First Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to the best hubby and dad we could ask for!

Chris and Jackson before Church 

Jackson's Father's Day Card ;) 

Love this little boy!

Jackson and I went swimming on Saturday. I'm so thankful he loves the water - excited to spend lots of time in the pool! 

  

Eight Months Old

Eight Months Old

21.2 pounds

7 teeth

Trip to Arizona

We went to Arizona over Memorial Weekend for a mini Gilman family reunion. We stayed at Lisa's brothers house (Scott and Deb) and managed to find a space for all 11.5 people to sleep! It was fun being all together as this doesn't happen very often.

Gathered around the table planning for the week

Chris, Scott, Grandpa, Loretta, Lisa

Jackson loves his uncle Shawn!

The ladies planning the meals for the week ... Lisa takes this very seriously :)

Bowling!

Jackson was pretty amazed at everything going on

Kelsey

Lisa

Shawn

Jackson finally went to sleep ... for 30 minutes

Ignore his pink carrier - we rented baby gear so we wouldn't have to take it on the plane with us and naturally they gave us pink!

Grandpa watching everyone bowl

Our three grads opening up their cards

Family picture before church ... minus my family

We had been sick the night before so decided it was best to stay home

Shawn's High School Graduation

 We went to Tulsa for Shawn's high school reunion a few weeks ago. I was very nervous about the car ride because this was the first time we were traveling in the car and not the motorhome. I convinced Chris to travel at night so we could be certain Jackson slept in the car. It made for late nights and early mornings but we made it.

Me, Stella, Cara and Jackson

French side of the family

Lisa, Jackson and Shawn

We also had the opportunity to go see Monica and her kiddos while we were in Tulsa. They just moved into a beautiful new house ... I obviously left the camera at home :(

Seven Months Old

Seven Months Old

First Easter

Easter is one of my favorite holidays. As a little girl I looked forward to putting on my new Easter dress and hunting for eggs out on the church lawn. It's such an important celebration and one that I look forward to teaching Jackson about as he grows older.

Lisa and Shawn came down from Tulsa and had a fun long weekend...

Jackson with the Easter bunny

Our first trip to the Dallas Zoo

Our Easter eggs ... didn't turn out so well

We had lunch over at my parents

Pops and Jackson

Nonnie, Pops, Devon and Carlo

Grams and Jackson

Me and Cheryl with our boys

Love this little boy!

Pops and Caed-man having a good time :)

I'm so blessed!

New Orleans

We took a trip to New Orleans last weekend. Chris and I had never been and it had been 20+ years since my parents were there so it was a fun experience for us all. Chris, Jackson and I flew down Wednesday night and met my parents there. We stayed in the French Quarter which was convenient but also very loud. Didn't get much rest as this city apparently never sleeps.

Jackson Square

Beautiful Homes in French Quarter

Above Ground Cemetaries

Katrina Memorial

Blue columns represent water level

Red home and chairs represent what was lost

New Homes in 9th Ward that Brad Pitt has developed

Note the interesting architecture

Jackson in his Rubber Ducky Beads :)

Dinner at Brennan's

Mom and I took at tour of a plantation out on the Mississippi River

Our Tour Guide

Some of these trees are over 600 years old