April = Birthday Mania!

We started the birthday weekend off on Friday night at the lake. My mom was sweet enough to think of ME so we celebrated ME that night! Unfortunately I started feeling a little puny Friday afternoon so I only ended up having 1 piece of my cookie cake the entire weekend. Everyone else sure enjoyed it though!

 By Saturday morning I awoke with a 101 fever and felt pretty bad all day, but by Sunday morning I was feeling much better and ready to celebrate with my almost 4 and 2 year olds! Ellie loves The Little Mermaid, as does Greer, so I thought it would be the perfect birthday theme for them both. We decided last minute to throw together a small party for them at the lake.

 The party would not have been complete without their buddies Mally and Claire!

 So this is what happened when we attempted to take a group shot of the three of them. Sims wasn't happy...

 And Greer ran away!

 I never realized the pinata would be such a "hit," but they absolutely loved it!

Ellie and Greer both were so fortunate to have such great friends at their party!

 Greer didn't mind being the only boy, besides his little brother, because he had his best buddy, Anna Kate, at his party. These two go to school together, and they are always together according to their teachers!

The entire group (minus Katherine) right after their boat ride...

 More sweet friends at the party... 

The party would not have been complete without a ride on the tube! Greer even rode!

And even Uncle Thomas made their party.

 And of course She She wouldn't have missed it for the world!

After our busy weekend, it was time for Ellie to celebrate her real day with her class...

And that evening we all went together to gymnastics and then out to dinner. She picked Mexican for our birthday dinner, and that sounded great to me! The girl loves her some cheese dip!

Present time!

This little guy was wired after a full day! 

 And then on Friday it was time to celebrate his real day!

Josh and She She came by that morning to see the birthday boy...

 gave him a present...

and then took him to IHOP for breakfast!

 He had a blast with his chocolate chip pancake...

Then that evening after Daddy got home, it was cupcake time!

 And time to open presents...naked!! He saw the presents in the living room before putting his pj's on and just couldn't wait!

So there you have it! Whew...that makes me tired just telling you all about it! Ellie, Greer, and I had great birthdays. I cannot believe we have a 4-year old around here. It will be just fine if this is the longest year ever because I do not think I can handle her turning 5!

Easter

We started off our Easter festivities with Ellie and Greer's school egg hunt. I had high hopes of getting some cute pictures of them before we headed out that morning, but as usual, Greer wasn't having it! This is the best we got...

I got to go see Ellie's class first...

and then Greer's...he figured out what to do pretty quick!

On Friday Ellie had an egg hunt birthday party, and then we came home and dyed some Easter eggs...

We decided to stay in Auburn for Easter weekend so we got to enjoy it with our little family of 5. We woke up bright and early Sunday morning to see what the bunny brought!

Greer was excited about his tractor book and Cars movie...

and Ellie got lots of Ariel stuff and some new sunglasses!

Little "Simsy" even got some good stuff!

We managed to get ourselves together and dressed and made it to church with 15 minutes to spare! After a wonderful service at AUMC we took some pictures outside in front of the church.

Can't believe we managed to get a family picture this decent! 

And after church we headed to lunch and got to see this special guy... 

Ellie was thrilled to see him, but Greer not so much! 

We had a great Easter weekend, but I must admit Rusty and I were completely exhausted by 3:00 Sunday afternoon. I felt like I had run a marathon after being up at the crack of dawn, getting us all ready for church, going to church, going to lunch, seeing the Easter bunny, and then ending with another egg hunt. Greer spent the entire egg hunt running ninety-to-nothing, getting into anything and everything, picking eggs up and just throwing them! This little guy was a complete gem like always... 

March Recap

We spent most of March here...

and these two loved it...

as well as this little guy...

 I mean the weather was absolutely gorgeous almost the entire month so we soaked every bit of it up!

