Say it isn't so!!

That it can't be already time for my baby to be rolling over, getting a tooth, laughing out loud, and sleeping through the night (although I'm not complaining about this one)! Last week while Lollie was here (on July 20th...Greer's 3-month bday to be exact), she called me from the other room and told me to get in there right away. Well, all of a sudden Greer was lying on his playmat and decided to pop right on over from his back to his tummy!! I could not believe it, especially considering its supposed to be so much harder to go from back to tummy when tummy to back is supposed to come first and be easier. Speaking of, he still hasn't figured that one out! So we've been doing all sorts of fun, big boy things around here. Also, I decided about a week ago that maybe G was getting tired of sleeping in his swaddle, and I risked putting him down for the night without it, and he slept from 10:30-6:45!! Woo hoo!! We have had several nights of that and a few setbacks, but we're working on it. We have been a bit puny around here. Ellie headed south to stay with Lollie and Poppy for a week, and over the weekend Greer came down with a little virus with a low-grade fever. He is still running a slight fever but doing better. It is too quiet around here without E, and we are missing her like crazy!! I am enjoying having a break but look forward to having her back in a few days!

Family Lake Trip

The 4 of us headed over to Lake Martin to spend a few days with Rusty's family and had a great time. Ellie was in heaven with her cousins! All of the cousins...Madison, 14, Mallory, soon to be 11, Mary Mykal, 8, Greer, 2 1/2 months, and Ellie, 2.

We had great weather although it was sweltering hot for a couple of the days, and we got a lot of relaxation in. Daddy & Ellie eating some popcorn out on the porch...

Rusty's grandmother even joined us.

Meme with her first grandson.

Greer got lots of attention from his older cousin as well! Mallory and Greer.

Madison and Greer.

Greer's photo shoot.

Love this one...Ellie blowing kisses w/ the girls!

Ellie still loves her baby brother!

And one big announcement about this guy! After several days of drooling, I thought to myself, "surely he's not getting a tooth." Low and behold I checked, and he is! Have you ever heard of a baby cutting his first tooth before he's even 3 months?! Crazy!

4th of July to Remember

We had an awesome 4th. Lollie came through Bham last Weds and picked Ellie, Greer, and I up, and we headed down to Atmore for the night. Then we woke up Thursday morning and headed to Orange Beach with Poppy, Thomas, and Momese. On Friday afternoon She She, Josh, and Daddy joined us. We stayed at Momese's beach house and had a wonderful time despite the oil! We were actually able to swim in the water and do a little boating!!

This is only the 2nd picture we've gotten of all 4 of us! It's so hard to find a time when we're all looking decent and when Greer is actually awake!

Greer had a great time and got to spend a lot of time with his Momese! He even slept through the night 3 out of the 5 nights we were down there! Woo hoo! We're keeping our fingers crossed that this is a new trend!

Momese's dog, Sally, loves giving Greer LOTS of kisses.
Ellie loved the hammock swings.

So sweet..E and Thomas.

She found this hat herself and even wore it down to the dock!

We were able to manage to get everyone dressed and out the door on Saturday night to our new favorite restaurant, Cobalt.

Ellie thought it was funny to stand up in her highchair and block Josh out of the picture!

The newlyweds....

I love that this place is so kid-friendly. My grandmother said she felt like if you didn't have a kid w/ you, you just weren't "in!"

After dinner the band started and guess who ran straight for the dancefloor! Lollie was a good sport. Lollie is Ellie's new favorite person! Probably because Ellie has figured out that she lets her get away with EVERYthing!!

Gettin' low...

We even made a trip over to G.G. Mama's to swim in her pool.

It's just not the 4th of July without watermelon!

Greer even got a little taste and loved it!

And I just couldn't resist adding this picture...Ellie helped Josh bathe his dog Bell...naked of course! She spends a LOT of time running around our yard and anywhere else she can naked! Any time she gets a little drop of water on her she can't stand it and strips down. I have heard from others and read that this is completely normal for her age and just have to laugh about it.

So sad that our fun weekend is over...back to reality!