Gillian Elise Stevens

Goodnight blog

2009-01-10T11:23:00.001-08:00

Goodnight blog. It's been fun, but now a new day and a new blog have come, combining the awesomeness of our family (at least of the kids). Go visit and bookmark us so you don't miss our continuing adventures!

Christmas

2008-12-30T06:13:00.000-08:00

This is my awesome new pink chair I got for CHristmas, I was still a little sleepy when we started, can you tell?
Stocking time
Later Pappa and mummi came over. Papa and I looking at my snapfish book of pictures
Friday grampa and grammie came over. I fell asleep in grampa's lap for a long time. I wouldn't let him put me in my crib even after I'd been sleeping an hour. I preferred his lap or shoulder. I'm like that.
Auntie Julie and Jarrod came too. Here they are admiring my handsome new brother

I got a baby brother

2008-12-29T18:08:00.001-08:00

Here I am holding my brother Ollie, I really love to hold him and give him kisses!

The three amigos

Grampie came to visit us

Seasonal fun

2008-12-17T13:34:00.001-08:00

mmmm our advent calendars. I love my little chocolates

mid-afternoon treat, chocolate milk and CHarlie Brown
post bathtime popcorn making ahhh I LOVE POP POP. I even do a dance while it's popping, and bring mom or dad the big popcorn bowl and talk them through the whole process of making it. Then brother and I devour it as we watch some tv. DEVOUR. mmmmmm

O Christmas Tree

2008-12-17T13:20:00.001-08:00

Daddy and Mr Chris bringing in the tree a few weekends ago
decorating!

Posing in front of the tree on another day in Christmas season gear I'm borrowing from Isabel

Holiday themed catching up

2008-12-06T06:56:00.001-08:00

Turkey day at Mummi and Papa's. I got a new tea set

I really really liked it!
Grampa and I enjoying some tea together, good times

being cute

Sunday we had a party, with LOTS of food, and many friends. Here is Helena and I watching TMBG's podcasts...it was quite a success
Sibling love and cuteness

Fun times

2008-11-16T18:52:00.000-08:00

Running with daddy at Bug Light park

running running

daddy's girl

We went to the free admission night at the children's museum recently. It was crowded and mama said it was 110 degrees, but we had some fun

playing in a tunnel

Having a tea party with Bruce

ha ha tea

What;s up

2008-11-16T13:56:00.000-08:00

So recently, Grammie and Grandpa came to visit and brought the cousins for a sleepover.

grampie keeps us entertained with pics of ourselves on his computer

Playing ball with grampie and the cousins

we put on a little concert for mom and dad. Grammie taught us some songs with signing

signing to my favorite part

jammy time, Grammie and Lexi

Grampa and HK

There was not much actual sleeping on the part of the cousins, and therefore grammie and grampa. The rest of us slept ok. It was the time change weekend and the cousins were up at 5:15. AWESOME. Grampa took for a long walk so they wouldn't wake us up :) very kind of him.

Halloween Fun

2008-11-02T16:14:00.000-08:00

It's a bird, it's a plane.....

It's Supergirl!

so let me get this straight....there will be CANDY put in HERE. AWESOME (she really caught on quite quickly to joys of trick or treating, politely signing thank you to all the neighbors and being EXTREMELY possessive of the bucket of candy. She was all over this action)

looking for some action....

our friend Isabel took us around the neighborhood, she was a princess on a unicorn

Batman and supergirl are ready for action...and candy

Mama wore a cape and got in on the dress up action with us

with daddy at the party at church post trick or treating

sweet some pumpkins

Scenes from outdoor adventure

2008-10-28T13:43:00.000-07:00

mama really likes taking pics with her new camera....alot...a real lot.....here I am in action yesterday....

Trolley museum

2008-10-28T12:58:00.001-07:00

sniffing the flowers while I wait for the trolley

Laughing on the trolley ride
bonding with daddy, was a little grumpy at this point

daddy cracking me up

snack time....mmmm

bonding with daddy while awaiting the second trolley ride

Pumpkin carving fun

2008-10-20T18:08:00.001-07:00

Went to a pumpkin carving party at Odessa and Helena's house
mmmmmm cookies

mmmm cider

Helena and her daddy carve a pumpkin
yippeee my pumpkin
Jarod gives us a hayride

enjoying the hay ride

I love hats

2008-10-20T17:05:00.001-07:00

I love my hats. Usually, as soon as I am dressed, I request, hat, hat, hat, and shooooes. Then we declare that I am pretty.
my blueberry hat. I like this one too
another hat. anyway. I really like hats.
If I lived in PA, Rose and I would be hat wearing bosom buddies.

