Greer- 10 months (and 16 days)

O.K. - so this monthly update process for Greer is getting to be borderline comical. I am MAKING myself sit down today (in the middle of a laundry pile) and jot down some things about her 10th month. I cannot imagine what would happen to poor baby #3 if the time ever came. Who knows if I will even keep the blog at that point. I just wish  someone would do the updates for me because I sure love the documentation...just not the actual act of updating.

At 10 months, Greer..

*still only has her 2 bottom teeth
*weighs about 21 pounds
*still has very minimal hair (come ON, hair fairy!!!)
*likes to repeat sounds that you make
*sometimes waves and says "bye bye"
*stands on her own, but hasn't really done much more in the walking category
*still a great sleeper
*still very happy and content most of the time...unless she is teething
*still favors Knox more than anything and wants to do/hold/eat whatever he is
*loves food and can probably out-eat any child on the face of the planet
*loves to be read to and sung to, and will even let you rock her if it's your lucky day
*HATES getting her diaper changed
*loves taking warm baths and hates getting out of the bath tub
*still has blue eyes and sweet eyelashes
*pretty sure that once she starts walking she will be able to hold her own with Knox
*and most importantly, still has super scrumptious cheeks


As any parent of 2 will say, life is pretty hectic most of the time. Lee was in Japan for 7 days last week, and little Ms. G got to spend some time with Lee's mom. Holy cow. The fact that I had just 1 child was insane. Insane. It was so easy and so nice to deal with the schedule of just 1 child, and it was nothing short of amazing to get one on one time with Knox. I definitely missed Greer, but I am SO thankful that I got Knox all by myself for a little while. I feel  like I learned so many new things about him, and we did a LOT of laughing. I keep realizing that I will never get these days back with the kids, and while my heart continues to be sad over that fact, I am trying to enjoy every single moment with them...and I definitely had many unforgettable moments with Knox last week.

Greer, we love you so much...and we cannot believe that it has almost been a year since you have been born. Where does the time go? Oh how I pray that your daddy and I are making the right decisions in raising you and Knox. It is such a humbling and overwhelming realization that the Lord has entrusted your life to us. We don't deserve you, but He gave you to us anyways, and the best thing that we can do for you is to turn around and hand your life...our entire family's life...back over to Him. May your significance, self worth and satisfaction come solely from Him alone. Happy 10 months, sweet baby girl!

Advent Calendar Verses

I have been doing some research on verses for our advent calendar tree, and I came across this link and love it! It lists out great verses for you, and it also has a craft to do each day. Not sure if we can swing doing a craft each day, but I hope to do the crafts either this year or next. Regardless, it gives you great verses to read each day to the kids. I thought that I would share the link with you guys since I think it' s so awesome:

http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Verses_for_Advent_Countdown_Chain.pdf

Also, my friend Teal told me about this book that her store sells. It's called "The True Night Before Christmas." It is incredible. Her store can barely keep them in stock. It has the same rhyming and rhythm as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas", but it is actually the story of the birth of Christ. I cannot wait to read it to the kids every year. What a neat way to incorporate the true meaning of Christmas in to your Christmas Eve tradition. I think it gets harder and harder each year to focus on why we really celebrate Christmas, and this book does a great job of reminding us. Here is a picture of the book in case you are interested. I just checked Amazon, and it said they are out of stock at the moment. If you see it on the shelves anywhere, you should snag it up!