The Turner Family

Amy Wolin (pregnant with Chloe), Bridget Book (pregnant with Reece?), Sarah McDonald, Morgan & Braden Turner, and Jody Cacioppo

Although it was early, I had a great time catching up with all of you and seeing the recent additions to our group! Love you all and your babies too!

Meet some of Braden’s new friends! All of them were born within a month of each other. What a fun time for babies and parents!

Braden with Christian Scott Blasick. Born February 5, 2008

Tony Blasick with his son Christian Scott and Kevin Turner with his son Braden Keith. Such proud daddies!

Braden with his future wife (!?) Hadley Opal Miller. Born January 23, 2008 to parents Luke and Katie.

Morgan holding Gracie Paige Greer. Born January 15, 2008 to Shaun and Jillian.

Braden meeting his cousin Liam Richard Turner for the first time. Liam was born January 8, 2008 to Brian and Eryn.

We look forward to meeting you Ben Gould! We’ll see you in March!

He’s here!  Born on February 1st, 2008 at 12:48PM.  He was 7lbs and 14oz & 19.5 inches long!  He and his mother are doing wonderful.  thanks for all your prayers.

You can view our entire photoset from his birth on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kmturner/sets/72157603837351389/

So today is our due date, but since none of you have heard your phones ringing from us lately, Braden isn’t here. Yet. My last appointment was on Thursday and the doctor said everything is going really well. He is growing and moving very well. However, I was only about 1 cm dilated and with 9 cm to go, it seems like it could be a while. We asked about induction and she said that since I am not very far progressed (internally) it would be a very long painful process that could potentially end in a c-section, which I would not really like. So this gave us our answer that we had been praying would be obvious to us. We are going to let this little guy come when he’s ready. My next appointment is this coming Thursday, so unless he comes by then, we are going back to Dr. Anstine. I will be almost 41 weeks then and they don’t let women go over 42 weeks (higher sickness/death rate for both moms and babies) so we will probably schedule a time to go in for an induction during the following week in case he still hasn’t come.

Kevin and I are trying to be patient but it is so hard! We can’t wait to meet our son! We are curious as to who he is going to look like, what kind of baby he will be and how long those legs are! So pray for us and our patience levels. And while you are at it, pray that he comes soon! We’d really appreciate it! Hope the next time you hear from us we will be telling you how beautiful he is and all his birth stats.

Kevin and I got a new camera last week. It’s a Canon EOS Rebel XTi digital SLR. I’m sure he can tell you all the details about it more than I can but it means he has a new toy to play with! Since I’m the only other human in the house, he takes my picture all day! Most get deleted, but I thought I’d post a few of the more fun ones.

Mom and baby at almost 39 weeks pregnant – January 18th 2008

Gotta’ love the new camera!

So sweet!

Thought we’d post the most recent pictures of the nursery. My brother is painting pictures to hang on the wall where the balloon is now, and then it will be complete! But Braden can come at anytime. He doesn’t need to wait till the pictures are done!

Really the monkey doesn’t look creepy…

So many clothes for him to be stylin’ in!

Yep, I did the stripes myself… with help from my mom and Sarah McDonald. Thanks guys!

Great job on the shelves Kev! They look great!

Morgan and I are now proud to be called a new name, no, not mom and dad yet, but Aunt and Uncle.  My brother and his wife are now proud parents to a beautiful baby boy.  Liam Richard Turner was born on January 8th at 1:51AM.  He was 8lbs 1oz and 21.5 inches long.  Morgan, myself and my parents were privileged to be in the hospital during his birth and were able to see him about half an hour later.

Thanks Brian and Eryn for such a beautiful boy.

Brian and Eryn half an hour after birth

Liam Richard Turner

Morgan and I holding him the next day.

Last week my Joyce, my mother-in-law, threw Eryn, my sis-in-law, a baby shower for our baby boys. They are due 2 days apart and going to be bestest friends! It was great getting to see the family again and both new moms ended up sitting next to the Great Grandmas. I thought that was pretty cool.

Eryn strategically placed presents in front of her belly in all the pictures! Sneaky little lady!!

On Sunday I started feeling a little congested with a sore throat, but thinking it was just a cold I was just going to let it ride. By Tuesday though it was still getting worse and my ears started to itch and hurt, so Wednesday I went to the doctor. It was quite the visit. They did the routine checks, but when she looked at my throat, she said (and I quote) “Oh, yucky!!” Major confidence builder. She also did a throat swab, but after doing the right side, she pulled it out and apologized and said she had to do the left side. But before she did that, I ended up throwing up all over myself. She had set off my gag reflex and thought I was joking when I said was going to throw up. She apologized a million times and sent me home with a prescription for an antibiotic, just in case it’s strep throat or an ear infection.

Kevin thought it would be funny to take a picture of me and baby when I was feeling totally miserable…

And a few days later feeling a little better…

What a funny boy!

Thank you all for voting on when you think Braden will enter this world, but I hope (as the mother) that this little guy is going to side with the majority vote and be early! And for those of you that think he’ll be late, I hope you are wrong!