"Two On Monday", One Month on Tuesday

Griffin has been saying all kinds of new things lately, including "Two on Monday" when asked how old he is and telling me to have "Sweet Dreams, Mommy."
Emerson turned one month old last Tuesday and I took a growth picture of her in her little rocking chair with the same lamb that Griffin took monthly pictures with his first year. We went to the doctor for her first month's check-up and her stats are...
weight: 11 lbs
length: 21.5 inches
head circumference: 14.75
She was born smaller than Griffin, but at one month she is almost a third of a pound heavier than he was.
Here are some pictures and a video from the past couple of weeks. Enjoy!

One month

Cousins in Birmingham wearing their Halloween costumes

Great-Grandfather Papa with Emerson and Caroline

Pretty girl has started tracking!

Daddy and Griffin playing with strobes

Aunt Cherie, Uncle Moon, Uncle Tim and their friends Marie and Larry came to visit during their North GA motorcycle tour.

Thank Heaven!

God is good!! That's all that I can think about lately as I am driving around town, hanging out with my precious children and amazing husband, enjoying the nice fall weather and just generally soaking in every moment of this crazy life. It makes me even that much more thankful for His love and grace in my life. Thank you, God, for who you are and your many blessings in our lives!!

We are still settling in with our little one. She was officially two weeks old on Sunday and I think that we are getting into more of a routine. She is sleeping 3 hours at a time over night... which is a big improvement from where we started!! For some reason, after her 2:00 ish feeding she has a hard time getting back to sleep. Blake has come to my rescue several nights in a row now, but we are still trying to get to the bottom of her displeaure at this time almost every night.

Griffin is doing so great with his baby sister. He is so patient with her when she cries and is so gentle with her when they interact.

Here are some pics from last week:

Funny faces with Bennett and Gray

Aunt Ashley and Uncle Ryan meet Emerson

2nd double bathtime!

GG and Pop!!

Happy Fall, Y'all!!!

Emerson Camille Greene

Our baby girl is one week old and I have finally found an extra minute to share some pictures with you of her arrival.

For those of you who want the details, I am happy to share them with you privately, but for the sake of those who are not interested, I'll give you this... we went to the hospital to be induced on Saturday, September 24th in anticipation that we would have our girl sometime late in the next day (like we did with Griffin). Well, Emerson had other plans and after laboring from about midnight until 6:30 a.m. she was here. Our perfect little girl weighed in at 7 pounds 5 ounces and measured 20 inches long. She scored a 10 on her APGAR test and while we already knew that she was perfect, the score seemed to really shock the nursery attendants.

The night of our induction. Clearly, we have no idea what this night has in store for us.

Bets and Papa were keeping Griffin at home when we called and told them to make their way up to meet Emerson. They arrived shortly after 7 a.m. and were the first to meet her. Big brother was definitely in shock at this point.

GG and Pop drove over from Birmingham to meet their newest granddaughter. This makes 4 grandkids in 2.5 years... wow!

Our little family in the hospital on Monday morning.

In the car on the way home Monday afternoon.

Anna and Katie Beth were our first non-family visitors. We love you guys!

Here is our little beauty enjoying breakfast on the back deck on Tuesday morning. We were released from the hospital on Monday afternoon. It was so nice to be home!

Griffin loves his baby sister and gives her kisses all day long. He loves to point out her "tiny ears" and count her little toes.

Aunt Coco made the trip over from Birmingham to stage a little photo shoot of Emerson. I will post pics soon- they are gorgeous!

Here is one picture that Blake took over her shoulder. Isn't she an angel?

Daddy gave Emerson her first bath while Mommy ran the video camera. She didn't scream nearly as much as I thought she would. Big brother was in the bathtub at the same time - our first double bathtime!!

Proud (and very handsome) Daddy. I absolutely could not do this without him. He has been so supportive and wonderful as I knew he would be. Blake, you are the best Daddy in the world. I feel so blessed to share these beautiful children with you. I love you!

Labor Day at the Lake

I forgot to take my camera to the lake for Labor Day, but Bets saved the day and sent these pics to us. Thanks Bets!!

We had a mini-celebration for Griffin on Sunday night. The kids ate ice cream sundaes at about 8:00 and G opened his presents...yeah, I said 8 p.m.

Griffin is not so sure about the candle on his ice cream, but he LOVED it when we sang Happy Birthday and it was (finally) for him!!

That grin is priceless.

Griffin loved jumping off of the dock to Blake. He didn't really care to swim very much, but he loved the 3 foot jump down to his daddy and did it about 100 times!

Although it was a disappointing game day for the Dawgs, we all got decked out anyways.

Look at these two Georgia cuties!!!

Griffin holding his first cricket on the dock. After this picture he set it free into the lake... haha!!

All of the cousins still in their pajamas

A huge thanks to Ryan for once again hooking us up with a great little vacay spot for the family. I love seeing all of the cousins together and I know that we are making some pretty great memories for these kiddos. Thank you!!!!

PS- I promise to do a better job of taking pics of adults too... as long as I can remember my camera :)

1 Month to go!!!

Well, actually it will be one month to go on Friday, but we are counting down the days until Emerson makes her appearance! Griffin has been kissing and hugging my belly and talking about "baby sister" and I am confident that he will make an excellent big brother. Just 4.5 weeks to go!!

Griffin starts school a week from today and I am so excited for him. He has been attending a "practice/play-school" a few times this summer and doing really well with being away from me and dad. After the first visit he came home with a note that said that he is "working on not hitting or grabbing his friends." So, after repeating after me about a hundred times that we do not hit our friends, I think that he is finally getting it (for now). He has also been going to the church nursery dry-eyed too, so I have pretty high hopes for next week!

Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks. We have been feeling very blessed lately with great friends at a couple of baby showers for Emerson. One took place in Birmingham and one right here in Dacula. Other than that we have been enjoying some pretty low-key weekends here at home. And it has been really nice to stay put for a while. Enjoy the pics!

Griffin and Daddy play in the backyard:

This will probably be one of our last trips to the pool this season. Hopefully the video that I uploaded below will work for you. It showcases Griffin's awesome swimming skills.


Here are some of the pictures from a shower hosted by our wonderful cul-de-sac neighbors. It was so nice and I felt so loved to see some Playgroup moms, neighbors and family come to help us celebrate!

Aunt Coco got us matching big bro/little sis shirts! So cute!

Some of the attendees... thanks ladies!!

Me and mom... I am as big as a house!

My grandmothers both made the trip up from Macon.

Here are some shots from Birmingham.

Natalie and her sweet niece!

Aunt Janet whipped up this carriage creation. Isn't it cute?

Courtney and baby Caroline.

Family friends helped us celebrate our upcoming arrival!

Sound machine which has already come in handy...

The beautiful table full of yummy bruch goodness.

Let me know if you can view the video below. I don't know exactly what I am doing on this new computer just yet (hence the out of order pics above). Hope everyone is doing well!