hadn't been there to stop her! There were lots of new baby ducks too. So cute! Then Sunday Ant so sweetly agreed to come with me to the classroom to help entertain Ali and put a shelf together for me so I wouldn't miss any family time today! Ali had a great time and showed us that she is a true climber!

I am counting down the days until summer break! 17 kid days to go!

Sleepy girl...

Trying to get daddy's "Ga-lasssss" as Ali calls them.

Ali's new favorite hide-out in mommy's classroom...

Peepin' at mommy...

Precious girl with her daddy!

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Where has the time gone?!?!?

We cannot believe that our tiny 2 pounds and 15 ounce angel is 18 months old! The time has just flown by and continues to move faster! She is doing so well and keeps us smiling, laughing, and guessing at what she will thrill us with next! We had her 18 month check up this week and here are Miss Ali's latest stats. She has come a long way! We are so thankful to have such a healthy, happy, loving baby girl!

Weight: 19 pounds 10th percentile

Height: 31 inches 20th percentile

The doctor is very pleased with her growth, development, and speech. For her adjusted age of 16 months she is right on track and we are right on track with her 18 month development except in the area of weight. But that is still not a concern to the doctor since her weight for height continues to move in the right direction and is proportional. Ali is a very picky eater and does not like many textures. We are still mainly on pureed baby food and a toddler formula to ensure she gets the appropriate nutrients. She will eat Cheerios, Goldfish, crackers in small pieces, basically any carbs. She will eat a few bites of banana, but then has had enough. She loves yogurt and sometimes loves a grilled cheese. We will continue to work on a variety of solids with her and if after the summer she is still not eating more solids we will look into some speech/swallowing therapy. Hopefully over time she will get the hang of it!

Ali loves playing outside, reading and looking at books, and she especially loves her baby dolls, rocking them, kissing them, loving them. Any baby she sees in person or in pictures she loves to cuddle and say, "Ohhhh....baby" or "babu" as it comes out a quite a bit! She has started saying many new words over the past several weeks. More and please along with their signs were her first two words. She started saying mommy a couple of months ago and then stopped. I am still waiting for her to say it again! She is saying...daddy (a lot), hot, baby, Auburn, tiger, bunny, puppy, more, please, fish, Thumper (in one of her favorite books), toes, eyes, stars, and many other babbles, sounds, and phrases! She can tell you what a dog, kitty, turtle, duck, puppy, and lizard say. It is so precious! Her kitty cat sound is still "beow!" Anytime Ali sees the AU logo or a letter A she says Auburn. Ali can point to eyes, ears, nose, belly, and toes! She enjoys finding them on us rather than herself! She is not a huge fan of many of her toys. So we sort of stopped buying her bright, fun, and fancy toys! She prefers our old cell phones, plastic containers, spoons, keys, parts to her bottles, medicine bottles, dancing, swinging, baby dolls, and especially the house phone, remote, or computer if we leave it within reach! She loves to play chase (when we go get her), peek-a-boo, and sitting in our lap for a book. Sometimes she will sit for a long while! The girl loves her books and has for a long time! We are having the time of our lives being her parents! We feel so blessed to have her in our life!

Silly girl!

Checking out her reflection in the dishwasher! Precious!

Our sweet angel! Don't worry...it was a brand new sponge!

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Happy Easter!

On Saturday, before Easter, we went to Moo and Pa's house for dinner and a fun egg hunting time with Ali's cousins Race and Lexie! Ali had a blast! She always does with R & L especially! Ali did a great job looking for eggs and Race was so sweet to help her and share!