The day of L.O.V.E.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

My morning started out with a sweet little box waiting on me beside my sink in the bathroom. Jeremy got me a new charm for my Pandora bracelet- a Bible with a cross on it. I love it!! Perfect :)

Caleb woke up SO excited because he was going to have a Valentine's party at school. We already had his surprises for his friends and teachers packed and ready to go. He had a great party at school and got lots of goodies to bring home. He has such sweet friends (with creative, sweet Mommies!). His teachers had sent shoe boxes home a few weeks before V Day for "homework"...Caleb's very first homework assignment ever. We were to decorate it however Caleb wanted and send it back to school to use as a card box, when he brought it home, it was full of fun things.

While Caleb was having a fun day at school, Kailyn and I ran a few errands then met Daddy for lunch at Connor's. Daddy was so sweet and called to make lunch reservations a few days beforehand. We were so thankful he did because they were busy busy! We had a great lunch and even enjoyed walking around Bridgestreet for a few minutes since the weather was nice. Later, after the kids woke up from nap, we had their Valentine's gifts sitting on the table waiting for them. Just a little something to remind them how much we LOVE them!

That evening we met our small group and another small group from our Sunday School class at a local nursing home to pass out Valentine's cards to the residents. Our small group met the night before and made cards together. I wasn't sure how Caleb would do...sometimes he is slow to warm up/shy and other times he is very energetic and ready to go. He did great! He walked up to them and handed them a card while saying, "Happy Valentine's Day!" A lot of the residents talked to us for a few minutes and really enjoyed seeing the children. We were so thankful for this opportunity to spread the LOVE on Valentine's Day to those who might not have had any visitors otherwise.

Happy Valentine's from The Gilmore's. We hope your day was S.W.A.K. from someone you LOVE :)

Pearly Whites

We have had a FUN week with Kailyn so far! She is in the process of getting in not one, not two, but SIX teeth right now. All of her upper 4 and the other 2 bottom ones. Sunday-Tuesday were rough and finally today she has been a little better. She has been easily angered and super clingy. She has even gotten posessive over Mommy...when Caleb is close to me or sitting in my lap, she starts screaming and even comes over and pushes him out of my lap! But I have gotten some good snuggles in the last few days. I am just ready for my sweet girl to feel better. She has had a rough few months lately and I am soooo ready for her to feel 100% again!

I took this picture on Valentine's Day last week and got a good shot at some of her new teeth popping through. Of course, she has made more progress since then, but I thought it was a good one to share.

A Saturday at the Zoo

February 9, 2013

A few weeks ago, we had a little Spring teaser come through, the high was in the mid to upper 60's and sunny! We decided to take advantage of it and head to Birmingham to visit the Zoo for the day. Gran Gran was excited to go with us too. Since it was still a little cool in the morning, we drove duirng Kailyn's morning naptime and stopped at the Summit for lunch at the Cheesecake factory- Mommy's favorite, hands down! After a great lunch, we headed to the Zoo. The kids were so excited to be outside and to see the animals. We started off our visit with 2 scheduled activities: the Sea Lion training and feeding the Giraffes. Caleb did a great job feeding the Giraffe, what a neat experience! The rest of our visit, we just walked through watching all of the animals....and of course, we rode the train! It was a very fun but exhausting day....and we can't wait to do it again soon! The Zoo is definitely a family favorite place to spend a Saturday.