Apple picking!

2008-10-13T16:40:00.001-07:00

We took a horse wagon ride, I wasn't sure I loved it...I also wouldn't smile for the camera...
look, a grumpy butterfly

look, a grumpy sunflower (I wasn't in the best mood ever when we first arrived)

oh man, a fresh picked apple....that is worth being happy about!

mmmmm

Diana finds a great picking spot (Helena and Odessa's mom)

Helena enjoys her apple
Odessa takes a bite

Ruby, w/ mom and dad
my awesome pumpkin, and Brucie's too. I really enjoyed carrying them around all over the place. awesome

Outside time

2008-10-12T15:57:00.001-07:00

I really wanted to sit here on the steps and say cheese, it was very cute

sibling love

smelling the flowers

dragging around my stuffed animals in the baseball basket
stylin'. I pretty much am obsessed with hats right now

Mummi, PAPA and baby dolls

2008-10-11T10:56:00.000-07:00

Playing mummi and her babydolls last weekend. I love those dolls

and Papa too

Last Saturday in Camden

2008-10-11T08:36:00.000-07:00

Last week daddy played in a wedding in Camden. The rest of us tagged along to enjoy the outdoors, the gardens near the wedding and of course, some time near the coast afterwards.

I insisted on staying in the stroller at first. STRONGLY insisted

But then, there were benches

Bruce and I goofing off on a bench

and flowers and grass to play in

Running around in a big field with Brucie
Ahhh, fall in Camden Maine, a very good thing

off to Rockport harbor to visit the statue of Andre the Seal, a very important part of Maine history (that we just learned about...whoopsy)
ohhh a train
nevermind, I don't want my picture taken by the train

Fryeburg Fair- Old McDonalds farm

2008-10-01T19:09:00.001-07:00

hmm, what else is happening at this fair today?

Mummi came into Old McDonald's barn with us to help feed the sheep and goats

here little goat, try to get this one little piece of food out of my fingers.....
this sheep was soooo soft, I just loved petting it
mama trying to get me to keep my hand open so the goats could eat easier
weeee this is fun

I really liked following the sheep and goats around and it was a good time

Fryeburg Fair

2008-10-01T19:00:00.001-07:00

Sitting with Papa watching our previous librarian do a goofy song on the children's stage
while Bruce did big boy rides, I got to ride around on a bunch of little kid trikes/cars
this car was fun, and the horn worked!

hi mama

So big!

2008-09-28T16:27:00.000-07:00

I am getting so big.
I like to talk alot, and even say some sentences like "a where-s dada?" when he is at work. I also love to try and repeat all things said to me so I can say diaper, wet, blocks, apple, up, help, please, thank you, papa, a version of Mummi that is just adorable, buddy/brsss for Bruce, ball, and a whole bunch of of other stuff.
I am obsessed with dogs, much like my kindred spirit Rose. I like to point wildly and say woof woof when I see one. Or yell- DOGGIE. I have a stuffed doggie I refer to as woof or doggie and two bears that I call b-rs. I like to carry all three at once, and sometimes my sippy cup at the same time. yeah....it's tricky. I also am very attached to a small finger puppet parrot which I refer to as a duckie.
I also like to demand music be played, especially on the record player in my folks room so I can dance (which I also say). I point wildly at the player and dance so they know what I want. I like to clap and dance to music, and the other day I tried tapping my feet to it as well. I love to play the drums. LOVE to plays the d-ums. Especially the djembe LOUDLY with my brother for a good long time. But I will also play the smaller ones. Let's see I also love stickers, I point wildly to my shirt and say sticker sticker whenever Bruce gets one or I see some stickers.
I also like to point out everyone's eyes, ears, nose mouth teeth and head reapeatedly. I just learned these words in the last week impressing my folks. I of course do none of this for other people, pretending to be shy. HA HA HA HA HA. Mama says I am EXTREMELY opinionated. It's called leadership mom, leadership....

