New Toys!!!!

Last week was a fabulous week at the Greer house! Maddox and I both got new toys....

Maddox's new JEEP!!!!

My new CAMERA!!!!

Our church has a children's consignment sale twice a year. A group of friends and I have volunteered for the last 3 years and gotten some wonderful things for our kiddos. Someone had consigned this jeep, but it needed a new battery. Even with purchasing a new battery we spent half of what it would have cost us to buy it new. Maddox LOVES it!!!!!!!!

As far as my camera goes.... I haven't been very happy with my little digital. It's been taking very pix elated (sp?) pictures and I kept telling Stephen that these are all we have of Maddox. I've had my eye on this particular camera for a while now. Every time I go into a store that has them I go over and dream of having one. Maddox and I ran into Office Depot the other day and went over to dream and they were on SALE!!!!! $140 of the original price!!!!! I called Stephen and told him and he said go ahead and get it.... YEAH!!!!!! I have had the best time this weekend taking pictures of everything I can find. There is so much to do with this camera it's going to take me forever to figure it out. Sorry if things are too dark, too light, etc. I'm VERY interested in photography and hope to take a course one day. Expect to see LOTS of pictures from now on!

Dear Jake

Dear Jake*,

How does my stance and swing look? I'm thinking of going pro... do you think I have a chance?

Love,
Maddox

For those of you who don't know... Jake is my little brother who is on golf scholarship at Mississippi State.

Monkey Joe's

We had Maddox's birthday party at Monkey's Joes. It's a very large facility with LOTS of inflatables for jumping and sliding. The kids had a ball!

Birthday Continued....

My mom, Olivia, and Brady came into town on Thursday to celebrate Maddox's birthday with him. On Friday, my aunt Trisha came over for the weekend as well. Maddox had so much fun playing with them. I know Stephen and I can be really boring!

showing off his new table from Gram & Trisha

new golf clubs from mommy & daddy

doodle pro!

my new raincoat from brady, olivia, & rett

"do you like my new monkey spoon & fork?"

Happy Birthday To My Sweet Boy!

It's 3:30 a.m. on February 14, 2006. I wake up thinking I need to use the restroom and as soon as I make it there my water breaks. Wait... this can't be... he's not due until the 25th and I've actually been feeling good! I yell at Stephen from the restroom that my water has broken and he jolts out of bed and starts going in cirlces saying, "What, what, what do we need to do? What are you saying". After he wakes up he decides to take a shower while I tidy up the house. I know Stephen's parents are coming and staying at our house so it has to be clean, of course! I decided not to take a shower because I didn't think it would be 36 hours before I got to have one. What did I know.... first time mom... not very smart! We arrive at the hospital at 5:30 to find out I'm ONLY 1 cm dilated... WHAT... and that my body was really not ready to be in labor. I got my epidural at 10:30 at only 3 cm dilated. We watch the hours go by, and by, and by, and... It's 10:00 p.m. and my doctor decides it's time to start pushing. I push, and push, and push..... for 2.5 hours. It's 12:45 and the vaccuum comes out... Maddox is stuck! 12:56: With another try from the vaccum and one good push out he comes! What a miracle! What a blessing!

This precious gift from God has blessed our lives in more ways than we can count. We have been given the awesome responsibility of being his parents. Our cup runeth over!!!!

February 15, 2006

February 15, 2007

February 15, 2008

Happy Anniversary to Us!!!!

Today marks our 6th year wedding anniversary! I can't believe it has been that long until I reminise. All the memories, places we moved, things we've been through, having Maddox, and so much more makes it seem like we've been together forever. Just when we think we are as close as ever as a couple, something happens to bring us even closer. For this we are so thankful. We are excited to see what is in store for our marriage for the next six years!

It's Official......

Our house is FOR SALE!!!!! Maddox and I put the sign in the yard on Friday! I'll have to admit.... it was very weird. I have been a little sad this weekend. We worked so hard last week and this weekend cleaning, doing touch-ups, etc. Maddox was such a big help. He fell asleep in the middle of the den floor (for those of you that know my child, you know this NEVER happens) with his hand in his cup of Goldfish. We boxed up some things and took them to the Bucklers to help with the "stuffing" under beds and in closets that we have done over the course of three years. On Saturday, I told Stephen that I really loved our house and was sad to be leaving it. He told me that I was feeling that way because we had gotten rid of all of our "stuff" and didn't feel so cramped in this house. He also said he loved this house too, but was ready for something a little bit bigger. I guess I agree with him! The Lord has blessed us in so many ways and we excited about the new road ahead that He has already paved for us.

Yesterday we went to our friend, Madison Bell's, 4th birthday party. The kiddos had a blast as always!

OLIVIA and GattiTown

My sweet niece, Olivia ("idy" as maddox calls her), turned 8 on January 26th! We haven't been able to celebrate with her in four years due to living away. Saturday night we all went to GattiTown. It's a huge Chuck E. Cheese type place without Chuck E. We ate lots of pizza and the kiddos played games. As you can see below, the highlight of the evening was Rett and Maddox bowling!

We hope you had a fabulous birthday livie! We love you!

BAM! BAM! BAM!

riding the motorcycle... very serious!

first time on a carousel.... not real sure about it

neither one of these boys are into sharing

Rett's got the stance!




thinking about rolling it......

rather throw it......

STRIKE!!!!!

it's always fun to end the night with a sugar high!

out of town...

Stephen, Maddox, and I headed to Jackson on the 21st for a week "vacation". We originally didn't have much planned, but it ended up being a whirlwind of a trip! We had a few meetings for the business, ended up looking at houses for two days (yippee!), hosted a children's clothes show at my mom's, celebrated Olivia's 8th birthday, and I think that may be it! We had a great time as always and are looking forward to going back again in March!

Happy New Year!

I know I'm a little late with this post, but HAPPY NEW YEAR anyway! 2008... the year Stephen and I have waited for and waited for is finally here. I can't believe that in five and a half months Stephen will begin is "real" job in Oral Surgery. It's crazy because we've constantly had this to look forward to and now it's here and I'm kind of freaking out! It's time to step into the big, big world where everything isn't so "simple" and we will have so many more responsibilities than we have now. It's been a long 8.5 years and I'm so proud of Stephen and his accomplishments...... we've come a long way baby!!!!!

We made it back from Jackson and haven't done much since. The weather was soooo cold last week! By the way... do you know how hard it is to keep a sick 1 year old, that is obsessed with being outside, inside and entertained all day long. Did I mention that is was cold AND he was sick??? Ok.. just wanted to make sure. I woke up Saturday praising God for the beautiful weather that he was blessing us with this week. He must have seen the agony that Maddox was in last week!!!

When Maddox wears his baseball cap he insists that it sit REALLY low on his face. So low that he can't see where he's going. We think he looks like 90% of the guys we knew in college!

Outside and happy!!!

Santa brought Maddox this tee ball set and I'm so excited that he likes it! He's actually pretty good too! I LOVE baseball!!!