Too Cute Not To Share

I mentioned in the last post that we didn't have pics from Cole's party. Well, Shanan sent some over and they are great! Enjoy...

B enjoyed playing too!

Where We've Been

I've been a little behind on blogging...here's a recap on the last couple of weeks!

We enjoyed a zoo trip on what appeared to be National Field Trip Day with friends...

B and I had fun on the 2nd Great Date from Buckhead Church's Great Date Experiment. Check it out at http://marriedlifeonline.com/greatdate_bc.jsp. Here we are at our Kroger stop! :)

Our friend, Peyton, turned 2! We had so much fun at his party!

I love her hugs.

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Gehrig and Cole partied hard! (We also enjoyed Cole's birthday party the day before but just don't have any pictures from it!)

And B enjoyed a great visit with the Wilkins brothers.

Greer had her 18mo checkup. She did not love any part of it, but is doing great health-wise! This is her being pitiful afterwards.

Noah brought his ark to Gehrig's school!

Gehrig has told us before that he wants to 'be Noah' when he grows up so that he can have all those animals. He loved getting on the ark and petting them!

My sweet hubby, MIL and SIL covered things at home for me to get away for some girl time with Danielle and Emily. It was SO wonderful! I was so glad to get to have a little time with my mom and brothers too. It's been longer than usual since our last visit!

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Dinner at Eclipse de Luna.

Some shopping.

While I was away, the kids had a great time with Mammaw & Aunt Gretchen!

Picking blueberries.

No words!

It was such a nice Mother's Day weekend! On Sunday, B and the kids treated me to our traditional MD lunch at Outback. Yum!

I have been stressed lately with too much going on. The weekend helped so much. My super long Mother's Day afternoon nap finished it off perfectly! I am thankful for such a great family and great friends. Love you guys!!

National Day of Prayer

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

2 Chronicles 7:14

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Seek the LORD while he may be found; call on him while he is near.
Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts.

Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,

and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

Isaiah 55:6-7

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Today is our National Day of Prayer. Please be sure to take some time to lift up our country on this day. And take a few minutes...the two "God and Country" messages on this link are must-see:

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http://www.northpoint.org/GodAndCountry

Pictures

April gallery is posted!

Real Life

Just to be honest and fair, I thought we'd show a little "behind the scenes" from our family time. Greer does enjoy a good tantrum and I can tell that we are going to have some interesting experiences together as she gets older! I wonder where she gets her strong will from? :)

(Blogger keeps rotating some of these pictures. They are regular landscape pics and are showing up sideways...any ideas??)

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She is much more "into things" than Gehrig ever was. It is funny and frustrating! She has created artwork on the bathroom wall with bath crayons (fyi: only comes off of the bathtub, not walls!) and climbed on top of the kitchen table, more than once...

For the past 2 days, we haven't been able to find our cordless phone. A problem since it's the only home phone we use, but we haven't worried too much. As B stretched before a run tonight, he noticed the phone lying in the front flower bed outside! I'm embarrassed to say that I have no idea when or how that got out there, but I have a strong suspicion of who's responsible. Haha!

And then just when you think she is such a tough cookie, she turns soft, starts giving love and signs "more" for more kisses from her daddy. Sweet and sassy. We love her like crazy! :)

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Meanwhile, Gehrig had some tricks up his sleeve yesterday too. As Greer and I put some clothes away in her room, Gehrig disappeared for a few minutes. Aunt Gretchen came for a visit this past weekend and brought some cool tshirts back from her recent travels. He loves anything from her and apparently couldn't decide which tshirt to wear first.

And then, after getting a few laughs from us, he continued on. I love when he cracks himself up!

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So, there you go...a little fun, some frustration and lots of laughs! Our life, for real.

The Perfect 3yr Old Day

Part of growing up is finding out that we don't always get to do what we want to do. And though we often remind Gehrig of that, Saturday turned out to be a day where everything pretty much went his way.

First, Daddy's baseball practice was cancelled which meant a whole day together!! Yippee! The Gs and I needed a good catch up day after missing him so much Masters week. We started the day at Panera for some yummy breakfast (G's choice).

Then, Gehrig and Daddy bought G's first pair of baseball cleats. I'm not sure who was more excited! Gehrig rode around in the car all day with the shoebox proudly in his lap and B told us all about getting his first cleats. It was the cutest thing.

Our next stop was Party City. Gehrig turns 4 next month (sniff sniff) and we let him pick out his party theme and accessories. It was fun making the hard decision!

Gehrig's friend, Cooper, invited him to go play putt-putt next. He said afterwards, "Mom, we had SO much fun!"

After a quick lunch and nap, we headed to Gehrig's tball team pictures and exhibition game! This Daddy's dream come true. :)

The Dodgers.

Introducing the line-up.

Swinging the bat...he did a great job!

And the slide into home!

Gehrig's biggest fan. :)

Playing the field. Something about this pictures makes him look old.

Opening day = inflatables and carnival rides. 3yr old perfect.

Finally, we met Jessica and Eric for dinner. G loves them and literally clapped his hands when we told him we were going to meet them! (At "Peppers," aka Chili's.)

I don't know how we can do much better than that! Now back to real life!!