The Turner Family

To Bon Jovi apparently …

He also likes to “Jump” from the chair to the couch

Morgan and I are lucky enough to have a friend named Carlos with a cabin in the woods!  We are also lucky enough that he allowed us to use it for a weekend this past winter.  So we invited up some of our friends and just had a blast hanging in Idaho City on a nice winter weekend.

Daddy also took Braden on his first SLED RIDE!  All that ended up happening was Braden getting a lot of snow kicked in his face as dad tried to make sure he went slow enough for baby.  Poor Baby!

OK, so it has been over two months since our last post … Our Bad.  We’ll try and keep the posts flowing from now on. 

Let’s start with Braden’s 1st Birthday!!!  I can’t believe he is a year old (well, 14 months now).  It has gone so fast and he is just an amazing child.  Walking, talking (dada, doggie, wasstha?, doh!) and loving balloons and dogs.  Here are some pictures from his first birthday …

He’s beginning to walk …

Braden loves his spaghetti! Even if it is the baby food version (which means the first 2 ingredients are water and carrots, then noodles, beef and tomato paste).

The second picture is of yet another boo-boo Braden has gotten. Daddy tried to wipe his nose and accidentally scratched his eyelid when Braden fling his face away from the tissue. Silly Baby!

I see it, do you?

Soon, we will be able to take a picture of Braden just like the one of Kevin. Braden started walking yesterday, on his 9 month birthday. Its just a few steps at a time but he’s mastering his balance and getting places! Yikes!

This was Braden’s first Halloween so he got to go to work for a few hours with Mom, then we took him with us voting and then to the grocery store (all while wearing his monkey costume!) That night we stayed home and had friends over for dinner. It was fun being able to see the neighborhood kids all dressed up, enjoying being out in the dark and going from house to house to get candy. And we had fun playing guitar hero and making caramel apples. I am really looking forward to next year when Braden will be a little older and have more fun.

I know, I know, I’ve been back for almost 2 weeks and haven’t posted, so here it is.

Three weeks ago, my parents flew into town to help us repaint the exterior of our house. Unfortunately about an hour before they landed, it snowed. Yes, snow. Which means that we couldn’t paint outside. We painted instead and various other little projects around the house. My dad flew back to CA on Sunday night and Braden, my mom and I followed him down there on Tuesday.

On Wednesday we ventured down to Long Beach to visit with my cousin Lisa, her husband Kevin and my uncle Bruce. It was a wonderful time with good food and even better company! It’s always good to see them and we are already looking forward to the next time!

Luke and Steph Timmons came to visit on Sunday. We have certainly missed seeing you guys so much. But we are so happy that you love your new jobs and are enjoying your So. Cal. life!Thanks for driving over to see Braden and me.

The rest of our vacation was very laid-back. We shopped, ate, played and most importantly relaxed. Thanks for letting us come and stay with you. And we’ll see you at Christmas!

I know I am a little late in posting this, but for the past 2-3 weeks Braden has been crawling.  He know just flies around the house.  I (Kevin) wanted for so long for him to crawl, but now that he is … I JUST DON’T like it.  He loves to grab electrical cords, go and get dog food out of the dog dish, pull himself up on the coffee table and grab the leaves of the plants (then proceed to fall), crawl to crazy places (stand himself up, not know how to get down and start crying) and for his last trick he climbed up our stairs!  No, not the two stairs at the bottom of the house, but the ENTIRE staircase up to our bedroom … crazy kid … We now have to watch his every move and start baby-proofing the house.  Sigh.  But, with all of that, I still love the kid beyond belief. 

Here are some videos:

He crawled up the stairs and then pulled himself up on the banister.  He looks like he’s in jail. 

It starts at a young age at our house!