Canton Christmas Lights

Brady, Maddox, Olivia, & Rett

My sister's family: Olivia, Katie, Brady, Rett, & Brad

sweet brother & sister in rare footage!

random shots

Going "exploring" in the woods behind our house with Daddy! (notice Maddox is taking his bow & arrow "just in case" he sees a deer!)

very proud of his play-do creations he made with his daddy (santa clause, rudolph, & a clown...i think).

I walked into the den and he had made a "bed" for his puppies and was reading them a story. I'm pretty sure it was the instructions to the Wii!

Maddox, Anna Margaret Hooker, & Lucy Allen at their classroom Christmas party.

The Making of Our 2008 Christmas Card

Here are a few of the shots it took before we got "the right one" for our Christmas card. It was a task, but I was proud of the outcome!

I'm sure he'll really feel like this sometimes once his baby brother is actually here!

Final product: my ideas put into a card by Renee at Baby Face Designs!

LIGHTS OF THE SOUTH

While in Augusta we headed over to Grovetown for Lights of the South. Words cannot describe this light display! It is incredible. The Lewis' joined us for this and it was great getting to catch up with them!!!!

Peyton Lewis, Alli Buckler, Lauren Lewis, & Maddox





Alli, Peyton, & Maddox

Addie Dayne & Maddox

The entrance to the light show!

Remind you of A CHRISTMAS STORY???


rare occasion: mommy & Maddox

Ashley, Grant, Lauren Lewis; Brad & Elizabeth Buckler; Elizabeth, Neal, & Addie Dayne Gregg on the hayride to look at lights.

Nativity Scene in lights!

Maddox & Santa.....he was so excited to see him, but wouldn't look him in the eye!

On the way home... both so tired!

Visit to Augusta

Last year at Christmas we made a promise to the Bucklers that we would come back to Augusta this Christmas for a visit and our annual Lights of the South excursion. Well... of course we kept our promise and went for a long weekend! We also got to spend some time with Greggs! The kids picked up right where they left off.... like they haven't missed a beat. It was such a sweet time! On Saturday, the daddies took the kiddos bowling so Britt, Elizabeth, and & I could got get lunch and do a little (and I mean little in Augusta) shopping.

Maddox and Boots (Elizabeth)

Boots stealing some smooches from Maddox!

Maddox and Addie Dayne

Alli & Maddox sharing a hug!

Backtracking....

...all the way to November! I sat down to do a couple of entries and realized that I haven't posted on any events (besides BG2) since Halloween! So here goes.....

ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS

Our new house has a great fire pit on the back patio! Stephen had been waiting and waiting for it to get cold enough to roast marshmallows with Maddox.

JUST A SWINGIN'.....

BABY GREER 2 is a......

BOY!!!!!

We are so excited to be having another boy! We found out on December 30th and everything looked great! Maddox went with us and just stared at the monitor. The girl that did the ultrasound was so sweet and printed him his own pictures of his baby brother for his room. He is really excited and realizes it a lot more than I thought he would! I will post pictures later when I download from Christmas!

SURPRISE!!!

Baby Greer 2 is due June 4th!!!!!!