 Greer got a little boo boo under his eye while playing in Lollie's car. Poor baby fell out and face-planted onto the gravel. Poppy got him fixed up with some super glue and Neosporin, and it healed like a champ!

 We actually did a lot more work around the lake house than we did play. G enjoyed helping with the work! This is what I love about this boy...he can sit for 30 minutes doing something like this and be perfectly content!

At the end of March we decided it was time to move Greer to a big boy bed, and he has been such a champ! We are so proud of him for doing so well. He is sleeping in Ellie's room in her other twin bed, and both have adjusted extremely well thank goodness.

Now if we can just get this little guy to sleep!

Busy Week

It has been a busy week around here, and it is not even over yet! We had more special visitors stop by, Marie and Genevieve! Greer and Genevieve spent the first year of their life together but haven't seen each other since we moved from Birmingham so Marie and I were anxious to get them together. Unfortunately Greer was in a little "mood" for some reason, but Genevieve was sweet as pie! So glad we got to see them while they were in town!

 And this little girl got a haircut...see how proud she is...

 Isn't it great???

 She seriously was so proud of HERSELF for this! After we had a serious talk about how she is to never do that again (yeah right knowing this child), she looked up at me and said, "but Mom I'm a princess, and princesses cut their own hair." I explained to her that princesses must go to a special person to get their hair cut, a special person that actually knows how to cut hair! She also backed her case up by saying, "And Mom, you've been saying you wanted me to get a trim so I just did it myself." It's just downright funny now, oh, and as luck would have it, she's got school pictures next week. Lovely! We go Monday for a "repair!" She wore her hair in a ponytail with bobby pins to school today because the short pieces won't even stay up! For the love!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And...my baby turned 2 months old this week. Time has flown by just like I knew it would. I just can't believe it. He is still my little angel baby and so happy.

 Right now we think he is a good combination of both Ellie and Greer as babies. We went for his 8-week check-up today, and everything went great. Here are his stats:

Weight - 14 lbs. 3.5 oz. (95th%)

Length - 24 inches (80th%)

*I looked up Greer, and he weighed 14 lbs. 4 oz. at this age! Isn't that amazing?!

I forgot to post his 1-month stats when we went, and they were:

Weight - 12 lbs. 1 oz.

Length - 22 inches

He started smiling right around 5 weeks, and he has just started cooing at us. I am soaking up every second I get with him because I know he will be grown in the blink of an eye!

A few weeks ago we had some very special visitors stop by to see us...The Henigs! Ellie and Greer were so excited to see Mary Clark, and Rusty and I were so excited to see Meghan and Heath! They recently moved to Montgomery so now we are only about an hour from each other, and I hope we will be able to see them quite often!

Ellie showing Mary Clark all of the fun stuff in her "special cabinet"...

Things have also gotten better around here with these 2 brothers...

The hitting and biting has stopped, and Greer is being much more loving to his little brother thank goodness! The only time I hear Sims getting upset is when I look over, and Greer is literally smothering him with kisses and hugs!

On Valentine's Day, Sims and I loaded up and headed to Birmingham for a quick visit with some very special friends, Mrs. Anna Kate, Libby, and Katherine! Sims got to meet his future girlfriend for the first time, and how fitting that it was on Valentine's Day!

Sims and Libby...aren't they so cute together? They are just 5 weeks apart!!

Anna Kate and I munched on some yummy lunch from Ashley Mac's and just chatted while these two played, ate, and slept! We had a great visit. Thank you girls for having us! We miss you and hope we can do it again very soon!

Big Sissy is still a huge help to us around here. She actually walked into my bathroom one morning this week and said, "Mom, I just wanted to let you know that I got Sims out of his seat and moved him over to the couch!" SCARY! What a great helper, right??? She knows she is not supposed to pick him up at all, but silly me walked out for 3 minutes to brush my teeth, and what do you know???! Fortunately we are still all in one piece around here!

These 3 are definitely keeping us busy, but I will say it is actually not as crazy as I thought it would be!