Grampie's birthday

2008-09-28T16:12:00.000-07:00

Grampie turned 50, so it was party time yesterday in NH. Blow out the candle grampie

grampie and my cousins negotiating cake

I had SO MUCH FUN chasing Lexi and my other cousins and brother all around. It was fun to run around screaming with them and doing whatever they did...
running running running

playing with Alexia's dollies

Posing with great grammie Bev in the hot wheels

ahhh so comfy

2008-09-28T08:11:00.000-07:00

Crawled up into this comfy Ikea chair while my folks were talking to uncle Rich the other day and got so cozy I fell asleep...

Lighthouses and crusie ships oh my

2008-09-28T07:35:00.000-07:00

Hanging out at Buglight last week looking at big ships and stuff

It was a nice fall night and I enjoyed the running around and the sea air

Baking

2008-09-18T17:15:00.000-07:00

Bruce and I posing in our baking gear
I love to help bake now. We stand on this chair to help dump things into the kitchenaid
Brucie is EXTREMELY concerned for my well-being so he holds onto me a lot
my turn to dumo in an ingrediant!
baking is awesome! this banana bread we made is very tasty!

Modeling my new pj's

2008-09-18T12:13:00.000-07:00

Mama got me these rockin' pj's at the lots for tots consignment store in Falmouth. Fresh from my bath, with my hair looking fabulous before bed the other night, mama snapped a bunch of pics of me

Just being adorable

2008-09-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

Just me being cute over the last month or so

Peaks Island Maine

2008-09-14T13:07:00.000-07:00

on the Casco Bay ferry (last Sunday) riding to Peaks Island for a lovely afternoon outing

Our lovely friends and neighbors the Libby's were our companions

Ingrid and baby Caleb. I love baby Caleb, he is so cute. Sometimes I ask for him, "a baby?"

daddy taking me for a tour of the rocks and water as requested since he had taken Bruce for the same walk

look, a shell

I had a great deal of fun throwing shells and rocks into a little pool of water. It was therapeutic

Isabel modeling some nice shades on the ride home

Sea Dogs, 07 and 08

2008-09-08T04:49:00.000-07:00

Me with my mummi and papa at a sea dogs game, last year and last friday.

2007 pose w/ mummi and papa
2008
me and mummi 07

me and mummi, 08'
I was a bit more interactive this year, flirting with the people behind us and stuff

plus, I got to eat popcorn this year, yum yum

Hooray for AA baseball, hand-me-down fall clothes and good times with family!

Echo lake

2008-09-07T07:44:00.000-07:00

Bonding with Mummi at Echo Lake in NH

I became obsessed with the ducks. I wanted to pet one so badly, I kept making people walk me towards them.

come here duckie duckie duckie

bummer, those duckies aren't like doggies, they won't let me pet them, how disappointing

maybe over here, this duckie will let me pet it...come on mummi!

being cute
admiring the view from high above echo lake with Papa
wow, we're up high, why does mama look so freaked out ;)

woah, a "talking moose" in the candy store.

Ice cream delights

2008-09-07T07:14:00.000-07:00

got to share some ice cream with daddy recently in Naples
Molly and the gouettes tagged along
auntie enjoying her first dairy bar of the season....um and perhaps her last? HA
oh man, I love love love ice cream. I ate as much as daddy did, he could barely keep up!

Trolley time

2008-09-07T06:47:00.001-07:00

Bonding with grammie at the Seashore Trolley museum a few weeks ago

Check out my Mr. T start up set. I love my pretty necklaces
Lexi was with us
checking out the wooded scenery....in the dark. Ok, really I was admiring the cute baby in the window mirror

Bonding with mama

I had a fun time on the ride!

Hannah with her ice cream cone after the ride. mmmmm ice cream, my favorite

Pretty headbands

2008-09-07T06:35:00.000-07:00

When Bruce opened his presents on his b-day a few weeks ago mom gave me one to open too

wow, there are a bunch of headbands in here, sweet...I know what to do with these...

WEAR ALL 5 HEADBANDS at once! awesome!!

