Spirit Day!

Guess who came to Ellie & Greer's school today?????

That's right...Aubie and the AU cheerleaders! Ellie has been waiting for this day and asking me every day on her way to school, "Mama, is Aubie going to be at my school today?" Well, he finally came, and she loved every minute of it.
Ellie and her friend Reese (for my ADPi girls...this is Stacey Hammonds Pelham's little girl...so cute and see the resemblance?!).

They played the fight song and did several cheers. It was so fun even for the Mama's!

The kids loved it!

Ellie's little class...

I mean, who wouldn't love living here with all of this? One of her art projects they sent home today was a watercolor painting of an AU. L.O.V.E. I.T. I didn't stay long enough to see Aubie visiting Greer's class, but as I imagined, the teachers said it didn't go over very well with the little ones!

Gameday Weekend

We started off our weekend on Saturday morning with a long overdue visit from this precious little girl and her mama! This picture is courtesy of Ms. Ellie, and I think it is so darn cute! We were all laughing at how K will "pose" for E but no one else!

Ellie and I were SO excited to see Mrs. Anna Kate and Katherine. Even though it was a short visit, we definitely enjoyed every second of it, and it made me realize how much we miss them! We were saying "War Eagle" so K kept throwing her hands up! SO cute!

After our visit, Greer got a good nap while Ellie "rested," and then we all got ready to head out for a little tailgating.
Ellie couldn't have been more excited to see her cousins at the tailgate... And She She was with us too! She was so sweet to take G back home so Rusty, Ellie, and I could enjoy the game.

This little guy had an absolute BLAST and decided this tailgating thing is definitely for him.

Daddy and E on their way back from Tiger Walk...Mama sat this one out. All of that walking nearly did me in a few weeks ago, and we don't need Baby Prewett #3 coming any time soon!

I mean it couldn't get much better in his eyes...junk food right at his reach, kids playing all around, footballs, and just being outside! Cookie in hand (I think this might be #4 that he walked right up and took from the table)...

Taking a quick break in the chair...

Always our happy one!

And look at him right in the middle of all the girls...

Gametime with our favorite little gal!

We had fun, just the 3 of us...

She truly loved every minute of it! This was her 2nd game because she also got to go last year, but I don't know that she really remembers it. She was definitely very focused and concerned with what Aubie was doing the ENTIRE time and even asked several times if she could go down on the field with him!

We made it until the half and then headed back to the car like this...

She was really a trooper given all of the walking we did. Her almost 6-months preggers Mama only had to carry her a couple of times, and she did stop for a break on the sidewalk a few times too!

And today was our 7-year anniversary! Woo hoo! And yes, we are as tired as we look in this pic after our very eventful weekend. I want to say a special thank you to my oh so sweet sister aka She She for always helping out with the kids. She was very sweet to watch them for a few hours while we ran a few errands together and had dinner to ourselves for the first time in a very long time. Thank you She She and Happy Anniversary to the best hubby and daddy! He does SO much to help around here, and I sometimes do not appreciate just how much he really does. I mean, I can't believe I am telling this, but the man even does his own laundry! Yes, I'm spoiled I know, but I must admit this has worked out great for us given that we keep adding little kiddies to this family who go through a LOT of laundry! I love you Rusty and appreciate you more than you'll ever know! P.S. don't forget our dinner convo about our BIG 10-year trip. You've got 3 years to plan!

Grandparent's Day

Today was Grandparent's Day at school, and Ellie and Greer had some very special visitors. Meme came up to se Ellie... and so did Lollie...
She was so proud to show them her classroom and introduce them to some of her friends.

Meme also visited Greer's classroom... as did Lollie. Poor baby was already tired by the time they arrived.

After school we all headed to lunch together. We are so thankful for our grandparents, and I know Ellie and Greer truly appreciated sharing their day with Lollie and Meme!

Two weeks ago Ellie started gymnastics and is absolutely loving it!

She takes at a really nice facility on campus, and it is so neat! All of the parents get to sit and watch through the glass windows. You can barely see E through the blurriness, but she's walking with her little hands up in the air. She bounces off the wall with excitement the entire time she's there!

So far this has been her favorite activity.

She also started dance back in August and is really enjoying that as well.

I thought we would try both this year and let her decide which one is her favorite. Our weeks are super busy running all over town, but I will say this one thrives on activity so it is worth it. Poor G gets dragged around a lot, but he is a trooper!

Every Thursday at school all of the kids get to sport their Auburn colors which is a lot of fun. What makes it all the more fun is that everyone is wearing orange and blue! Literally everyone! I can't get over how big Greer looks in this picture...

Our little cheerleader on Saturday...

And this past week this little guy got his first trim. I actually trimmed the back of his hair myself. I was sad to see the curls go, but things were starting to get a little out of control in the back. He also is mistaken for a girl a LOT which doesn't bother me one bit, but again, it was just time. I love how people just assume he's a girl because he isn't wearing kakhi pants and a polo!

Still amazes me the things I allow my 2nd child to eat well before I even thought about it with Ellie.

I mean, I'm not going to let E have something while G stands there staring, upset! Plus look how happy a simple popscicle makes him!

Labor Day Weekend

We spent the holiday weekend at Lake Martin with my side of the family. On Saturday, Thomas and two of his friends went to the Auburn game while the rest of us stayed back at the lake. Poppy brought his boat up, and we had to get some lake time in on our only day of sunshine! Ellie and Greer got lots of time in with Lollie, Poppy, Josh, She She, Thomas and his friends. Ellie thought she was so big and followed Thomas and his buddies around the entire weekend. Bless them! They were so sweet to her though, and she loved every second of it. I wish I had gotten a pic of them together!

Ellie must have told us 1,000 times, "I wanna ride the tube."

And she did! She and her Daddy having a good time...

We had some inside time due to the weather which meant lots of snack time...

and snuggle time...

this boy loves his Lollie & his Poppy!

Sleepy time on the boat...

and some climbing time in the bunk room...see this ladder...

Yep, he climbed all the way up that ladder and to the top of the bunkbed! He snuck out of the living room and into the bunkroom to do this ALL by himself! Thank goodness he didn't fall.

And, while at the lake, we had to make a stop by Lollie & Poppy's lakehouse they just bought! The house needs some work, and the yard needs a little TLC, but as long as we have somewhere to lie our heads at night while being at the lake, it's perfect to me! They close in a few weeks and plan to get a few projects started right away.

They sold their condo in Orange Beach and decided to replace it with a place at Lake Martin! We are ecstatic to say the least since we are now 40 minutes from here...the view from the yard...

Standing in front of the house...

We can't wait to spend a lot of time together here. I told my mom over the weekend that our kids are going to grow up being "lake babies" which is so different from the way we grew up being "beach babies." We grew up living only 1.5 hours from the beach, and our kids will grow up being so close to the lake. In my opinion, you can't really go wrong either way! Lots of memories to be made here for sure though! We can't wait Lollie & Poppy!