Happy New Year!

More blogging to come after all the parties (we've been going from one party to the next.) This is all you wanted to see anyway, right? Our cute cute baby! Hopefully more of those to come too... HA!

This is my favorite picture from Christmas. My dad "Popee"with the 3...2008 babies: Karlie, Drew , and Dallin (we almost named her Darcy.) They're so cute!

A Photo Shoot

Super Karlie!!!! Was blessed last Sunday. She looked so cute in her dress (even though I ripped the sleeves trying to get her chubby arms in it) It was a very special day with lots of grandmas to hold her. Thanks to all who came, we had a great party, and I think she knew the whole day was just for her...

Our friend made these Mary Jane shoes (the leathery kind) for Karlie, we had to try them on her I was also going to post some pictures of all of our festive neighbors and their lights but I haven't had a chance to go out in the dark and cold to do it yet. So instead here are a few more pictures of our little Karlie. She is getting bigger, getting the yucky skin thing that babies get, and along with Jared and I has a little cold right now. Poor Thing...I'm just glad we got it now so we can still enjoy the holidays with our families! This is my attempt at her first photo shoot. My sis-in-law gave me this cute red and white Christmas dress, and my aunt gave me the pink wintery one. I had to try them both on her, I think we got some cute pictures.

This is Karlie at the end of the photo shoot, asleep in a Christmas box

It somehow took me all day to take a few pictures because we had to eat, change, and nap during it all

Here, Karlie is meeting her cousins for the first time

Cousin Dallin, he is just over a month older than Karlie, we couldn't ever get them to make eye contact with each other. My sister and I had fun swapping babies and also pretending that we had twins, it was hard to hold the wiggly things at the same time.

In a Month

It's amazing how much a newborn changes in just 1 month. We really are very blessed and feel like the luckiest parents with such a good baby, and the cutest one on earth! A few things I have learned in the past month:
1. It's okay to have a messy house and have lots of laundry to do all the time
2. Things like plucking my eyebrows seem pretty insignificant
3. It's harder for me to get woken up in the middle of the night than I had ever thought
4. Being a mom really is the best job ever
5. Having a husband/daddy that runs to you and your baby at even the tiniest whimper is nice to have around and a BIG help
6. Our little Karlie is extra special
7. It's okay to LOVE a lot
8. Naps are great but sometimes not all that they're cracked up to be
9. Nursing is hard for some moms and babies
10. Bath time is WAY fun
11. Baby bums are super tiny and cute
12. I'm more blessed than I thought
13. I wouldn't trade my experiences for ANYTHING
14. It's fun to have visitors
15. It's easier and fun to go places with a newborn than I thought it would be
16. Babies are really smart recognizing music and their moms voice...and probably their dad too :)

Karlie Turner

Karlie Turner is finally here!
Born Wednesday, October 15th, at 7:35 AM, she was 19 & 1/2 inches and weighed in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces. Her Doctor looked her over for quite a while and finally said "I just can't seem to find anything wrong with this baby. She's perfect!" It felt good to hear those words and to know that all of our prayers over the past year have been heard and answered. We want to say thanks to everyone who came to visit us in the hospital and at home. Yesterday was her 1 week birthday, and we can't believe how quickly the time has gone by (maybe it's a lack of sleep). Dad has been going nuts with the camera. He absolutely adores her, and Mom has never felt more blessed in her life. Here are some pictures, Enjoy!

My job just got a whole lot easier!

I'm sure every mommy and mommy-to-be has had a lot of thoughts similar to mine and just wonder, "What on earth will I dress her in when she gets here?" Well my job just got a whole lot easier thanks to the love of my family, friends, and co-workers!! I don't have to worry at all any more, they've helped solve my problems...and now I'm thinking, "I'll just dress her in the same thing everyday until she's 6 months old...I really do wonder now how many pair of purple pants does our baby need??

