All.Day.Long.

This is all he does...

 He can entertain himself for hours...

 And you never know where you might find them around the house...

Our sweet Greer. I just had to capture this so we will always remember how obsessed he is with cars/trucks/tractors/trailers, etc etc etc!

Have I mentioned as we are driving around town he points out EVERY car on the road that looks like anybody's in our family? "Mama, there's She She's car," "Mama, there's Poppy's truck," you get the point. The amazing part about it is that the vehicle will look exactly like that person's! My little man is very observant (I was just like this about cars when I was younger so it's pretty funny...I have always been obsessed with cars).

6 Months

On July 4th, this little guy turned 6 months!

 6 months has been HUGE around here. He has 2 teeth coming in at the exact same time...

 He was very tolerant while I was trying to get a good picture of those teeth!

 And he is sitting up like a champ!

 I am one proud Mama!

 6 months has been another huge milestone for Sims with his sleeping. Not only is he sleeping through the night, but I am having to wake him up almost every morning at 8:00 to keep him on schedule! This is all very similar to his sister's sleeping habits at this age, and she has always been and remains a great sleeper! Fingers crossed that we are on that same track with him. Unlike his big brother who waltzed into our room at 5:40 a.m. this morning putting trucks and trailers on my pillow saying, "Mama, I got trailers." This happens all too frequently!

We love to call Sims "Simmy." In fact the little guy actually thinks that is his name. He also loves for me to sing "You are My Sunshine" to him. I honestly have never seen anything like it with the way he reacts to me singing that song. If we are in the car, and he is a little unhappy, the minute I start singing he is silent! He was a little wound up a few nights ago, and I went in his room and starting singing, and he passed out cold on my shoulder in 2 seconds flat. It is the sweetest thing!! That is definitely "our song." He is also a thumb sucker! I am very nervous about this because Ellie and Greer were/are both paci babies, and I am worried about giving up the thumb in the future. You can take pacis away but not thumbs! I have found that many times when he awakes, he will start sucking his thumb and drifts off back to sleep. And it is the cutest thing you will ever see when such a little baby is sucking their thumb!

6 Months Stats:

Weight - 20 lbs. 7 oz. (90th%)...surpassed brother and sister!

Length - 28.5" (98th%)

Greer has been really sweet to share his trucks with his baby brother. I will ask Greer to give something to Sims to play with, and he says, "ok, Mama," and walks over and hands him one of his favorite trucks! I know this won't last long so I am going to enjoy it while it does last!

 Could not believe Greer cooperated for this!

 My sweet babies are growing too fast. We are thoroughly enjoying our summer and will be sad to see it end. We are in a very good place at our house now. We are all getting along and sleeping well. Can't ask for much more with 3 kiddos under the age of 4!

4th of July Week

The Saturday before the 4th, Rusty and I (without the kids) headed here...

 This would be the Ritz in Amelia Island. He won a trip through AllState, and we enjoyed every second of our 4-night stay! This was our first trip since Sims was born in January so needless to say it was a much-needed break for us.

 We found out a couple of months before the trip that our friends, Adam and Catherine, head down to Amelia every 4th of July so we were excited to spend some time with them!

I wasn't very good with breaking the camera out, but I did get a shot one night before dinner...

 We had a nice dinner with the Kinnards...

Then bright and early on the 4th we got up and headed to the lake to see our babies! It was a special day for this little guy because it was his 6-month birthday!

 I know I always say it, but I really cannot believe he is already 6 months old. He just started babbling a good bit. His first "word" to babble..."mmm, mm, ma, ma." I love it! He is getting close to sitting up without support but not quite there yet. He is definitely the most laid back out of all 3!

 We were excited to see Miss Priss too and of course broke the sparklers out!

 I stayed at the lakehouse with Simmy while the rest of the fam headed on the boat to see the fireworks...

 This one always melts my heart, and Rusty gets on to me for letting him get away with anything and everything so needless to say I was happy to see this sweet little face as well! Lovin his bed-head...

 This was really our first extended, relaxing stay at my parent's lakehouse, and it was awesome! 

 The kids spent hours swimming in the lake!

 Greer was cracking us up on Sissy's float...

 I've got a Lightning McQueen one just like it on order. I decided he needs his own!

 We spent LOTS of time on the tube. Thomas' friend Webb was with us for the weekend so of course Ellie and Greer had to ride the tube with him!

 By far Greer's favorite thing to do..."ride the wavewunna..."

 We had a great time and look forward to many more great times at the lake!