When you're cool

The sun shines all the time!



'nuff said!

Some things change

What has changed may you ask? Well last night I said goodbye to Crate and Barrel. After 4 1/2 years of working there it was time to say goodbye. It was a hard decision to make, but the thought of not being able to spend time with Shawn and Noah was something I wasn't going to give up. That and the gas prices have gone up so much that it wasn't worth the drive anymore either. So now I have the summer off from a part time gig. Which is great! And for once we don't have every single weekend planned out so now we can decide what we want to do for most of them when we get to it! :) So as much as I will miss my friends/co-workers at Crate, I am going to definitely love being home with my family more.

And just for fun... I was fartin' around in photoshop the other day and decided to have some fun with this picture of Noah...



I got some really good pictures of him on Monday. I'll have them loaded sometime this week!

So Annoyed...

At being sick. We can not seem to get rid of the crud in our house. Shawn has now had it 3 or 4 times since winter started. I've had it 2 times and Noah has had it once. Once again this past weekend we were all out for the count. Well I should correct that statement. Shawn & I were out for the count. Noah still has a bit of a cough, but that's it. So thank goodness for that! So on such a beautiful weekend we were cooped up inside sleeping as much as we could. Woo - Hoo. Not.

So because of the crap we had this last weekend and not being able to get stuff done that we wanted to on Sunday we are adding those items to our list of stuff to do this weekend. At least it's a long weekend! We will also be spending the day on Sunday over at Shawn's parents for a BBQ. Noah will get to meet his great-grandpa & great-grandma Turner for the first time and his great Aunt Kim! So that will be fun! :) I'm also going to try and get to taking 5 1/2 month pictures of the little dude this weekend too. I did buy him a super cute shirt & hat for Memorial Day. Maybe I'll have them taken in that. It is supposed to be nice weather for once on Memorial Day. Our first outdoor photo shoot! :D

One more thing! Shawn took Noah for a little ride on the new John Deere last week when he was Mr.Crabby pants from being sick. He loved it! Even though he looks kind of grumpy in the photos (see May 2008 album), he really did love it. :) I see a John Deere Gator in our son's future!

Mother's Day Memories

Mother's day has now come and gone. It was a wonderful day even though it flew by! I was very happy to just be able to spend the day with Shawn & Noah. :) I woke up to find a nice card from my little man with a picture of my gift in it and a very moving card from Shawn. Noah got me a family necklace! It should be here late this week and I'm super excited to get it! Here's a pic I found of it online. Mine will be the same except without the 2 pink ones on the bottom of it. When baby #2 arrives (no I'm not preggers) we can bring it in and have the other one added. He did such a good job!



We didn't make it to the Race for the Cure. It was a bit chilly for Noah especially since he's got a cold right now. Instead we made it to breakfast with Grandma Ellen and my parents. Then we hung out at Mom & Dad's for a bit before we had to leave to get to the MOA to hop in line to meet Bobby Flay!

We were pretty close to the front of the line and he started signing books 15 minutes early so that was really nice! Shawn ended up walking Noah around the mall while I waited since the little Bubba's was getting a bit ansty and needed to go for a walk (So was Daddy). They got back a bit before Bobby started signing so I had Shawn bring Noah down so he could get in the picture with Bobby & I. Well we were going to do the hand off as I got to the end of the line when Shawn called out and showed me Noah. Blow out central! LOL! At the same time Amanda, Mitch, and Kate got there to see us and Shawn flew right by them. Amanda says he was running away from her... LOL! They tag teamed and got Noah all cleaned up and in a new outfit just in time for me to get up to Bobby. So I did get to have him with! Bobby was very nice and told me to make sure I feed Noah well. :P I was grinning from ear to ear the entire time! :D As you can see in this picture below...



We walked around the mall for a bit afterwards with Amanda, Mitch, and Kate. Then we headed home and chilled for the rest of the evening. It was a great day! Oh and I of course sat and read my new cookbook! :D

The other news of the weekend is Noah is now 5 months! Hopefully I'll get a chance to take some 5 month shots of him this coming weekend. Maybe if it's nice out I can take them outside this time. He was really scooting around yesterday with a bit of assistance from Papa Gregg. Dad had his hands behind Noah's feet so he had some traction to get a moving! He scooted across the entire blanket a couple of times! Yay! Now we've just got to get him to sit up by himself... :) Oh and his teeth are really coming in now! I have a feeling by the end of the month they will be all the way up!

That's all for now!

Teefers...

You are reading that right! Mr. Noah has cut his first tooth! The little pearly white has started to peek through on his bottom gum in the front. It's not all the way up yet, but it is definitely getting there.

Otherwise, we've been pretty busy the past few weeks. Last weekend I helped host my cousin Ellen & her fiance's couples shower. It was a lot of fun! It was a definite success! Only 1 more month until the big day is here for them! This weekend isn't looking so bad, but I seem to have caught some kind of bug and woke up this morning with a slight fever. No fun...

Next weekend is mother's day and we are running the Race for the Cure and then hanging out at the Mall of America the rest of the day. One of my favorite Food Network chef's Bobby Flay is going to be at the Barnes and Noble signing his new cookbook that afternoon. I'm so excited!!!

That's all from Turner land...