12 week update...

Today marks my first day in the second trimester (12 weeks and 1 day)! I had a Dr. appt today and everything looks great. It was a little scary at first because they could not find the baby's heartbeat with the doppler thing, and they ordered an ultrasound to be done. The ultrasound showed a wonderful little heartbeat and I saw the baby move its tiny little arms and legs!!! My heart was beating soooo hard for those 10 minutes or so before the ultrasound, but since I had MV with me (yes, the lady at MMO was sick today so it was cancelled), I kept my mind occupied with making sure she did not tear up the exam room literally:) I am going to try and scan the ultrasound pic at the store (we do not have a scanner),and post it another day! On a side note I am feeling MUCH better now and have not gotten sick in almost 2 weeks now. Actually, I was only sick this time for about 3 weeks! Much better than the first time. Maybe that means this one is a boy. My Dr. said that we MIGHT see boy or girl at my next appt.if it is not too early. We have to do another ultrasound because there is some bleeding around the baby that they are monitoring. He says that it is nothing to be too concerned about now that I am out of the first trimester, but I am not allowed to do any type of exercising except for casual walking for now. Stay tuned for more updates from my next appt., and please pray that this bleeding will go away by then.

Family Fun Weekend!!

This past weekend John, Rena, and Ben came down for a long weekend visit! We had a great time hanging out at the beach, eating out and grilling in, and shopping the outlets! I am so mad at myself for not getting more pictures, but I forgot my camera most of the weekend and then I was VERY busy keeping up with MV who was VERY excited and a little on the hyper side from all the company. She asked this morning where John, Rena, and Ben were and last night when I told her daddy was on his way home from work she said, "and John"? Needless to say, she misses them VERY much!!! If you want to see some good beach pictures go to Rena and John's blog at elderjr.blogspot.com. She took lots of great pictures over the weekend!

Princess for the day...

On Saturday morning, MV woke up and immediately put on her new princess crown, earrings, necklace, and ring that John, Rena and Ben gave her for her birthday. Although she has worn it before for a few minutes at a time, this time was different. She wore it ALL day (except for nap), even on a stroll around the neighborhood! I took these pictures throughout the day of her wearing her princess attire.
First thing when she woke up:

Riding on Daddy's shoulders later in the afternoon:
And last but not least, I got her on video saying her "God is great,God is good" blessing in no other but her beautiful princess crown and earrings...

Camo cousins

These are some pictures I forgot to post last week that I took in Mississippi. One day we all (Elder Family) went to the hunting cabin and had fun eating lunch and hanging out while the Elder guys put up a new deer stand. Anyway, we dressed the kids in camo as requested by their daddys for the occasion. I am sure that this will be common cabin attire in the future also!!

Singing to Mrs. Potato Head...

I am really excited about being able to put video on my blog now since Rena helped me figure out that my camera had a video option!! I took this video yesterday of MV singing "Jesus loves me", to her Mrs. Potato Head toy that she just got for her birthday from her little friend, Madison! She sang the entire song with only me helping her one time! She has been doing this at night before bed, but any other time when I would ask her to sing it she wouldn't. Anyway, I got it on video!! Excuse the moving around so much but I was trying to keep the camera on her as much as possible. You may get a little dizzy watching it, maybe I will get better with practice. Oh, and if you are wondering what she has on her ears, those are Mrs. Potato's earrings that MV wanted to wear, of course!!

Birthday Party!

While we were in Mississippi last weekend we celebrated Mary Varner's birthday! We invited the family over for some cupcakes and ice cream. Mary Varner especially enjoyed the cupcakes! Actually, I think she ate close to 3 of them. She snuck one in before we could get her candle lit and then commented "this is just aweful" which is one of her new phrases. Anyway, as you can see from the numerous pictures (I actually cut out alot of them), she wanted to play with all of her presents immediately, and wore/carried most of them around with her the entire afternoon! It was so much fun to see her enjoying her birthday so much!

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy birthday Mary Varner! At 7:35p.m. two years ago you came into our lives, and changed us forever! We can not believe that in these two short years how much you have grown and changed, and we are looking forward to what you are going to do in this next year! We thank the Lord everyday for you, and we pray that your relationship with Him will grow everyday, and that you will know Jesus early in life! You are an amazing little girl, and we are very proud to be your daddy and mamma! Love you bunches!


September 4, 2006


1st Birthday



2nd Birthday

Mary Varner's new shirt...

Mary Varner is so excited to model her new T-shirt that says that she is going to be a big sister!!! That's right, we are expecting our second baby on April 12th! We went to the doctor today, and got to see the little miracle and we could even see and hear its little heartbeat!! I am 8 weeks and a few days along, and yes the sickness is starting to kick in. We are so thankful to God for this wonderful gift!

Also, we just got back from a long trip to Mississippi where we also celebrated Mary Varner's 2nd birthday! I will be uploading those pics soon!

Playmate!!

Mary Varner LOVES to play with her daddy! I tell myself that the reason she enjoys playing with him so much is because she gets bored playing with me all day, so when daddy gets home- It is playtime!!! She loves to pull all the pillows from our bed onto the floor and play with them! These are some pictures of her playing with daddy and the pillows! She also had this wash cloth that she kept putting on Jim's head and after many attempts at arranging it she finally said "pifit", and walked off. I am worried that we may have a little perfectionist on our hands!!!

Working hard to get it just right!!



"pifit"



Having a blast playing on the bed with daddy!