Who Says

You can't travel with a 3 week old? LOL! Brandon made his first road trip up to the northern wilderness of MN this past weekend for the 4th of July. Despite waking us up every 2-3 hours to eat during the night, he did really well. In fact both boys did well. :) We had a lot of fun hanging out with the fam this weekend. Noah even had his first ride on a wave runner with Shawn. Grandma Kathy was a wee bit nervous about that, but I think we got her to calm down... :D

It was a great weekend, and thanks to Brain & Val for letting us stay with them. We always have a great time! And thanks to Uncle Ron & Aunt Lisa for letting us all hang out with them on the 4th!

Oh and we finally got a family picture of the 4 of us! Noah sat still long enough for it! LOL!

3 Years

Today is our 3rd wedding anniversary! At the time I am writing this we were dancing and having a blast with our guests at our reception! Unlike the last 2 years we are not doing an anniversary trip. Instead we welcomed Brandon Evan to our lives. Which is a good excuse as any in my books for not taking a trip! Plus Shawn reminded me just a bit ago that I technically should still be pregnant. Well thank goodness I'm not! :) This year will be low key in regards to celebrating. Just a nice dinner at home with our boys. Plus the beautiful roses Shawn bought me.

I love you baby!

1 Week

Well we've made it through the first week! Brandon is back up to his birth weight. He passed his first doctor's appointment with flying colors... I'm doing good as well. A wee bit tired, but nothing that's unmanageable. Shawn's home 1 more week with us, and we are hoping to have a couple of nice days where we can do some fun stuff with both boys.

Noah continues to do really well with Brandon. So we are hopeful it will continue. Time will tell! :)

Brandon had his first photo shoot on Thursday. Here are some of the shots that I got of him.










I'm hoping to get some shots of Noah with him besides just snapshots, but keeping an 18 month old still can be a bit hard. Especially my 18 month old. LOL! I'll at least get 18 month pictures of him by himself. Those I can do even if I have to chase him. :D

That's it for now!

And Baby Makes 4!

Brandon Evan Turner has arrived!!!

He was born on Friday, June 12th at 3:39pm. Approximately 50 minutes after we got into the hospital. Yes, I seem to have a knack for getting to the hospital just in time. LOL!

Here are his stats:

6 lbs 15.5 oz
21 inches long

His nickname is rocket boy as he rocketed on out of Momma. LOL!

Pictures are in the June album slideshow at the right! We are all doing well. Noah is doing very well with his new brother. He loves to look at him and give him loves. So far so good!

Now it's nap time for momma!

37 Weeks and Other Randomness...

I hit 37 weeks with LT2 on Saturday. I'm 1 cm dilated & 50% effaced. And in my mind he can make his appearance any ole time he wants!!! :) We head back to the doctor on Thursday afternoon so maybe there will be more progress...

In other news, Noah will be 18 months tomorrow. It's so hard to believe that he's getting so big. I swear it was just yesterday when we brought him home from the hospital. Now he's running around like a mad man (you can not keep him still for long), jabbering away (some words we can understand, some not so much), and shaking his booty for us when a song comes on that he likes. The boy LOVES to dance. :)

And lastly for this installment... the basement!!! Besides some more smaller items (in my mind they are small) to finish up, it is D-O-N-E! WOO HOO!!!!!!!!!! And we are VERY pleased with everything. It looks great! Pics are in the slideshow and in the May or June album. So check it out! Now comes the fun part... The finishing touches! :)

Sooooo CLOSE!

As I type, the tile guy is grouting the bathroom & the tile in front of the patio door. WOO - HOO!!! Pictures to come after he leaves! I am so excited! And to top the week off, the carpet is being installed tomorrow. Double WOO - HOO! This weekend will be filled with getting stuff moved in downstairs, finishing up the home theater stuff, and possibly starting Noah on sleeping in his big boy bed. Oh and Shawn is getting in a round of golf Saturday morning. Which is great! That man needs some fun time! He's been working super hard lately. Plus putting up with a very pregnant wife, which in itself deserves a medal.

Love you baby! <3

The Heat...

Only in Minnesota will it go from 49 degrees to 95 in 2 days. Top that off with pregnancy swelling and you have one happy very pregnant woman. I am so happy I am not going the whole summer pregnant. I feel so bad for those of you who have done that. Hopefully when Jaime & Charlie start to think about having babies she'll be able to avoid the Houston summer heat. Take it from me sis, you don't want to feel like this!


Otherwise, I'm still on modified bed rest. We go back to the OB tomorrow for our 34 week appt. Hopefully we'll find out more about the induction date and all.

That's it for now!