Catching Up with The Gilmore's!

I have not been very motivated to post about our daily happenings around here the past few weeks. I think mainly because I have been a little slack on taking pictures! There have also been a lot of rainy, cold days where we just stay at home in our jammies the past two weeks. None the less, here is a quick catch-up post to keep us up to date!!

First of all, ROLL TIDE!!! We are so proud to be Bama fans and Alumni of the University of Alabama. #14 is very exciting :) So I dressed Caleb in his Alabama gear the day of the game and the day after...and no pictures. So to show our team spirit, here is a picture of us during the fall on gameday:


We also love our local YMCA. They have the best indoor pool facility and have a special area just for kids called the splash pool...and I think Caleb is their #1 fan!! We took him to swim on Saturday, January 14 and he still says, "Thank you for the gym" during our bedtime prayers :)


This past Thursday, Caleb had a pajama party at school. His teachers cooked pancakes for lunch and we signed up to bring fruit for all of his friends! He was so excited to wear pajamas to school.


Caleb has also been changing so quickly lately. All of the sudden he seems like such a big boy! He has really taken an interest in his stuffed animals and plastic animals and pretending with them. One night we had to give his farm animals a snack in the middle of the kitchen floor...


He is soaking up every bit of information he can. If one of us goes over a letter with him, it sticks! He can now recognize lots of letters. His best ones are: A, C, D, M, H, Q, O, and S. He even says: A is for Addison, C is for Caleb, M is for Mommy, D is for Daddy, and S makes the ssss like a snake! He loves puzzles, especially the shapes one, which he does not even have to think about anymore- such a pro at his shapes. We have a shapes book by Baby Einstein that is his favorite right now, he wants to read it everyday for both nap and bed times. Caleb is also saying very "big boy" phrases and looooves to talk...such a little chatter box lately! He has grasped the concept of next, tomorrow, later, etc. and uses them daily. The other night we went to McAlister's for dinner and afterwards Jeremy was buckling him in the car and telling him we were heading home. And Caleb said, "Uhmm...Target next please then go home." We both just looked at each other like who is this big boy?! I must also mention that he also loves to get out and run errands. He especially loves to go to Target and get a toy out of their dollar section for a surprise!! We are having so much fun watching him learn and grow every day :)