I'm so stylish

I'm funny!

back to one headband, bonding with daddy and Bruce while we put the Thomas track together

Just being cute

2008-08-19T19:31:00.000-07:00

Wearing my apron, "helping" mama and Brucie bake yummy cookies. When mama offered us the last of these cookies today, I dropped what I was playing with and yelled "gu-kie, gu-kie" ha ha. Mama was a bit surprised. (what does it say about our parenting that cookie is one of her first 20 words??)

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New clothes

2008-08-19T17:12:00.000-07:00

bonding with grammie

Like one of my new outfits grammie brought me?isn't it sweet

close up on the hat
here is another outfit grammie brought me. Doesn't the headband make me look like I'm a really cute grand daughter of Rambo...watch out, I can kill with a look....

Mummi's birthday

2008-08-19T17:05:00.000-07:00

Last week we celebrated Mummi's birthdayauntie Spring sitting around
molly and her daddy playing around
Molly and I played a funny game, she brought me the kitty....
and I threw it on the floor and said "oh no!" it gave everyone quite a laugh

River queen fun

2008-08-18T07:23:00.000-07:00

Auntie Kate and Alyssa on the big boat

me and daddy bonding

Walking with daddy. I wanted to run the whole ride and people took turns chasing me

bonding with Alyssa

Alyssa driving the big boat like Austin did

they got pins that said "I drove the River Queen" very cool

stealing a sip of Brucie's drink.
taking a brief rest, before more running
trying to escape mommy by squeezing past a picnic table..ha ha
then I would back into a corner laughing hysterically and giving mommy a heart attack. She must have checked the distance b/w rails 100 times to make sure I couldn't squeeze through.

So overall I enjoyed the ride, lots of running about and looking at things. My mom was tired after the ride :)

Family visit highlights

2008-08-17T18:13:00.000-07:00

Napping on Papa, he's comfy
Being cute in another of my awesome dresses

playing with my brother
alyssa gets measured
auntie seeing if she shrank

g-dipes

2008-08-06T11:07:00.001-07:00

Diggin' the new g-dipes in Vanilla bean
and orange

Ice cream night cap

2008-08-06T11:02:00.000-07:00

ice cream for my cousins Alyssa and Levimmm raspberry soft serve rocks
auntie and uncle and baby Gabriel is in there getting oooo-ed and aaahhhhh-ed over

Family beach day

2008-08-06T10:01:00.000-07:00

Me modeling my new swimsuit Ingrid bought me. It's awesome
Going for a walk with Papa. I tried to hog him a lot. I was having a lot of love for papa yesterday
Papa gave me a $2 bill. I got to buy a cow tail (mama got to eat an ice cream bar, funny how that worked out!)
wow, this is very yummy

eating candy with the cuz

Look mom a bright yellow thingy in the sky? what's that? oppps nevermind it went awayauntie steph and Phoebe brave the water
chillin with Papa, I was grumpy it was cold and that my mother had "abandoned" me to take Brucie to the potty

Lean mean walking machine

2008-07-23T15:53:00.000-07:00

Now that I have this walking thing down, I LOVE IT. Here I am walking and talking on daddy's cellrunning away

I have also decided that it is fun to walk around carrying things. I was trying different objects out today to test myself. I definitely like this walking around with the sippy cup thing, very convenient

I am SO BIG! I like to throw my hands up to show I am "so big" when I am walking. Today I was also saying "go, go" while I walked. Cracked my parents right up.

Beach bums

2008-07-23T15:36:00.000-07:00

Went to sebago with Tyler this past weekend. we brought our blue ball
I played with Tyler's mama, which was impressive, since usually I glower at people who aren't my family. She was fun

yeah being pretty at the beach

Safe place

2008-07-22T19:53:00.001-07:00

the other day big brother let me chill with him on the fouton while mama vacuumedwhat a nice big brother...oh how I love him

What a day! part 1

2008-07-20T10:42:00.001-07:00

(last wednesday)
After a nice nap in the car. then Ergo, I awoke to discover we were at the ocean for lunch. sweet. We brought a ball to keep occupied with.

mmmm lunch. Ok so I only ate the fruit, but still, I was happy with that much
smiling pretty for mama
sweet, a playground!

What a day! part 2

2008-07-20T10:30:00.001-07:00

So after frolicking at the ocean we went berry picking. Mama was tired of bending over in the Ergo, and I was fidgity so she put me down near some bushes out of the aisle. hee hee heee mmmmmmmm picking berries this one is good. I wasn't always good at finding non-icky choices, so mama kept me in good supply. mmmmm
you want one too?

