Updated House Pics

Here are some pictures of our house with furniture... Breakfast area
Kitchen

Living Room

Dining Room

Sitting Area (don't you love the big green ball!)

The front door is to the left of this picture, if that helps you with the layout of the house.


The Upstairs

Our bedroom- It is messy, but I wanted to include the wall color, the curtains, and the chair rail we had added.

Greer's bathroom- we had beadboard added and walls painted.

Guest room

Loft complete with TV and lots of play space.

Another view of the loft.

Chad's Birthday

Sorry these are late! Chad's birthday was January 28th.

Greer helped me prepare Chad's cake with candles.

Birthday kisses for Daddy! Greer eating cake and strawberries.

For Chad's actual birthday dinner, his parents came down and took us to Outback. In this picture Greer is eating the carrot cake that they ordered.

How often do we get pictures of just the two of us? It is nice to remember all the wonderful years we have had together celebrating Chad's life. I hope that we have many, many more! I love you Chad!

Escape Artist

For the last couple of weeks, I have been finding Greer undressed when I get her in the morning. Usually, it is a good laugh, but not too annoying. This weekend, however, she removed her very dirty diaper while still in the bed and we had to take her directly to the bath tub and her bedding to the washing machine.

SO...Mommy and Daddy decided that something temporary needed to be done. I have been putting a pair of shorts on over her pajamas, and this has seemed to stop the diaper removal for the past few days. We'll see how long it lasts! Here are some pictures I took this morning. As you can see, she can still unzip and partially remove her pajamas.

You can see the pink shorts in this picture! :)

Beautiful Snow!

What an exciting way for a child to wake up! Who would have guessed that a trip to the coast would lend itself to discovering snow. My parents had about 3 inches!

Granddaddy and Greer check on Scout

Aunt Ash finally convinces Greer to feel the snow.

Playing in the snow.

They were running around (maybe to keep warm?).

I am pleased to announce that Greer likes the cold and snow as much as her mother- not at all. We will continue to be a warm weather family for sure!

Funny Greer

I just thought I should make a note of some of the funny things Greer has started noticing about us this week. Thursday night Chad came home earlier than I expected, and we were excited about playing together as a family after dinner. Greer and I were sitting in a chair, and somehow she pulled up the leg on my pants. I had been alone a couple of days, so I hadn't really had time to shave my legs. She thought it was crazy! She rubbed my legs, and said "hot" indicating a "do not touch" message. Chad and I thought it was hillarious, and so she kept doing it. With compiments few and far between these days, I decided to take the literal meaning of the adjective she chose. Greer thinks that mommy has hot legs!

She has been equally enamored by Chad's facial hair since that experience. If he has a scruffy face, she will not give him good night kisses. This morning while we were getting ready for church, Chad brought Greer into the bathroom and she watched him shave. She didn't quite know what to think about the shaving cream (and probably sitting still), but she like his smooth face. It sure is fun to watch her figure out her world!

Christmas

Could anyone help me locate December and the first half of January? We'll blame it on moving, but I can't keep up with my life these days. (Much less pictures) Here are a few. I have all of them posted on facebook, if you want to see more.Merry Christmas Greer!

Greer got a kitchen from us.
Greer is in her Christmas dress, her new apron, and she is eating "trash" aka Chex Mix.

With 3 kiddos, you can imagine the chaos at the Tidds. They had so much fun, but we learned to open a gift and play for a while before opening another.

Marmie reads to Greer and Garrett.

Thanksgiving at the Tidds

We were in Simpsonville for a special Thanksgiving with the Tidds, Cavins, and Gram Todd. We got to enjoy seeing the kids together again, and it gets better everytime. As a stay-at-home mom, I must say that it is a delight to be around family and to see Greer play with other kids especially her cousins. I only took pictures at the park, so we will have to wait for the others to send pictures of the other things that we did.

Greer and Garrett playing
Uncle Nathan and Greer

Aunt Allison, Uncle Nathan, and Garrett

Greer and Daddy swinging

Greer and Daddy pushing Grey