Now for the crazy story (*warning: it's long*)! As most of you know I experienced a miscarriage in May. So, naturally, I've been very nervous about getting pregnant again and going through that again. On September 20th we found out I was pregnant again! We were thrilled, yet nervous. We went for our first Dr. appointment on Thursday, October 9th. I "knew" I should have been approx. 6 weeks along. Due to the fact I have had a miscarriage before she went ahead and did an ultrasound. Unfortunately, we didn't see what we expected. All that had developed was a gestational sac and a yolk sac. With my miscarriage all that developed was gestational sac and I it had stopped developing at 5 weeks. Again... I'm thinking I'm about 6 weeks and knowing we saw Maddox's heartbeat at 6 weeks I just knew that I was miscarrying again. After much discussion we decided that I would come back on Thursday and repeat my blood work to see if my HCG levels were increasing. So... went back on Thursday and got a call later that day that the levels had only increased from 22,000 to 27,000. The levels should have increased by about 66% each day. My Dr. told me that this lets her know that the pregnancy isn't going to develop normally. I already had another appointment scheduled for the following Tuesday for a repeat ultrasound. She told me not to eat or drink anything after midnight Monday, we would repeat the ultrasound, and head to the hospital for the D&C. I really didn't want to wait that long, but we didn't have a choice. Stephen has opened a satellite office in Greenville, MS and goes one Friday a month and every Monday. It just so happened that he was going the next day and then Monday. Those two days for a D&C were not possible. We went back on Tuesday and the girl doing my sonogram asked us to catch her up and I told her we were there to confirm a miscarriage. She starts her process of checking everything and then says: "We have a baby with a heartbeat! You are 6 weeks 4 days pregnant.. due June 4th! Congratulations!". I said "WHAT!!!". We were in shock with lots of tears. My OB walks in about that time to console us and is just as shocked as we were. Of course we had a lot of questions... my OB said that it was a lab error... either my first blood draw or the second, but one of them was wrong.

I have called this baby the "miracle baby" because if I had had it MY way I would have gone on Friday for the D&C. As we know God always does things in HIS perfect timing, not OURS. Unlike us, labs, and ultrasound machines, He knew that this little one needed a little more time to make its appearance and HE put something in our way to be sure not to disturb it. We know that you are never out of the clear of something happening, but so far this baby has been pretty protected by its Creator!

I went back to the Dr. last week and things are great... the heartbeat was 169. Stephen really thinks it's a girl (I think deep down he's hoping for one) because Maddox's was never that high! I don't have that strong feeling of gender I had with Maddox yet.... we will find out for sure the last week in December! I am 12 weeks today and so very thankful to be at this point!!!

Halloween 2008

When I look at this picture I feel like I'm looking in a mirror... it is sometimes very scary!!!

Cheese!!!

The Pirate (rett), Brady, and The Puppy Dog (maddox)

Cowboy Stewart

Beautiful Butterfly Alexa Kate

We had a great Halloween night with some precious children dressed in their costumes! Clay Grubbs hooked a trailer full of hay up to his mule and pulled a load of us around the neighborhood so the kids wouldn't get so tired! They had a blast!!!

Trinity Costume Parade and Harvest Party

Trinity PreSchool had a costume parade and harvest party. Our little "puppy dog" had a great time!

Can you find the spotted puppy dog?

He sees his Daddy and starts running

Being left by his class because he so torn rather to go with them or stay with his daddy!

Pumpkin Patch

Maddox had his first trip to a pumpkin patch and is still talking about it to this day! He tells me everyday that he is going to the "punkin patch next Wendy" (interpreted: pumpkin patch next Wednesday). Dottie Grubbs, Leslie Poole, and I took the kids on a beautiful Saturday morning and we got some great pictures of the kids! The pumpkin patch "people" take you around the farm on hay ride to see all the animals. You end up in a field with tons of pumpkins and you pick your pumpkin. Maddox had a hard time deciding and finally chose the dirtiest pumpkin out there!

This is a hard decision... too many to choose from!

The perfect pumpkin!





going down the hay bale slide

so excited!!!!

hay, anyone???

JA Halloween Carnival

To kick of the 2008 Halloween season we took Maddox to the Jackson Academy Halloween Carnival! He had a great time and even requested to dress in his dog costume. For those of you that trick or treated with us last year or read our blog last year know that Maddox didn't so much like his dog costume. He wouldn't wear the headpiece only the bodice, which made him look like a cow instead of a dog. Well... this year was a totally different story... he LOVED it! I finally got my moneys worth out of that costume!

Maddox with Olivia and Rett (pirate brother and sister)

"Wow mom! I almost lost my ears!"