Big Girl.

Happy 7 Months Sweet Pea!!

Her new talent is squealing when she wants something, is happy or mad, hungry, or generally needing attention. She has quickly grown out of the infant stage and is possibly skipping over the young toddler phase. Typical Princess.

It's been the best 7 months!

A Monkey post soon....

School is Half Way Over!!!

Monkey and his class celebrated 100 days of school on Monday-they made masks, fruit loop necklaces with 100 fruit loops, and played games all day. Monkey even made a large sign with 100 marshmellows. We are so happy that school is on the downward slope now! He was a little worried that kindergarten would start over at Day 1 again but his fears were set aside when, on the 101st day, they made 101 dalmation ears and pretended to be puppies all day.

Some much needed snuggle time with Mama!

Sweet Pea turned 30 weeks old yesterday. It's gone by so fast and sad to see our infant leaving us but at the same time, I know the next phase is always more fun.

Best Friends.

Monkey, Sweet Pea, and our beloved Cheeseball

I Love My Family

Some days more than others but, generally speaking, I love my family more than the world!

*For those thinking I'm a horrible person for saying that, please wait until you have children and/or stay home with small children and you'll understand.

*For those with children, some days they're angels and some days you could throw them out the window!

Anyway, Monkey has had an EXCELLENT month at school with only 1 bad light in 30 days! We couldn't be more proud of him. He is a great student but gets bored very easily. His teacher has to give him a little extra work to keep him from talking. And he gets to go to the library every day (Lovey would be proud).

Jeremy celebrated his 34th Birthday this week-we made him his favorite red velvet cake and Monkey helped blow out the candles. Next year we may need two cakes to hold all of the candles!

Sweet Pea tried out her new booster seat/high chair and it was a success! She sat and played quietly at the table for the first time (really...the first time) while we ate dinner.

Baby and I have also been working on her nap schedule this week. She's never been a true napper, usually 20-30 minutes a couple of times a day. After 2 hours of high-pitched screaming on Monday, she took a 30 minute nap for the whole day. Today, she slept an hour this morning and an hour this afternoon with no fuss! Huge. Relief.

Clown Face

What 7 Good Lights in a row will get you:

Chick Fil A

0ne large bag of Skittles

Barnum and Bailey Circus

New Sword (circus tradition)

lots of Diet Coke

and One clown nose!

On a side note:

Happy Birthday Daddy!!! Your crazy kids (even the one you 'claim' doesn't like you) love you very much!!!

Diva.

Happy 28 Weeks Baby Girl!

Happy New Year!...A Little Late

So much has been going on at the Greer Compound since Christmas! From Gator Bowl festivities to foot surgery to school, we started 2011 running! Jeremy and I were fortunate enough to celebrate our wedding anniversary with friends and family around. Everyone was in town for the Gator Bowl (Go Dawgs!) so we were able to enjoy a night out on the town with friends-not something we get to do often.

As long as we look cute, we're happy!

Just to see how much she has grown-scroll down to the last picture of her and Monkey.

Baby Girl officially hit the 6 month mark January 7th! I can't believe she's already been with us half a year!

At 6 months, she can/does:

Sit up by herself

Eat 3 solid meals a day, usually baby food

Talks. A. Lot.

Grab large and small objects

Smile, flirt, and giggle (she LOVES boys!)

Follow the sound of my voice

React to hearing her name

Scream. Scream. Scream. When she doesn't get her way

Sleep 7pm-6ish am

She weighs 17 lbs. and is still in the 95th percentile. We know how to grow babies around here!

Monkey is back in school and making more of an effort not to talk so much. He's only come home with 1 unacceptable light in 2 weeks. He easily talks two or three times more than his parents.

Monkey is also signed up for t-ball this spring. We hope this is the year he really enjoys it more!

Happy New Year!