Don't I look sad to be leaving.......or something (I should know better than think she would smile for the camera when a stranger is holding it, I mean she usually does this growly look for strangers...sigh)

at the end of a day of adventure one needs a bath and some stickers to wind down. quite lovely

Sebago lake

2008-07-15T14:21:00.001-07:00

Being mischievous at the state park

digging in the sand
daddy had jelly beans, I went to investigate
sweetness

Playground fun

2008-07-15T13:22:00.001-07:00

I really like the swings at the playground now, especially when I swing near my brotherI LOVE THE SLIDE! With or without mom the slide ROCKS!
modeling my cutie outfit from grammie. mom and dad call it my tennis outfit, they say I look like a tennis player in it ;)

Scenes from Ft williams

2008-07-15T12:47:00.000-07:00

enjoying one of our favorite places last weekend. ahhh the ocean breezes, the kite flying, the being adorable....

July 4th, (catching up)

2008-07-15T12:34:00.001-07:00

I was very excited to go berry picking on the 4th....mama's friend erin from her freshman year of college...from, ahem, "a while ago"
I inhaled every berry given to me, but was not in the mood to pick. I spent most of the time in the ergo. Erin helped mama pick.
back at the house for a bbq. Daddy smoked meat all day. it was GORGEOUS weather, cool and sunny. mama says I lucked out, no steamy PA summers for me.
eating w/ Isabel. well, mostly chucking my food on the ground. I've become rather "choosy" in my eating.

bathing suit beauty

2008-07-02T15:13:00.001-07:00

My cute facemama worries I am not covered up enough, she slathers me with lotion
not brave enough to go IN the pool, but I Like watching brucie play in it!

Upgrading my sweet ride

2008-06-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

I got an upgrade to Bruce's old car seatoh yeah, riding in style people!

Catching up-Chickadees

2008-06-26T18:21:00.000-07:00

Went out to chickadees, um last week....here I am bonding with Mummihaving fun with papa
escaping from Mummi....sometimes I really need my mommy to hold me...like all the time lately

Ft Williams

2008-06-17T14:08:00.000-07:00

Posing during our picnic lunch at Ft WilliamsRiding in the ergo at the ocean...ahhh the good life
crusing around the picnic table. The hat is one that mama made me

having a fabulous time!
can't beat a place with a lighthouse, the smells and sounds of the ocean and nice sea breezes to fly at kite at!

the new backyard

2008-06-15T18:53:00.000-07:00

This is Isabel's swing in our backyard (she lives upstairs we live downstairs, but we all share the yard)I really like to swing in it, alot!

it's such a nice backyard, with flowers

Blowing the dandelions

eating watermelon, man I love this stuff

Scenes from moving

2008-06-15T18:45:00.000-07:00

wow, lots of boxes and totesthis seat fabric is very comfy
playing with Isabel on our long lost couch (our upstairs friend)
rocking it out in the empty moving truck
after two straight days, daddy closes up the moving truck so we can take it back (daddy also moves some things earlier that week, he was tired)

Dear Grammie and Grandpa

2008-06-02T16:12:00.000-07:00

Thanks for my bows...I like to wear as many as possible at a time...
aren't they pretty?
I think they are awesome!

My loot

2008-06-02T14:04:00.001-07:00

I got this awesome shape sorter from mom and dadfun times (I prefer to open the cover and dump everything out to the actual shape sorting part)
posing with my cuz' Molly, we're so cute
cuddling Mummi
Us girls all got new dresses, Marshalls was having a sale and Mummi went, CRAZY. It's awesome.

Molly in her adorable dress
Phoebe in hers (also modeling the red sox pez party favor)
us darling girls together. Technically Auntie Spring gave me that dress. It's lovely
hmmm, it's missing something
my tiara!
that's better

I got this awesome clip from Marleina and her girls. I love it!
My loot from Mummi and Papa, a blue toile print dress, with a matching baby doll dress, a black and white checkered capri set with a hat, a sweater and a pretty pink and white dress (plus another sweater not pictured!)
the pant suit mom sewed me

Maine Birthday Bash

2008-06-02T13:45:00.001-07:00

Chillin with daddy before the big bashPapa the grill master
The spread...mmmmm food glorious food
My special birthday tiara that lights up. Daddy bought it for me. I love it!
say cheese (and burgers and dogs and sausages and chips and corn on the cob and fruit.....)
cousin Levi chimes in
healthy cake and ice cream! woo hoo
sparkler candles, that walmart they have everything
I love being one, cake and ice cream are so awesome

Sea Dogs!

