Eli's Nursery and Update

Well we have finally made some progress on our house, including Eli's nursery and Noah's room. We are so excited to finally meet our Baby Eli! We thought he might already be here by now, but God has blessed us and kept baby Eli "in" and he is now full term so it is now safer if he comes. At 33 weeks, I went in for a check up and was complaining of some pressure and it turns out that I was already dilated 1 cm and 70% efaced at such an early time. So we sent out prayer requests to help Baby Eli stay in and that he did. He made it to 36 weeks and I was dilated then at 3 cm and 80% efaced! I am now today 37 weeks and Baby Eli has made it this far inside my belly! I go to the doctor tomorrow, so we will see where we stand! Keep us in your prayers for a healthy Baby Eli sometime soon! We are so excited!

Baby Eli might be visiting us sooner than expected...

Well we finally got moved into our new house, which is a blessing. We still have a lot of unpacking to do and a lot of changes to make to the new house. And man, it sure is hard trying to unpack pregnant with a 15 month old! I just went to the doctor and was having some pressure, so he checked me. I am 33 weeks and he said I was dilated 1.5 cm and 70% efaced! Holy Moly! He said that this is not too uncommon since it is my second child. So we will see if Eli shows up sooner than expected...but then again he might just come on time...we will see!!!

WHATS GOING ON WITH THE VAHJEN'S...A WHOLE LOT!

BABY BOY ELI IS COMING SOON!!! I have yet again been so slack about our blog. Its sad how much has gone on, but I have yet to put it on our blog. Well we are epecting Baby Boy Eli on September 6, 2010. Yep, thats right I am already almost 8 months pregnant! Crazy I know. Noah will be a big brother and he and Eli will be 17 months apart. I know call us crazy, but we are so excited that they will be so close in age! We can't wait to meet Eli soon! We went on our Vahjen Beach trip with my family in North Myrtle Beach for a week. We had so much fun, but Noah had the most fun. He was so pooped from the beach, he took 3 naps a day. The best thing of all while we were there, was that Noah took his first steps. It was so awesome, because both Brian and I were there to experience it! Noah just loved the water and the beach, but he did try to each every shell on the beach! Noah was so much fun! As if all this wasn't enough going on, Brian signed to work at Greenwood Eye Clinic, we are moving to Greenwood, SC, and we bought a house. All of this just before Baby Eli's arrival. So many things, but all exciting! We looked at so many houses and finally decided on one. We are nervous about moving, but know that this is where God wants us to be and raise our family. Everything has worked out so well and the clinic is so excited to have Brian and us come! We are so sad that we are leaving Columbia, because most of our friends and family are here. :( We are excited to be close to family again, because Brian's family is in Greenwood. Hope all goes well and I will try to keep better up to date with our blog!

Noah's 1st Birthday

Noah's first birthday was great! We had a great turnout and beautiful weather. Noah had a great time playing with all of his friends, but most of all he really enjoyed the cake! YES HE ATE ALL THAT BY HIMSELF!!!

Playing with my cousin Anderson!

Noah and Anderson have a great time playing together, especially now that Noah can interact and get around much better. Although Noah always wants to pull Anderson's hair, I think he just might be wondering what happened to his hair. It is so neat that they are so close and can grow up together. What a blessing both of them are!

Noah's New Best Friend!

Now that Noah has started crawling, he has a new best friend, Mia. Now that Mia is on his eye level, he is intrigue by her. He adores all the dogs, but loves his Mia. Mia loves on him back with kisses and allows him to do whatever he wants. He gets so upset when we close the back door and he can't see the dogs, so a lot of the time we open the back door and he just sits, laughs, and talks to the dogs. He loves it and just smiles the whole time!

Noah is finally CRAWLING!!!

Although we thought Noah was never going to crawl, he finally successfully did it right before his 11 month birthday. YAY FOR NOAH!!!! I guess "better late than never!" He is even happier than ever, because he is now on the move. We will see what is next to come from Noah!