Life Lately!

Well, it's July the 9th.  I just looked and my last blog was on February 17th!  I am a terrible blogger.  Honestly, I had to try three passwords before I could even log in to blog tonight.  I've been so tired each night, and after I put Ansley to sleep, the last thing I've wanted to do is blog.  The biggest reason is that my pictures are on my camera, iPhone, Facebook, Mitch's iPhone, and everywhere else.  It's a chore to get them all loaded, BUT I did it tonight! :)  So, here's a quick recap of our life happenings the past few months. 

First, our sweet neighbors and friends, Chris and Amy, had baby Kennedy. Ansley is in love with baby Kennedy.  We talk about her every.single.day!  "What's baby Kennedy doing?" is something I hear a lot!  Ansley was thrilled to get to hold sweet Kennedy.

 

 I think Easter was the next big thing to take place.  It was rainy and cold the day of the church Easter Egg Hunt, but that didn't stop this little one from having fun.  She definitely knew how to hunt eggs this year!

 

 

 We also had fun dying eggs.  Ansley loves doing anything with her daddy!

 The Easter Bunny came Sunday morning and brought a few goodies. 

Look at that perfect golfer's stance!  I think she's seen this done a few times in our living room!

 

 

 We did get a family picture at church, but I'm not really sure where it is right now.  :)

We've celebrated a few birthday parties with friends and had fun swimming and playing outside too.

We recently celebrated the 4th of July with our friends and neighbors.  A fun time was had by all.

 

Mitch and I celebrated 6 years of marriage with a little "babymoon" trip to Buckhead too.  We ate lots of yummy food and enjoyed relaxing for a change.

 

We've been really busy getting ready for our new addition, William (Will) Callison Greer.  We've been so very blessed to have three sweet showers for baby Will.  My awesome co-workers gave me a sweet shower on the last day of post-planning.  I had such a great time celebrating with them.  Sorry for the TERRIBLE picture.  Believe it or not, this was about the best one of me.  I'm not that photogenic, especially being pregnant.

Mitch's Aunt Brenda also gave us a really sweet shower.  Ansley was invited to this one and had a blast opening Will's gifts.

 

My sister and brother-in-law also gave us a Diapers and Wipes Party.  We decided to include family only and include the guys and children in this party.  The food was amazing and we are all stocked up on diapers and wipes now!  Sadly, we didn't do a good job of documenting anything from that party.  :(

I've also been busy getting the nursery ready.  Ansley was born at 33 weeks, and I was NOWHERE near ready on the nursery when she arrived.  Although we don't think Will will be coming early, I have been extra careful to get the nursery done early!  I think I put most of the finishing touches on this afternoon.  I'm sure I'll add a few more details, but it's pretty much ready! 

I have a to-do list of things I need to do before he actually arrives, so I would like for him to wait the rest of the 6 weeks until my C-section!  We are so blessed with how generous everyone has been, and we can't wait to meet him.

A quick update on Ansley before I end my post tonight.  Ansley is 2 1/2 and is so much fun.  She's in the 11% for weight and 88% for height!  She's definitely built like her daddy, long and lean. She's a typical 2 year old with LOTS of energy!  She wakes up ready to go each morning.  She started sleeping in a big girl bed in January, and she's finally consistently staying in there.  She is very excited about being a big sister to Baby Will.  She has a hard time saying her 'w' though, so she tells everyone that his name is Bill.  :)  It's been funny to watch everyone's reactions to the name Bill.  She talks nonstop and is VERY inquisitive.  I know her questions are a good thing, but they can be quite exhausting!  We are definitely in the "WHY?" stage.  She will continue to ask why until she gets an acceptable answer too!  :)  We are also potty trained which is a huge relief!  It was definitely a task, but she's doing wonderful with it!  We can't wait to see how she interacts with Will and how great of a big sister she will be.  I know there will be some adjustments, but we know she will fall in love with him so quickly!  Pray for us as we transition into this next phase pf our life.  I promise to try to blog more frequently.  :)

 

 

 

 

 

Ansley's BIG Announcement!

I've been so excited about sharing Ansley's BIG announcement with everyone.  We found out in December that she will be a BIG SISTER!  We are so excited about adding a new member to our family!  We're also a little nervous about this new journey with two kids so pray for us please! :)

My due date is August 27th, so it'll definitely be a hot summer for me!  :)  Ansley is holding steady to the idea that she's going to have a baby brother.  We will just have to see about that!  I'm sure she'll be happy with a sister or a brother, and we know she's going to make a great BIG SISTER!