2008-05-30T12:49:00.000-07:00

I liked standing in the seat and checking out whata was going on behind me. That nice girl you see over my head played peek a boo and all that with me. I liked her.
Being cuteeating snacks with daddy
mmmm FRENCH FRIES. my life is so good. I also got to lick the vanilla ice cream on the ice cream cookie we bought.
our friends came too!, Tuan, Raeanne and my buddy Tyler
Playing with my brother

My 1st year picture

2008-05-29T10:03:00.000-07:00

Hey look at me! I'm 1!
Being sweet in my dress and hat

goofy smile
all sweetness
the side pose
pretty flower

Happy Birthday to me!

2008-05-29T09:49:00.000-07:00

I'm 1! I can drink from a sippy cup all by myself!
and share food with my brother, like blueberries
and cruise around furniture
and stand by myself for 10 or so seconds before I panic. I LOVE to play tee-ball. I put the ball on the tee and insist on using the bat to hit it "all y myself". Actually I'm getting pretty good at it!

Posing in mama's handiwork

2008-05-27T15:42:00.001-07:00

Proof I really do smile....just only when I feel like it. This is the dress and hat mama made me for my birthday. I was eating blueberries, back at my familar home, in cooler clothing and generally feeling happy. Enjoy the pics!

Grammy's birthday outing

2008-05-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

Grammy's birthday is one day after mine, so we took her out to celebrate.

Daddy entertaining me with a straw since I was pitching a ROYAL fit for my mother and causing a scene
playing with my raisin container. Mama ordered me oatmeal with raisins and she was so nice as to add a pinch of brown sugar. I still pretended like I didn't ever smile
yippee! A ride on a shuttle! I didn't like it when it was on, but I thought it was a riot to steer it and sit in it

SO I slept alot in the ergo but we walked around the weirs and I got some presents from the grands and my folks and it was a nice day. Even if mama did practically dress us for winter in the 80 degree weather ;)

Birthday madness

2008-05-27T06:27:00.000-07:00

After the first attempt at presents (I was a little overwhelmed by the crowd) I try again.
Lexi watches me open presents from her fam
hair clips, AWESOME!I made sure mama put one right one me
actually, two would be even better. Thanks Lexi! (they also got me adorable clothes, but no pics of that, sorry)
ohhh and Grammie got me bows. I also needed to try that on. I'm such a girly girl. (and when I opened the shoes gram bought me I said, OOOOOHHHH and grabbed them, hee)
another dress and matching hat from mom. I was...thrilled...more pics later of me modeling it.
sweet, the grands got me a pool. bring on summer

Birthday madness part 2

2008-05-27T06:12:00.001-07:00

My auntie Julie gave me head bands. I really like them...
I especially like to wear them all at once
and take them off and put them back on, good times
one of the hats mama made me (clearly I am thrilled beyond words)
outdoors enjoying an evening ride in the cool NH air (notice I am still pretending I don' know how to smile, and that I have a chunk of baby carrot in my cheek)
I held on to Hannah's knee when it got bumpy
Lexi is so strong she can pull us
being cute

Trip to NH

2008-05-26T17:17:00.000-07:00

So I went to NH yesterday.

Wore the dress mama made me for Christmas and Played with my cousin Lexiand Hannah too
had a birthday party, ate cake and some ice cream
pouted at people, and basically acted like I only like children and my mother
and opened some presents.
more to come later, that is just a taste of my first 1st birthday party......

I love the playground

2008-05-09T12:15:00.000-07:00

Riding the firetruck, woo hooI really like the playground, here I am...
Peek a boo!
I love the music bars, woo hoo
I can see you!

