Babies in McIver / Green land!!

Hello!!!

I can't believe it's 2013. Not sure about you... but we are just now, like maybe today, finally getting back into the swing of things after the holidays! Kind of. Ha! It was so nice to have Chris home for a little over a week, and it's taken a bit to get back into everything. Sleeping schedules, eating non-holiday food, everything! We enjoyed it.

We're not huge fans of winter. Feeling a little cooped up! Bella asked me a couple of days after Christmas, "So, is winter over now?" (It was only 50 degrees by the way). I had to inform her it had in fact just started. She replied, "We aren't winter girls, mom. We are beach girls." I have to agree.

We were happy to celebrate Hallie and be with family this year. Glad to have the one year marker behind us. I thought it was going to be easier than it was, to be honest. I am pretty sure I say this every blog post... but the roller coaster of grief. Surprises me every time. I've learned what hits home for me, and it's basically anything sad - movies, real life tragedies, etc.  - anything that is too close to my reality. So I stick to comedies and try not to read many stories. There are plenty just in our circles. I just stay away from the news and things like that.

ANYWAYS!!! I got on here to share some exciting news for our whole family! We have so many little blessings for the Green and McIver families. We are just thrilled thrilled thrilled to share this! Three little babies coming (or just come) to town!

First - Aspen Hallie Green

Aspen was born December 27th to Brian and Christina!
Aspen wasn't due until Jan 7th, but came as a late Christmas present to the Green Family. 6lb 5 oz of sweetness. We are now Aunt Katie and Uncle Chris!




Second- Ryan and Melissa are expecting a little girl in May!! We are so excited for them!!!!! They are going to be wonderful parents and make some beautiful kiddos. I love seeing Melissa just glow - she's doing great and is about 22 weeks now.


And third - Bella and Farrah are going to be big sisters again :) God is good. We are due 6 weeks after Ryan and Melissa, June 25th. I'm 16 weeks today. Here is a shot of our 12w ultrasound.



Blessed!
Hopeful!
Happy!
This little one was a sweet reminder of God's goodness during the holidays. I'm in maternity clothes and it's just starting to sink in...

Fair 2012!

Continuing the tradition...

What a difference a year can make!! I love looking back at the years past at the fair. How each girl has changed, but their sweet smiles and faces stay the same!

This year, we had Nana, GG, Grandy and Granddaddy there with us!

This year, Bella and Farrah were PUMPED about the fair. We started talking about it about 2 weeks before, even going through the Photobook I have of last year's pictures. Both girls loved every ride. The Frog Hopper was again the favorite. The laughs coming from those two are contagious.

Bella is always so sweet to help Farrah with everything. She's like a second mom, always has been! She would get Farrah in the seat and strap her in every ride.





Everytime they went around this track, we got a thumbs up from Farrah!




My mom said, "Can't you see them at 16 and 14 years old in car together...?" Oh my gosh.

I hope they are always as close as they are now. Inseparable.


The bumper boats and the swings were probably the next favorite rides.

But Frog Hopper took the cake.



No words.

Learning to wait our turn, patiently. :)

You can tell I can't pick my favorite pictures. They are all so fun and colorful at the FAIR!! Chris is so good, thanks baby.



Well... maybe this could be a favorite:





Until next time, fair...


Past three years...

2011
2010
2009

Picture Night at the Beach

Our Group Shot!
We missed you, Keegan!!


A couple of things to note on both of these pictures, the biting flies were TERRIBLE on this night!!! Oh my goodness!!! So if our faces looked strained or painful... you know why!

And also in this picture below, my granddad made a tombstone for the hurricane. We were so sad that our vacation was most likely going to end early... and it headed in a totally different direction. I think our pirate-ness scared him off.



I wasn't kidding. We took a few pics then hauled it back up to the house!


Mom and Dad



Chelsie

Ryan & Melissa

The Girls


Chris & I




Nana & Farrah




Aunt Melissa




I miss the beach!! Blessed that we live so close to heaven though, and were able to go with both of our families this year! I'll TRY to get the rest of the pictures on the next post! There are so many good ones it's always hard to choose.

Pirate Night at the Beach

My Granddaddy is part pirate.

Can you be part pirate? He can.

Last time we all went to the beach together three years ago, he came out one night all dressed up:

From Cape San Blas 2009

So this year, we all planned to surprise him and dress up as well. My Grandmother was great to keep it all a secret. He was thrilled when we all jumped out at him and yelled, "ARRRGGGG!!!!"

We dressed up on our first night and planned to go out to eat. (Thank you Mom for basically putting together our outfits. It is hard to get a family with small kids out of the house and to the beach, much less with costumes. Good thing my mom likes to obsess over creat fun things like this! She got all project runway!) We did the "pirate night" earlier in the week because we didn't know if hurricane Issac was going to make us leave early.

As we drove up to the Raw Bar... oh my goodness... there was a HUGE crowd. We got out of the car - giggling and slightly embarrassed... Everyone stared for a while. Then they slowly started coming over one-by-one to ask what the heck we were doing and to get a picture with Granddad.

It was such a fun night. By the time we were able to sit and eat, we had forgotten we were even dressed up. I have to say the girls looked so cute! I think I have Halloween costumes covered... :)





















It was an AWESOME way to kick off vacation! :) And I think we scarred off Hurricane Issac!! ARRRRGGGGGG!!!!