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!

2 Months Old!!!!

So I can't believe that my baby is already 2 months old! Time has really flown by this time, and I am soaking up every second with my little buddy.

Greer had his 8-week check up on Monday, and he did great. I think I had a harder time with the shots than he did. He weighed 14 lbs. 4 oz. which is somewhere in the 90th percentile, and he supposedly was 21 3/4 inches long which I think is WRONG since that is only in the 50th percentile, and I think that's what he was at 3 weeks if I remember correctly! I questioned the accuracy of his measurement, and then when I found out it was only in the 50th I knew it was wrong. Length is just so hard to measure when they're babies. We'll see where he falls at 4 months. We are really getting to a fun age because he's starting to smile a whole lot especially when he sees his sister. I mean his little eyes just light up when he sees her, and she is still so much in love with him! All she wants to do is give him kisses and love all over him. Its so funny because when we go places she always tells everyone, "This is my baby brother." She's still so proud, and the newness hasn't worn off yet thank goodness.

Greer at 9 weeks wearing his sweet outfit from Aunt A.K....

So Greer and I went into Ellie's room to get her up from her nap today, and I put him down in the crib with her. She immediately said, "Mama, we need to take a picture!" So I ran to get my camera. I mean, see the way he looks at her...priceless! (and yes, her hair looks like this every time she wakes up!)

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Here are some pics from our beach trip we took with Lollie. This was our 3rd annual week-and-a-half long beach trip that we take with Lollie. And we let a few other people come down for part of the time as well. She She, Josh, and Thomas came down the first weekend, and Poppy and Daddy made it down for the second weekend. This year we stayed in my grandmother's condo which is on the ground floor and made it so easy for walking right out to the pool and bay. It was a blast!

Ellie loves her Uncle Thomas so much. I found them watching tv together like this...so sweet...

This was at like 7 a.m. one morning, and it just cracked me up!

Uncle Josh w/ his babies...

She is doing great with her floaties!

She absolutely loved the beach (before the oil came in)...

We left shortly after this happened...she thought it was hilarious to throw sand ALL over me...I found it in my hair, in my ears, everywhere!

My best attempt at getting a picture with the both of them...

We had lunch at LuLu's one day...Ellie had fun in the gift shop!

Daddy came!

On our way back home we stopped by Maw Maw's house for a visit.

And got to see MeMe too!

Overall it was a great trip, and we are looking forward to going back for the 4th!