All joking aside I've really had a hard time with this post for real because I've had some of the most overwhelming feelings the last few weeks with all of the wonderful gifts and showers and love that everyone has shown to us. Mainly because I don't deserve it all, but also I'm not one to be comfortable in a large crowd with so many faces staring at me, let alone giving me stuff. I can't express my gratitute enough for my wonderful family, friends, and co-workers, I really feel that I'm so blessed and so lucky! Here are a few pictures of our latest baby...shower...and...adventures:

High School Friends

Presents, Presents, Presents!!!!

You'll notice my aunt with big rain drops in the one picture...just as everyone arrived it started "showering" but it was more like POURING down rain. It was so fun!

Blankies

Blankies

Blankies

These are the best because of all the time invested and they are all adorable

Working for an Equal Opportunity Employer allows for men at a baby shower...I was so excited that Jared talked his boss into letting him off for an hour to come be with me; we had a fiesta complete with Quesidillas...YUM!

Thanks to Tiff and Brandy for planning the whole event, I'm lucky to get to share cubicle walls with both of these gals and they are great! We actually, on occasion, get some work done!

And no party is complete without pink cupcakes and baby bottles on top! They were so delicious!

What have the Turner's been doing lately?

I am so bad at this blogging thing. Maybe after a while I'll have more time. So in response to Jared's last post one of us (him) was a little bit nervous about labor after our birthing class, and one of us (me) was FREAKED OUT!!!! He just forgot to mention that part, and how obsessed I've been thinking about all of the horrible things and how scary they make it sound and asking him question after question because he's the "medical" expert of the family. So this is what we've been up to for the past month:

Organizing the basement (no picture) just use your imagination on this one

Making curtains for our mini-windows so we don't go blind

Refurbishing one of these 50-year-old hand-me-down dressers for Baby Turner

Before

After - not kidding...it turned out great!

We also bought her bedding (butterflies) and this awesome chair...it is sooooo comfortable

Got a PINK car seat and stroller (Jared wouldn't have it any other way) and...he even wanted to take if for a test run around the block but I talked him into walking it up and down the hallway

And last but not least (my favorite part) fixed up my lame interior decorating skills

Before

After...you got to see it in person
So, I bought some haybales thinking I could do something creative with them...

Jared hated them...

I couldn't figure out how to get them to look like this...but yeah totally what I was imagining in my head...

Then my co-worker friend came to my rescue and created these wonderful arrangements with all my same stuff + some and I love it!!!!

She would love to start her own business some day...

and now Jared really likes them...

Here's one of the first pictures of Baby Turner:

Jill and I got to have a free 3-D ultrasound as part of a package deal with our last OB. I can still hardly believe that she is really in there even with this proof. We are really excited to have her join our family soon. Last week we went to our first birthing class to find out what we have gotten ourselves into. We both left the class feeling a little nervous, but everything is starting to sink in and the process sounds less scary each day.

Hopefully this won't be us in a few months

This made me laugh out loud!

Summer Update

Jared and I have been quite busy the last few weeks, and hope it starts to slow down soon. First we had a fun time with my family in Island Park. We actually took a ton of pictures this time too, however, most of them were on Jared's phone which got wet while we floated down the river. Pray that it will come back to life, then we can post some. Jared spent most of June studying for his boards and passed...both of them! He's been an "official" Pharmacist now for about 2 weeks. We enjoyed our 4th of July this year, by sleeping in, (we missed the annual Turner Breakfast... ooops) taking a nap, helping Aaron and Vanae put in our old window AC units into their apartment, attending 2 different bar-b-ques, and of course watching the Bergeson's blast off all the illegal fireworks possible. I had a day off this week after we got back from our trip to Island Park and had a stark realization of how hot our house really is by spending the day in it. I was miserable and called to get our own AC in quickly so I could survive the rest of the summer being pregnant. It has been sooooooo nice :) Lastly, everyone keeps asking me at work, and home what baby stuff we have, what colors I've picked for the nursery etc. The answer is nothing to all of it, we haven't even had time to think about any of that stuff and so I spent the whole day yesterday weeding, and putting in the last touches on our yard so we can just be done with it! It turned out quite nice and I am excited because now I just have 1 more tree and a few bleeding hearts that I'm planting, then we can just watch it all grow :) It's been a pretty big job- but hopefully within the week we can start planning and getting ready for some baby furniture instead. Hope everyone had a Happy 4th of July!!!! I've posted a few pictures of our adventures.

