Gingerbread Decorating!

Ever since I can remember we have decorated gingerbread houses at Christmas and this year ws no exception! It was a fun time with family and friends....

Santa Baby

So, needless to say our little visit with Santa didn't go so well ... maybe next year will be better:)

Getting ready for the holidays ...

We have officially been residing at my parent's house for a month and a half and it looks as if we will be here through the holidays as well. Things are coming along on the new house and floors are being refinished this week:) Mac is enjoying his time at Dot-Dot's house and is walking like a crazy man. He gets constant attention around here because there is always someone around to fulfill his every whim. Notice his dislike for the robot reindeer pajamas ...

We survived a YEAR!

Mac turned one on Monday and instead of celebrating that I survived the first year of motherhood we gave Mac presents and ate cake.... ha... kidding but really not. It was a small event just family,bbq and cupcakes. Mac had a blast! I am missing the classic birthday cake in the face picture but it was so hectic we only got that on video ...

Shopping cart covers

As I walked through Target today to grab a few things I noticed something. Everywhere I turned there was a mom strolling their baby in a shopping cart with one of those germ free covers. This is not a bad thing, however let me paint a picture for you. Mac has on a maroon sweatshirt, brown pants, and one red sock. He is also currently eating bits of my blueberry muffin from Starbucks which he has managed to crumble all over himself and even smush into his hair ... all this in a shopping cart with no cover.

It's official!

Today I am 21 weeks and some change. We found out the gender of the next "Greene to be". Now don't get me wrong, I am excited about what I am having, but I hoped for weeks this next babe would be a little brother for Mac to wrestle with, play army with and just entertain each other in general, however, God has different plans .... Sometime the month of March we will be adding a little Greene gal for Mac to wrestle with, play army with and entertain each other in general:) Out with the blue boy stuff and in with the pink ... or maybe salmon orange colors(pink in great mass I am not a fan of)! However, this little girl will have many nice young fellows around. There has been a boom of babies at our church and I have seen some handsome ones ... :)

Hanging around at Dot-Dot's House

So, since we are living at my mom's for a while while renovating the new house Mac has spent a lot of time outside pushing the walker up and down the driveway and checking out Dot-Dot's beautiful landscaping compliments of my sister's landscape design talents. Notice we are getting some extra use out of the Halloween outfit!ha!

Trick or Treat!

Yes, Mac was a fireman and a VERY cute fireman at that! We went trick or treating with the cousins and some more friends and had a fabulous time. I forced Zach to walk him around in the hiking pack and carry a bucket(very obvious the candy collection was not for the one year old), but Zach was a good sport. We are looking forward to more holiday festivities to come ...

On Repeat

Well, we have made the move and are now residing at my mom's house and by the looks of things we will be here through the holidays. The new house I believe has a few more projects than we thought... like we didn't even notice there was no laundry area! I guess that's what you get when you buy a house built in the 30's or 40's anyway .....
So, Mac's vocabulary is improving everyday and he has now mastered da-da, dah-dah(Dot-Dot is my mom), ahhight(light) but his favorite word is "I". We have been singing this song about cows in the bathtub since birth because of this "lovely" CD Zach's friend Austin and his mother gave us(all songs are about cows in some way). The songs goes .. "I saw a cow in the bathtub reading a book, a big book about ice cream..." Mac has picked up on the first word and right after I end the song he says, "I." So essentially I am on repeat with this song all day ....

Making some progress ..

Well, it looks as if the Greene family is making some progress in many ways...
Mac is now standing on his own - yet to take a step put loves to pick things up, stand, scream and then plop back down on his booty. Never the less that's progress.
Zach has made a smooth job transition and is now working with his dad and another guy doing commercial and residential appraisal. It is fabulous because every morning when Mac and I go to walk we can stop by daddy's office and pop in(not sure if Zach appreciates all our little drop bys but ...)
Though the market has slowed, I have had a few closings this month, which with the new house and all the projects we are facing were very welcomed. As far as packing up our little home I am definitely making progress! Most everything is boxed up and ready for the big move next weekend. Mac is going to love living at Dot-Dot's(my mom) for a few weeks ....

Feeling Stressed ...

