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!