Having fun with my best brother
I love the merry go round, and yes it is spinning, I think it rocks!
woo hoo
(mama's note, this scares me quite a bit, but she loves it. At one point I thought, if she falls off because I am taking a picture I am going to have mother guilt forever, and also digital evidence of my parenting blunder. But she held on tight and it was going slowish, so all is well. Trying not to raise wussy kids is hard when you are a wuss yourself ;) )

Outside in the sunshine

2008-05-09T11:09:00.001-07:00

Outside enjoying springmama did overdress me a little for the weather though..and had to wear my brother's old sun hat too...
later I helped shuck corn....sort of

much better, no warm babylegs and I ditched the boyish sun hat ;)

COOKIE!

2008-05-09T11:02:00.000-07:00

Mama bought me these yummy organic teething biscuits that are maple flavored. It's about time I got something as yummy as all the food everyone else eats right in front of me!!!

The playground

2008-05-09T08:07:00.000-07:00

Gillian's Playground from Luke Stevens on Vimeo.

11 months old!

2008-05-09T07:44:00.000-07:00

So yeah the baby turned 11 months, um, last week...oppss. She had the same nasty cold as myself so we waited a few days and then she still was.....fickle...about the mamarazzi so it was tricky to get a good one. Here ya go:

here we go again...sheeshha ha, I'm outta here!
my goofy smile
I'm 11 months old! ta-da!

Ocean Fun

2008-04-25T13:12:00.000-07:00

Posing with the Portland Head lightrubbing brother's back
sweet, a ball!
I'm outta here
hey my hat is falling off, what gives!

helping daddy fly a kite

Rockin' the morning out

2008-04-21T14:21:00.000-07:00

rocking out the morning in my rock princess pj's eating oatios and having awesome hair!

Watch out world....

2008-04-21T14:15:00.000-07:00

here us girls come...

cuddles with phoebeand molly

bonding

2008-04-16T17:16:00.001-07:00

Oatios are good for sharing

my feelings on being outdoors and teething

2008-04-14T14:20:00.000-07:00

Trying to induce spring

2008-04-12T07:19:00.000-07:00

Despite wearing my pretty flower dress and my flower babylegs, spring has NOT arrived in Maine as we'd like.
but I'm still cute

DRUMMING!

2008-04-11T13:27:00.001-07:00

I am a rock princess. Revel in my drumming skillz

I'll take those please...

electronic drum sticks, ok in a pinch.

Daddy's hat

2008-04-11T13:13:00.001-07:00

I love my daddy, and his hat too. I put my hand on my head when I see he has his hat on and get all excited to go to him....

ha ha...my hat now!

LIttle update about me

2008-04-09T12:09:00.000-07:00

I really like to play superheros like my brotherOther things I like:
1. pitching a fit if I am told no or if you take "food" from the floor out of my mouth
2. crawling around standing up and clearing off horizontal surfaces. Great fun!
3. Say uh-oh, uh-oh
4. Throwing myself backwards on mommy and daddy's bed and then saying UP UP until I am pulled up, then throwing myself backwards again. I love this game. I can do it for a REALLY LONG TIME
5. playing guitar or uke with my dad
6. CLAPPING, I just learned this and it is very very fun.
7. playing the back and forth between people game
8. singing along with people at church or anywhere really.
9. snuggling (like with my papa)

I've decided to be picky about eating.
I dislike peas
I dislike oatmeal (so far)
I don't like my food anything but smooth.
I like avacados, mangos, and apple or apple/pear sauce and pears
Quinoa is ok
I LOVE OATIOS. mmmmm

Mommy says I am very adorable and that I am lucky because otherwise I would be in a lot more trouble when I put pennies in my mouth or screech at her to get my way.

Bowling

2008-04-08T13:33:00.000-07:00

We went bowling again this past weekend in fryeburg, this time with Grammie and Grandpa Bassett

Cousin Alexia also bowled with usGrammie helps out
Grammie holding me
bonding with Lexi

I'm thirsty, grampie!

Bowling is fun!

Coloring

2008-04-08T13:25:00.000-07:00

I decided to take up coloring the other day

crayons are awesome
I never tried to eat them and mom was so proud she is saving the picture, hee

Having fun

2008-04-05T13:11:00.000-07:00

I love standing and going back and forth to the couch and coffee table

multitasking

2008-04-05T12:51:00.000-07:00

Talking on the phoneans playing music. I'm so talented

Beautiful baby

2008-04-01T17:20:00.000-07:00

Future teacher look

2008-04-01T17:06:00.000-07:00

I'll just take those thanks!

ha ha sweet success

getting fitted

the look

sweet girl

Gillian comes home...

