the growing belly ...

Well ... this is about when my belly started growing ...

4.9.2010 - 13 weeks 5 days

4.14.2010 - 14 weeks 3 days

6.2.2010 - 21 weeks 3 days

6.17.2010 - 23 weeks 4 days

From two to five ... by Thanksgiving

Brayden is our first!! He'll has a special place in our hearts!! He's bunches of fun and always up for a new adventure!

Fielding is the second!! He's such a cutie and very lovable!!

And soon there will be three more ... Jenny with Avery, Me with Mariel, and Laura with ??
So fun to be pregnant at the same time!!
Who would have thought?


So, I got my dad to bring home the Doppler to listen to the heartbeats ...

Dad finding Avery's heartbeat. We learned the difference between the sound of the placenta and the actual heartbeat! So fun! Thanks for teaching dad!

And Jenny listening to Mariel's heartbeat!

Looking forward to the fall!!

The Garner Family Reunion at the Farm

Here's our immediate family (minus my husband Matthew and Jenny's husband Aric) ...
Pictures of our whole group weren't on my camera, but I love you all!! :)
The Four of us ... still in stair steps ... Will, Chet, Molly, and Jenny!

We ate and ate and ate ... at one point, Will made the observation that his hand never left his mouth all day ... there was such great food - as always!

More food!!

And Uncle Neal created an armadillo and sea turtle out of our ham!!
(so creative)

And we played!! We got to on a carriage ride with neighbors down the road!!

Chet, Jenny, Will, and Andres

My cousin Kate, my grandparent's foreign exchange student from China - Priscilla, and me

It was a wonderful four(ish) days!!! Love to all of you!!

The Beginning and End ...

My sister Jenny picked me up from the airport, and we shared some great chopped beef sandwiches and creamed corn from Rudy's ... I was in great need of true Texas Bar-B-Q!!

Then we treated our feet to pedicures before meeting my dad in Briggs.
This was a nice treat! And I felt Avery kick while we were getting pampered!! Exciting!!

One of my best friends came to visit during my first full day at the farm!
She is a true treasure in my life!

I met her son Hudson for the first time ... he's a cutie!!

And last time I saw Anna, she was under a year. That day we spent touring the Fort Worth Zoo ... and Anna is precious!!

And then we had our family reunion; I'll post pictures of the event next ...

So ... I began the trip with friends and ended the trip visiting friends ...

I met Nathan, Sarah Beth, and their son James at Central Market!!

I got to see Sarah Beth before their arrival of their second child ... She's so cute pregnant!!
She's another treasure in my life!!

Before meeting Jessica and Dwight, I hung out one last time with Will and Andres eating
Sno Cones ... a favorite of mine that North Carolina does not embrace ...

Will and me!!

Dwight and Jessica took me to the airport after a nice sparkly drink at a local coffee shop!

It was a great time being home and visiting friends and family ...
And within the day, I'll post about the 2010 Garner Family Reunion!!