Meet Zeke . . .

Here is the newest member of our family.

Eva has been in swimming lessons for the last two weeks. The first day she held on tight to the teacher and wouldn't let go. So we made a deal . . . If she was brave & tried new things for the rest of her lessons we could go to the toy store at the end of the two weeks. Well she was brave & she learned a lot.

So on the way home from swimming today she says "Mom, instead of going to the toy store, I would like to go to the pet shop and get a fish, because I learned how to swim like a fish".

The guy a the pet shop said that Beta fish are really easy to take care of . . . so I am going to say a prayer tonight that little Zeke will still be alive in the morning.

PROUD PAPA

From Balance bike to Pedal bike . . . NO training wheels NO problem!!

We are now firm believers in the balance bikes. Eva rocked her balance bike for about 6 months. In that time she got confident in balancing on the bike. So when we introduced her to the "Butterfly Summer" pedal bike she already knew how to balance on the bike so it only took about 5 minutes of Bart holding onto the back of the seat and then she was on her own - Pedaling like a TRUE Gillespie!
I was excited to see her jump over this learning curve, but Bart was soooo excited!
He had THE BIGGEST SMILE on his face






Thanks to Grandma Janie for finding the perfect bike at good old D.I! It even has a baby seat on the back so that Eva can take her dolls for rides!

Crazy Hair

Stella Jane - All Smiles!

I finally took Stella's 1 year pictures! Only two months late . . . not too bad!


I couldn't do Stella's pictures without including sweet Eva!

My two beautiful Girls!