Georgia Gilmans

The weekend after Derek's birthday, we met my parents and brother at a cabin in North Georgia for mountain adventuring.

Cori and Amaris enjoying a hike

The family gathered around birthday dinner and chocolate cake

A cool picture of Kaley and Mimi hiking together

Well, looks like me last blog was in mid-October and lots has happened since then.

Mid October: Amaris learns to sit alone, she begins eating baby cereal, and Georgia Tech beat VT at homecoming (we did not go to the game))

Late October: Mimi and G come to visit and spend Halloween with us

Early November: Derek turns 31!

Mid November: We take a weekend to a cabin in Blue Ridge, GA to celebrate Derek's birthday complete with: hiking to a waterfall, mountain biking, steak...

This weekend we went down to Orlando to celebrate Uncle Denis' birthday!

Amaris gets some good cuddles with Uncle Josh

My friend, former roomate, and co-worker Jackie had a baby girl three weeks before Amaris was born. We had a chance to get the two grils, Claire and Amaris, together to play

Last weekend we made a quick trip to Orlando to see Derek's family and to pick up a riding lawn mower than Derek's dad is giving to us for our new big yard. We had a great trip! Here are some pictures! It has been hard to get blogs written and posted these days!

16 week old Amaris is getting big and loving tummy time, using her hands, and testing her voice by squealing at the top of her lungs

August is flying by already! We are staying busy with unpacking, playing intramural volleyball on base (3 times last week!), starting Kaley in AWANA, exercising, making new friends, enjoying the hot summer and checking out churches. Did I mention unpacking? Amaris is growing like crazy. She hit 12 weeks and kept right on going and started giggling this week. Here are some pictures, enjoy!

Luke came down to visit. The girls love their uncle and Amaris wonders about that fuzzy...

Our last day in Florida we had to fulfill a promise to Kaley and to ourselves to make it out to our favorite beach. Kaley has been in California so long that she doesn't really remember what it's like to go to a warm beach and to play in the waves. The last one was Hawaii when she was 16 months old. The rain threatened to ruin our trip but the afternoon turned sunny and made parking easier. We had a great time and it was worth the effort (though we've learned that everything takes more effort...

Whew, I can't believe how the summer is flying by! Tomorrow begins August and Amaris is almost 10 weeks old! It is hard to choose my favorite pictures, and there are more up on Facebook but here are some highlights from July.

This may be my favorite picture yet! Julie and Jana gave the girls matching dresses and they are adorable! You can tell they are sisters! I never imagined myself with two girls and now I've got two beautiful ones!

Hello friends! It's been a while since I've updated my blog. I don't have a good way to post pictures right now but here is what we've been up to.

Jun 16th - Cori, Kaley, Amaris, and Mimi fly from CA to Georgia. Everything goes smoothly on the trip!

Jun 17th through Jun 27th - Cori and the girls live with Mimi and G (Cori's parents) while Derek wraps up in CA and roadtrips with his brother Josh across country. The Trans AM is supposed to get shipped to GA and never ge...

Well, we made it across country and through our first week here. God has blessed us in many ways during this adventure.

First, I woke up Monday morning with mastitis and a fever of 102 degrees 24 hours before time to move. Fortunately, our doc got me antibiotics quickly and I healed enough to feel good by the day we flew. The girls were both awesome on the flights. Amaris ate and slept the whole time so I got to sleep on both flights (the most day time sleep I'd had in weeks!) Kaley ev...

This is an important entry that I've been thinking about for 2 weeks now. I have had the best possible support team (family) throughout the whole end of the pregnancy, the birth, and the early weeks with a newborn.

First there's Derek. He was absolutely amazing as a childbirth coach and teammate on Amaris' birthday. He literally held me and supported my weight on nearly every contraction and supported me though many squats too. He was complimented by the nurses for his cari...