So, here we are October 5 and only 12 days till we have to vacate our home of 2.5 years. I know that doesn't sound like long but it is the house I brought my little baby home too last year, so I do feel a twinge of sadness, however, that small emotion is overcome by my stress. The last time we moved we had about 15 pieces of furniture to our name and a few boxes of mostly wedding gifts now somehow over the last 2.5 years we have filled our house and to pack and move seems so daunting! The added stress could also be because I am pregnant and hormonal but ....
Yesterday I wanted to start packing but where do you start dishes? decor? clothing? ugh .. this sucks ... To add to it Zach will be on active duty for a few weeks post move and I will be overseeing to remodel of the 1940's shack we convinced ourselves was the perfect home in the perfect neighborhood with soooo much character ... I just needed to vent a little bit ... wish me luck in the next 12 days ...

Finally some pictures!!!

Here are a few pictures just to get ya'll up to date .... Mac is at a great age and so much fun!

The worst blogger ever!!

So, I thought I would be able to keep up with this darn thing but I am such a slacker. The real story is that a tree from our neighbors yard feel into ours crushing the powerlines and causing our circuits to blow everywhere in the house. There were lots of cracked blubs and of course now half of our outlets won't work!! However, Zach's precious TV was spared because of a surge protector but our computer suffered some casualties .... thus I have not been on the computer much lately unless I am at the office for real estate stuff.
So here is the Greene family update without pictures ... AGAIN
We are expecting a new addition somewhere around March 15th. I will be so happy for Mac to have a sibling to bother instead of mom all the time. He is growing an exploring so much and is just on the verge of walking(secretly I am hoping he is walking by Halloween so that when we go trick or treating he can actually walk to the door and I don't have to put him in a stroller and be one of those parents that are obviously just bringing their baby around for the candy!ha!) By the way Mac will be a fireman for Halloween ... the perfect little outfit was at a consignment sale I went to where I bought all of his fall/winter clothes for under $50 .. amazing! I am ready for the weather to cool down so he can wear them and I can stop sweating like a pig whenever we are playing at the park or going for a walk ... and of course I am ready for all the fall festivities!
Hello to all Mac's little cousins and all the out of town friends. WMac sends a belated happy birthday to Ellie Stewart!!:)

Please overlook all the errors I just made typing that ....

Go Dawgs!

Yes, it is for sure ... Mac is a dawg fan! I have been waiting for months for Mac to bust his first move but it wasn't until he heard the Georgia fight song that he started dancin' and hasn't stopped(We all know he gets his amazing dance moves from his dad ..ha). Zach's parents have a little bulldog toy that plays the fight song and he loves it. He also has an affinity for his Dawgs sippy cup so ...



ps ... photos to come ...

Just a little adventurous ...

Each time I turn around I find Mac into something new ... I feel like I am on constant suicide watch. He is becoming extremely mobile and I think walking is in the near future.

O the good 'ol days of the blowup pool ...

Who knew a $10 blowup pool could provide so many hours of entertainment? I decided to invite Mac's cousins Mercy and Isaiah and some friends Karis and Hannah over for an afternoon swim. It was a circus but so much fun...

Mac's future profession?

As you can see from the picture Mac has a certain affinity for the toilet. If I see he has crawled away I can usually find him in this exact spot. Whatever part of the toilet that is attached to the floor has some sort of washer on it that Mac likes to bang because it makes a funny noise. That said do we have a future plumber on our hands?ha! Actually I think he is going to be a lot like his daddy and want to "fix" things(or spend hours taking them apart to see how they work) . Hey, two handy men what more could a girl ask for?!

Playin' at Great Grandma's House ...

Mac was just trying to help unload the groceries ...

Mac's First Beach Trip

So, initially I was not really excited about the beach trip mainly because of the seven hours we were going to have to spend driving Mac to the beach ... to get a few of you updated Mac has never really enjoyed riding in his car seat. But we made it and Mac has enjoyed being around at least 14 people who are always ready to hold him and entertain his every whim. Zach and I took him on his first bike trip and he loved it so much he fell asleep. The highlight of the week though was the baby pool his Grandma Gigi bought him. More pics to come ...