The Bingo Game - with prizes - my dad looks pretty official calling the numbers

I accidentally started opening the "guy" presents :)

Jared blasted his double blaster so hard it broke - this is him fixing it

Happy Birthday Cindy!

She gets to celebrate it on the 4th every year, I made this sweet Red, White, and Blue fruit basket for her!

This is Jared's 4th of July Bazoooka! All the guys were wondering if you could shoot a firework through one of Grandpa Bergeson's pipes???? Well, you can and it almost lit the field on fire!

Bear Lake

Jared and I went with his family last weekend to Bear Lake. We rented a cabin there, and had way fun. I laugh because we always have good intentions of taking lots of pictures but neither of us brings the camera whenever we go somewhere. So, here are a couple of pictures that we actually did take. In the midst of all the rain, and yes SNOW, we managed a couple of nice 4-wheel rides, swimming in the pool, a hike through the Minnetonka Caves, and of course, the story of the Bear Lake Monster. Jared and I actually had to leave a couple of days early because #1 neither of us have enough vacation to take 4 days off, and #2 Jared has been studying HARD for his licensure exams, even on his vacation :( Maybe next year we'll have less responsibilities!

Oh yeah-and did I mention that it rained a lot and even snowed? We spent most of the time in doors watching everyone beat the "old school nintendo" visiting, eating, and watching movies. That is how Jared was able to get so much studying done, YEA!

Baby Turner

Jared and I had our 18 week appointment on Thursday. We were really surprised when the nurse and doctor said we could schedule an ultrasound. We were thinking it would still be about 2 weeks away. Of course, Jared asked them if we could do it RIGHT NOW but they couldn't get us in until Friday. So grandbaby Bergeson #7 (which will be the 3rd one for 2008) and grandbaby Turner #5 (which will also be the 3rd one for 2008) is a...

GIRL! And she is so cute already! I can't figure out how they can tell stuff from some of these pictures but the ultrasound went great and we are still hoping that everything is OK since the technician can't ever tell you any bad news. She explained everything that she could so that was nice. We did count 10 fingers 10 toes, kidneys, spine, lips, nose, feet and hands, and the blood-a good sign. I felt lucky because we were the last appointment for the day and she did a really thorough job in an hour and a half. It was way fun, and she gave us a lot of pictures. Jared keeps getting mad at me for telling this story but in the first minute of the ultrasound the technician said well, it looks like it's a girl and I turned to look at Jared and his mouth was hanging open in disbelief. Not sure if it was because it wasn't a boy, or because there was something actually moving and it seemed real, or because the technician told us so quickly and very matter of fact! We are excited! They confirmed my due date again as 10/23/08 which Grandma Bergeson was very exited about because it's her birthday!

I also wanted to post some pictures of Jared and I's latest yard projects....

I looked out the window and what did I see? This boy in a car whose is he?

Actually this is our sprinkler guy, he drove his car over...HA! This is the neighbor boy that comes to help his dad do the landscaping and is quite experienced. I asked him if I could take his picture, he frowned, and shook his head no-I think he was just really cold!

Jared in knee deep dirt.

He just couldn't just stay in the house and went to help dig some of the trenches

SOD-we felt lucky again that we had a brief break in the rain, and wind to put the sod down...WAY HARD WORK!

Are we done yet?

Ah-the finished product

Jared's parents surprised me with a Lilac Bush you can see under our window

We haven't quite decided where to put it yet, but I'm way excited about it

Garden Spot

And...our first Bar-B-Que with Chef Angela

Actually all the guys were way tired and sick from all the hard work they didn't even really want to eat :) We appreciated everyone that came to help us even my 2 80-year-old grandpas. They are such "Stallions" as Jared says! Thanks everyone!