November, December, and January....

So I don't know what has taken over me, but I have been the WORST.BLOGGER.EVER!  After Ansley goes to sleep is the only time I have to blog, and I just haven't been in the mood!  We've done a lot of fun things, had some big girl transitions with Ansley, celebrated with family, and stayed busy, but I haven't had much energy to document it all!  I'm going to try to do better about carving some time out to share our life and adventures.  I know you've all missed seeing what we've been doing..!  :)

Just to give you a recap of our life during the past three months, I'll show a FEW :) photos!

November...
We celebrated Ansley's SECOND birthday....see previous post for details.

We had the very talented Ashlee Culverhouse take a few two year old pictures and family pictures.

December...

Christmas!  Christmas was so fun this year with Ansley.  She most definitely knows what the word present means!  She had so much fun, and it was so fun on the parent side of Christmas.  I felt like we had a Christmas get-together every night, but the time spent together was worth it all.

We started off with a visit with Santa at HLCC.  This is as close as we got to Santa...we tried several more times.  :)

We celebrated with Mitch's parents before they left for Virginia.  Ansley was so excited about her new gifts.

This is my silly smile.

She discovered her car right off the bat.

Looking at my new shoes with "Dad-Dad".

Checking out my new guitar with "SueSue".

This is so much fun!

We also celebrated with Mitch's grandma and cousins.

Ansley loved her new "Bitty Baby".

Our Ocilla family came to my parent's for our annual Saturday get-together.

Asher taking Ansley on a little ride.

Shana and Chad

Mitch and Me

Mom and Dad

Santa showed up....take two wasn't much better.

BUT....we warmed up to Santa!

Then came Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  My parents came over for Christmas Eve, and we had a great dinner together.  We were SO thankful that everyone was well on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day this year!!  Ansley woke up excited to see what Santa brought her!

After Ansley played with her new gifts, we all went to my grandmother's house for our annual Chrismtas morning brunch.  The kids were WILD.  Trying to get all three in a picture was impossible.

After naps on Christmas Day, we headed over to my parent's house for Christmas with my family.

On the day after Christmas, Mitch, Ansley and I headed up North to VA.  We wanted to visit with Mitch's mom's family.  The weather was really nice while we were up there, but unfortunately I didn't take any pictures.  The day after we arrived, Mitch and Ansley both came down with the stomach virus.  It definitely wasn't what we intended for our visit, but we had a good time nonetheless.

The day we drove back to GA, we celebrated with my dad's parents.  They always do Christmas on December 30th, which is their anniversary.  We were exhausted after riding/driving for 10 hours, but we had fun with my dad's family.  I have looked and looked, but I can't find the pictures from that night.  When I find them, I'll add them to the post.

On New Years Eve, we rode with Nathan and Emily Greer to our friend's, Justin and Jennifer Allen's, house in Carrollton.  We were all friends at UGA and always enjoy spending time together.  They were having a New Years get-together and graciously invited us.  They had the chef from a local restaurant come and cook on site.  The food was really great.

January...
We decided that it was time for Ansley to transition into a big girl bed.  We moved the double bed from the guest room into her bedroom.  It was rough for about a week, but she has finally gotten the hang of her new bed.  She loves sleeping in her big girl bed, and we're really proud of her for doing so well.  Next on the list will be potty training, so pray for us!  I'll post a picture of Ansley's bed when I get her new bedding.

We've had a few outing with friends.  We spent a night with some of Mitch's work friends listening to the "Music of the Eagles" performed by the Macon Symphony Orchestra.  We really enjoyed hanging out and listening to the band play.  We also drove to Augusta to visit with our friends, Joe and Amanda Todd.  Joe had an unfortunate accident while hunting.  We're so glad he's doing well and will make a full recovery.

It's been a COLD winter so far.  We, as I'm sure you did too, had a little snow this past week.  Ansley had never seen snow before, and it was so fun to experience this with her.  Her first words about snow...."pretty!"  She loved running around in it, but she didn't really know what to do!  We had a good time hanging out with our neighborhood crew.  Even the guys had fun with the snow/ice.

I hope to do a better job of documenting our life on a regular basis, but HERE is what we have been doing! :)