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!

Daddy Daughter Date Night

Every year here in Auburn they have a Daddy Daughter dance, and these two got to go to their very first one together a few weeks ago! Ellie was very excited about it and ended up having a great time with her Daddy.

 We met up with this group of girls, and after taking pictures the girls headed off with their daddys to Mikata for dinner, and the little boys headed off to dinner with their mamas!

 It was a little too chilly out for Sims so Aunt She She was sweet enough to keep him for a few hours. 

What a special night for Ellie and her Daddy. They will definitely be going again next year!

Reasons Why I Can't Get This Blog Updated!

For the most part she has become a GREAT helper around here, but she still has her moments. Like a few days ago when she decided to go through my beach bag that was in the garage and dump EVERYthing. I found her on the screened porch like this...

 and him like this...

 That would be sunscreen you see on his face! Yes, Ellie decided they both needed a little sunscreen!

 This would be my saving grace. This angel of a baby that we have been blessed with. I mean, seriously, he wins the best baby award around here! Thank goodness this is all he does besides sleep!

 And he spends a lot of time like this...

 Yes, that would be sweet Sims up on the counter AWAY from his big brother who likes to torment him! I literally canNOT keep Greer away from him lately. Greer likes to headbutt, bite, hit, and run his cars and tractors all over Sims' head. Poor baby! Even though this may not appear to be the safest place for Sims, it is a lot safer than being down at his brother's reach!

This little guy can just steal your heart at times and be the sweetest, cutest thing you have ever seen. And there are those other times where he turns into a little monster! I am hoping he is just going through a stage because I remember 22 months being a very challenging age with Ellie as well.

 He will just sit and do the cutest things, like put Cheerios in his tractor...

 and give you this smile! Wrong camera setting, but I love this picture of him because it totally captures his p personality!

His vocabulary has also completely blossomed, and he is talking up a storm! Tractors are still his obsession, and the way he says tractor is hysterical. He also calls Riley "Ry Ry!"

I hope to be back soon with some updates!

Update in Pictures...

Well, of course a month has passed, and I haven't updated the blog! Time certainly does fly when you are crazy busy chasing 3 little ones around! I will have to make this an update "in pictures." We have had a lot of help from MeMe and Lollie as well as lots of fun visitors come to meet Baby Sims, and a week-long trip to Atmore to visit Lollie and Poppy and for Sims to meet his Maw Maw. I was terrible and didn't hardly any pictures down in Atmore. Boo! But, here is what we have been up to in random order because it just didn't work out for them to be in chronological order...