2008-04-01T06:28:00.000-07:00

Sniff sniff, this is the video from 10 months ago when Gillian Elise was born and we brought her home. We left at like 4:30am to go to the Birth center, I had her at 6:30am and we were home by like 12:30 or 1. AWESOME. enjoy:

Gillian Comes Home from Luke Stevens on Vimeo.

carrot stoagie

2008-03-31T16:25:00.000-07:00

I love it when a plan comes together

Bubbles!

2008-03-31T16:18:00.001-07:00

I hung out in the ergo while my brother played with bubblesmom, it's cold...let's go inside

Sibling love

2008-03-29T17:08:00.000-07:00

Snuggling my brotherkisses!

10 months old

2008-03-29T14:33:00.001-07:00

Mama, you know better than think I'll sit still!

what are we accomplishing here with all these pictures?
ha ha Brucie is distracting me!
so cute, but where are my hands?

So sweet, pretty in pink and purple

Happy 10 months to me!

Easter Day

2008-03-29T07:12:00.000-07:00

On Easter we all got new books from my mommy and daddy. Here is Molly with hersOpening my book
awesome Sandra Boynton!
Phoebe reads her princess book
I also picked myself out a balloon at the dollar store the other day...here I am with my loot and inspecting one of Brucie's easter eggs.....bummer he ate the candy out of it already!

it's ok, I can eat Oatios!and carrots, mmm little bunny
and now to find trouble
Looking beautiful on Easter!

My first haircut!

2008-03-29T07:01:00.000-07:00

Mummi gave me my first haircut last Saturday in time for Eastermy bangs were toooooo long

ta da!

Me and my pal Brucie

2008-03-21T13:58:00.000-07:00

He plays the whistle...So I figured out how to play the whistle (no joke, she really did teach herself, and yes she is making noise with it here)
He plays the pooh card game
so I "play" the pooh card game
we play alpha baby on the computer together....hooray for keyboard mashing
and raise a rukus on our parents' bed!

I really love my pal Brucie, he teaches me the best stuff!

Family visiting

2008-03-17T19:55:00.001-07:00

Our cousins came today, (or our friends as Brucie calls them)
My cousin Molly being funnymolly and phoebe being adorable
tea time!
hmm, while no one is looking I will get this tea bag......yum yum

Daddy's girl

2008-03-17T19:34:00.000-07:00

Today I was really into my dad, giving him kisses and snuggles
being cute

mmmmmm oatios.....yummy

My new Hobbies

2008-03-16T13:12:00.000-07:00

Hobbies:
I am now eating Oatios (healthy organic non wheat cheerios from Whole foods)I love love love these, eat them by the handful and crawl around picking them off the floor all the time. YUM
wearing mom's scarf
I've taken up bowling
Mummi is helping me learn
helping papa keep score (or distracting him from doing so, whatever)

playing the drum....ok that isn't exactly new....butplaying while pulling up to half standing is!

Purple princess of mischief

2008-03-16T12:53:00.000-07:00

I'm into mischief. I'm crawling on all 4's like 90% of the time nowoohhhhh, magazines and cribbage boards

what???
I'm just pulling up for a look around :)

nice teeth

extreme close up of cuteness

Providence Children's museum

2008-03-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the water room at the Providence children's museum. Like my water smock?
Avelyse and her daddy David, they were our tour guides and hosts on this trip (and her mommy but she had to work while we all had fun!)

There are colorful balls in this water!
Avelyse and I try to grab some balls as they float by in the current
hmm what happens if I put this up here?

it comes back down the pipe! sweet!

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then you do it again!
I'm getting good at crawling on all fours, I'm still faster at the army crawl though
peek a boo

ha ha, pulled myself up in the "baby nest" upstairs. not as cool as the water room, but still fun enough ;)

9 months old

2008-03-08T16:26:00.000-08:00

Being adorable . This is how I play peek a boo, I tilt my head to the side or hide my face when mama asks where is Gillian, then I pop up and try to say boo, ha ha

getting bored with the posing...
Ha ha, I'm 9 months old!