More Fall Fun

I feel like I never have a moment to sit down and blog; however, I am home with the flu, so I have PLENTY of time to catch up on blogging!  We have had a fun fall season so far.  Ansley has a few exciting weekends coming up, so be on the look-out for more blog posts. :)

Ansley's biggest surprise was a new swing set.  Mitch spent several nights and an entire Saturday putting it together.  Thank to wonderful family members and neighbors, it was installed.  He still has to put the bench on the outside of the bottom area and a "wave-rider" swing on, but it's ready for Ansley's level of play.  She loves her new swing set and going OUTSIDE.

We enjoyed another Halloween with my family.  Mitch's parents were out of town and didn't get to join us this year.  Ansley and Asher definitely understood more what to do, and sweet Anabelle loved walking around.  All three were so cute.

Ansley will be 2 in 11 days.  Where has the time gone?  She's so full of life and love.  Her newest thing is asking, "What's that?"  She probably says it about 100 times a day.  I told Mitch if he wanted to hear her ask that question a lot then he needed to take her to Publix. WOW!  She's so curious about her world around her.  She's recently moved into a big girl booster seat at the big table, and she is thrilled.  She still walks by her highchair, points, and says, "Baby chair."  She thinks she is such a big girl!  The best thing is that she has started saying, "Love you."  It's the sweetest thing ever to hear her say that without being prompted.  She also loves hugs and kisses.  We've been working with her on praying before bed and before eating.  She's so cute and will remind you if you forget!  She loves to say, "Amen!" too.  When we're praying at night, if I even stop a second to take a breath, she says, "Amen!"  She knows a lot of words and is talking up a storm.  She is also singing along with songs, and loves Wheels on the Bus.  Pray for us as we begin potty training the week of Thanksgiving Break.  That will be the next big step in her life!  Ansley has her 2 year pictures and birthday party coming up in the next two weekends.  We're looking forward to celebrating with our sweet girl.

Summer Fun!

We've had a busy couple of weeks around here.  I've sat down with intentions to blog several nights, but I have found other things to do.  After chasing an active Ansley around all day, I've been exhausted!  I wanted to share what we've been up to recently with everyone.

We started off summer with the annual M & J "spring fling".  Mitch's company has a family get-together every spring/summer, and for the past 3 years it's been at Lake Oconee.  The weather was perfect, and a good time was had by all.  We took Ansley this year too, and she had a blast.

Ansley also started swimming lessons.  She's doing a GREAT job, but she's still crying through most of it.  She really is a natural little swimmer, and I think she'll be swimming in no time!  I've been videoing her progress, but I did get this quick shot the other day.

Mitch and I took Ansley swimming at our neighbor's pool the other day too.  She had a great time floating around and playing with Mitch.

Ansley and I have had a few adventures together during the day too.  We ventured out to the park one morning before it got too hot.  Ansley had a blast.  She loved the swings and conquered the slide in no time.  

We met my grandma and sister for lunch one day too.  I took a picture of Ansley in the adorable bubble my mom sewed for her.

We also went to a birthday party for our cousin Layla.  Ansley enjoyed playing in the splish-splash bouncy house.

We've also tried a few new foods at dinner.....corn and ketchup!  

Ansley and Asher are a MESS together!  They are going to be double trouble as they grow up together!  I couldn't resist getting a few photos of this little time together.  "Ebony and Ivory" hanging out and eating Popsicles.

I had to share this!  We've been trying to use timeouts more often to show Ansley what she can and can't do.  I thought this was too cute.  After repeated, "No, Ansley!", she was sent to timeout for 1 minute.  Here she is  in the timeout spot.  This will be really cute when she's 18.  :)  She really is a GREAT girl, but we do have our moments!

I'm loving summertime and being off with my sweet girl. I am looking forward to more adventures together! :)

2012 Happenings

2012 was a great year for the Greers.  We were blessed with great health, lots of family time, and wonderful friendships.  We are looking forward to what 2013 has to bring.  Here's our 2012 month-by-month activities.

January - We rang in the New Year with friends at Taki in Macon.

February - We celebrated my grandma's 80th birthday party.

We also celebrated Shana's 30th birthday.

 March - Ansley was baptized at our church.  We had her pictures taken in the Callison family baptismal gown.

April - We celebrated Easter with our families.  Uncle Kyle and Aunt Candace came over from LA.

May - I celebrated my first Mother's Day.  We had the family over for dinner.

June - I hosted a shower for Shana and sweet Anabelle.

July - Ansley experienced her first beach trip.  She also learned to LOVE the water!

Our sweet Anabelle was born.

We visited Mitch's granny in Virginia.

August - Asher turned 2 and had a fun birthday party.

Ansley had her 8 month pictures taken.

September - We enjoyed cheering on the Dawgs.

We also celebrated Mitch's 10 year reunion from Westfield.

October - We went to Augusta for the Border-Bash weekend.

We went to the Georgia National Fair with our families, and Uncle Kyle and Aunt Candace came into town.

Mitch and Chris ran in the Merrell Down and Dirty Mud Run.

Ansley and Asher went Trick-or-Treating in our neighborhood.

November - Our sweet Ansley turned ONE!  We had an owl themed party to celebrate.

December - We tried to sit with Santa at HLCC.

We celebrated Nonny's birthday.

 We got a little closer to Santa.