Baby's first photos

Here is our 2nd little princess! I love the one where she has both arms up- it remind me of how MV used to sleep when she was a newborn with both arms up above her head! Sorry for the quality (we do not have a scanner).

"For You have formed my inward parts; You have covered me in my mother's womb." Psalm 139:13

The results are in....

We are having a GIRL!!! That's right Mary Varner is going to have a little sister to grow up with! The ultrasound was great and also showed that the blood around the baby was completely gone!!! Thanks for all the prayers, and we thank God for this wonderful gift.

My growing belly!

Here is a picture of my ever so growing belly! I am 16 weeks today, and go for my next dr. appt. on Thurs. I hope to start posting more belly pics in the future as it gets bigger and bigger!!!

Fall Fun!

We had a fun weekend this weekend! Jim's parents, Grandaddy and Nana, came to visit us for the weekend. We went to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday, and had a great time! Mary Varner picked out her pumpkin which was one of the smallest ones there, but that is the one she wanted (yes, she stayed dry all week). They had a bouncy house, face painting, and a small scale petting zoo also. As you can see in the pictures it was a really fun time for all of us!

Ultrasound results

We had an ultrasound done today and it did show that the bleeding around the baby is the same which is good (not getting any bigger)! The baby would not cooperate at all with trying to see if it is a boy or girl. Its legs were crossed the entire time and we even tried having me drink cold water to try and get the baby to move. Anyway, my regular dr. appt is next Thurs., and they are going to try again then! This is a very stubborn child. We may have our hands full!!!

Did someone say cupcakes?

Well, I bribed my child with cupcakes. Yes, I told MV on Tuesday that if she stayed dry and did not have any accidents for 3 full days then I would take her to get a cupcake. I did not really believe that she would actually remember from day to day or even hold me to it, but boy was I wrong!! Almost every time she went to the bathroom for those three days she would say that she was going to get a cupcake. At first she wanted a purple cupcake (which I did not know how I was going to pull that off), but thankfully by Thursday (the 2nd day) she changed it to an orange cupcake which was perfect with Halloween stuff around right now. So yes, she did it!! She went 3 full days (and continues today) to be accident free!! I took her to the bakery to pick out her cupcake on Friday after nap, and of course they did not have just one orange cupcake all by itself. The only ones that they had were the mini cupcake package with about 3 orange and 3 brown ones. So, we ended up with more cupcakes than I originally planned on, but she ate one orange and one brown and was VERY excited the entire time. She even sang the phrase "cupcake party" over and over the whole time we were in the store and while she was eating the cupcakes. Anyway, this week I told her if she goes 5 full days then we will get a real pumpkin for her to have at the house. I took the easy way out because we plan on getting one anyway. I just hope she does it or else we may not be able to get one this year. I have faith that she will! I am SO proud of her. Here are some pictures and a little video from the bakery and the actual "cupcake party" at home.
Looking at all the yummy choices
Picking out the perfect ones
Ahhh.. so good

Boy or Girl????

Just a heads up that we have an ultrasound on Monday to check on the bleeding situation around the baby and my dr. said that if the baby cooperates that we MIGHT find out if it is a boy or girl!! The main thing is to please pray that the bleeding has gone away and if we get a little bonus information then that will be exciting too!!!

Such a big girl...

Well, the past week has been very busy! The newest activity around here is potty training. Yes, I feel like I am living at the potty. MV loves to go ALL the time and even wants to sit on her potty while watching Mickey Mouse every morning when she wakes up. She has been showing interest here and there for a few months now, but Sunday she woke up from nap with a dry diaper and told us that she needed to go to the potty, so from then on we have been going. She is averaging 2-3 accidents a day, but so far today we have stayed dry even after a trip to the park and library. Right now while we are at home she is in "big girl panties", and when we go to MMO, or other outings we are in a pull-ups. I am very proud of her because she did go to the potty once at MMO yesterday, and today I took her at the library and she went. Anyway, enough about the potty, but as you know (if you gone through this)that it feels like it consumes your entire life!!

In her big girl panties!!


On another note, I did take some cute pictures of MV playing at the park today with her two little friends. She is so brave now and goes down all the big curvy and tunnel slides without me talking her through it. I can not believe how fast she is growing up!!!


Fun on the big curvy slide



Trying to climb the wall

Mary Varner loves Madison!

Sayings

I do not have new pictures this week (sorry mom), but I have some funny/cute things that Mary Varner has said this week that I would like to post so that I will not forget them later!

#1: While in the bathtub, I am rinsing her hair and she looks up at me and says, "look it's raining in my hair."
#2: We are still practicing the potty thing (some days are better than others). Well the other day she went poo poo which is a VERY big deal for us. She was so excited and when she stood up and looked at it she said, "not a banana?" in a very questioning type voice.
#3: The other day she had this sticker from library on her hand and was playing around putting on different parts of her body on the way home when all the sudden she lets out this frustrating grunt type noise and says, "Mommy help", and I said,
"help with what?", she responded, "my sticker stuck."
#4: For the last couple of weeks we have been telling MV to be careful and not kick or push on mommy's belly because there is a baby in it. Last night during her bath, I told her to turn around so that I could wash her belly and she responded, "there is a baby in it" and started rubbing her stomach:)
#5: A few weeks ago, we were in the grocery store when I started to feel like I was going to get sick ( the meat dept.would always set my morning sickness off). Anyway, I rolled the cart to the back of the store and quietly took my 2 year old out of the cart and walked into the bathroom. The feeling passed so we quietly came out and loaded back up in the cart. Well, MV calls any bathroom a poo poo potty. I do not know why but she does, and the entire remainder of my grocery trip she would announce to everyone that we passed in the aisle and even the checkout lady that, "Mommy poo poo potty" over and over until they would finally respond back to her!!