The first of four...

We had our Christmas just the three (and 1/2) of us last night! This is the first of four Christmas celebrations that we have! We will be driving to Mississippi on Wednesday to spend a week with all our families which we are looking forward to especially MV who ask everyday if we are going to Mississippi since I told her that we were going for Christmas! This is her first Christmas that she is really into it, and is excited about every part! Last night after opening her gifts she said, "Thank you Mommy and Daddy" and gave us both hugs without either one of us asking her to do so! We were very proud of her for that, and it was one of those sweet parenting moments that make you feel soooo good!! Mary Varner is such a sweet and gentle little spirit that can light up a room just by entering it! We are so blessed to have her in our lives, and thank the Lord everyday that He picked us to be her parents!!

This morning on her new "spit and sin" as she calls it


"Tinkerbell" movie for the trip to Mississippi

Finally some boiled peanuts--- I have been craving them for months now!!





Thanks Papa Doc and Kay Kay for the kitchen!!

The next American Idol winner...

MV LOVES to sing!! She can remember parts to songs or entire ones sometimes just from hearing it once. Anyway, the other day was a cold, rainy day and we were playing around singing different songs. I got out the camera to catch some on video thinking that she would play "shy" once she saw it like she usually does, but not this time! She performed for the camera and she was so proud of herself. I picked out my two favorites from the numerous ones I tooked. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did!!

"Jingle Bells"


"Amazing Grace"

Santa

Jim and I took Mary Varner to see Santa on Saturday. We went to the Bass Pro Shop that had a WONDERFUL setup with all kinds of activities for the kids and very realistic looking reindeer and all! I highly recommend going if you have one where you live!! Anyway, I did not know what she was going to do this year because last year she cried and would not have anything to do with Santa. This year she got in his lap without any tears, but as you can see in the picture, she looked like she had seen a ghost!! She sat very still and would not look at him! When Santa asked," Little girl, what do you want for Christmas?" She replied, "presents", and quickly got down from his lap!! The whole way home she keep saying how Santa talked to her. "He talked Mommy"!! I guess she did not realize that he was a real person until he started talking to her.

21 week update

I went to the doctor today and everything looks great with our baby girl! (yes, Mimi, it is still a girl). It is always such a wonderful sight to see your little miracle moving around and to hear the doctor say that everything looks healthy!!

As for the little princess in our house right now, she is keeping us laughing everyday with the stuff that she is saying! Some examples are:

1) While Jim was putting her to bed the other night, MV said "What's dat smell in my nose", Jim said "I do not know?", and MV said in return, "stinky in daddy's mouth". I guess Jim had some bad breath!!
2) After watching a little 30 minute video the other day about Jesus' birth and Christmas, I asked MV who was Jesus' mother was and she correctly answered Mary and then when I asked who his daddy was (thinking she was going to say God or even Joseph), she blurted out Jonah. I think she may have her stories a little mixed up!!
3) I do not know if I should laugh or cry about this one- Last night, while I was cooking dinner, MV ran up behind me and hugged me from behind. After I said thank you for the hug, she looked up at me with this puzzled look and asked, " momma, you have baby in your booty?", I said, "No, it is just big and round like my belly"-- Children are just too honest sometimes!!!

Bye, Bye Paci

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving week! We went to Mississippi last week and returned home to have Thanksgiving here at home this year! We enjoyed not traveling for once on a holiday- it was kinda nice!!

The main event in our house this week is MV saying goodbye to her paci. She only used it when she was sleeping, but we gave them to the "pacifier fairy" yesterday. I got this idea from the show "Super Nanny". The way it works is you get a bag and let them decorate the bag, and then you go around and collect all the pacis in the bag. After you collect them all, you put the bag in the mailbox (or some other location), and the pacifier fairy comes and gets them to take to all the new babies that need them. In return for giving up the pacis, the fairy leaves a prize in the bag that the pacis were in. O.K., I know you are thinking that this is a crazy idea, but it WORKED!!!! MV was very excited throughout the decorating, finding, and even putting them in the mailbox stage of the event. She did have a hard time at nap yesterday (crying alot), but last night she went right to sleep without a peep and slept until 6:45 this morning(her normal time)!!! The pacifier fairy left her a Tinkerbell doll as her prize and she LOVES it and even slept with it last night. Here are some pictures from our farewell ceremony yesterday. I am sooo proud of her and this really makes me realize how big she is getting!!

Decorating her bag



Hunting for pacis





Taking them to the mailbox





Showing off her Tinkerbell doll

4th and 4th game

Elizabeth tagged me on the 4th and 4th game! The way this works is to 1. open your picture folder 2. go to the 4th folder, and 3. open the 4th picture and explain what is going on in this picture and why it is important to you. O.K. so here I go...




This is a picture of MV with Jim playing on our bed which they do almost every night before bath! I love seeing the two of them playing together and MV LOVES her daddy!! He is a wonderful daddy!!

I tag : Rena, Erika, and Nikki

Sweet conversations...

Last night when I was putting MV to bed, we sang "Jesus loves me" just like we have every night since she was born, and after we finished the song the conversation went like this:
MV looking up at me: "Mommy, you Jesus?"
Me: NO!, I am not Jesus. Jesus is in heaven with God.
MV: "Me go see him too?"
Me: "You will see him one day if you believe in Him"
MV: "Noah and the ark too?"
Me: "Yes, Noah and the ark will be there too."
MV: " You hold my hand Mommy"
Me: "Of course I will hold your hand."

I still have a smile on my face as I remember this precious conversation and many more as my little girl is growing up!!

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.