sitting up

Turner's getting the hang of sitting up by himself now. Granted, he's still only doing it for a few seconds at a time, but that's progress! Some of you may find this very boring, but others of you might enjoy being able to see the little things he learns to do each and every day! We never got around to a 4 month photo shoot and he'll be 5 months next Sunday, so you'll just have to settle for all the videos we've uploaded as your indication of how much he's grown in the last month!

my doc visit

Since this blog was originally about me, I'll at least take one posting to write about myself again. lol Although I know Turner is a lot more fun to keep up with! haha Went back to the ob/gyn yesterday for an annual and to check up on the lingering issues after pregnancy. I'm happy to say I got a good report! My sugar levels were so good that he didn't even order an A1C--said I was cured of gestational diabetes! He said the cyst still wasn't anything to be bothered about, so no problems there. The nurse commented that my blood pressure was too high yesterday--but my blood pressure's always higher at the dr's office--it's too much stress on me just to even be there! And as Arthur pointed out, I get pretty stressed out when there's too much on my plate, and Big River has been taking up a huge chunk of my time the last week, so that could contribute to the high pressure. Dr. G was already making plans for the next baby--saying next time he knows I'll be on insulin again and that he'll schedule a C section a week before my due date. I don't think we are on the same page about a next baby--but if I got paid the big bucks for delivering them, I'd be pushing for another one too! He still thinks there's a huge risk for me to end up a type II diabetic eventually even though I'm in the clear for now! (If you find typos in this know that Turner is helping me out right now! So I think we'll call it quits for now!)

Oh wait! If you can come out and see the show, please do so! Sat 25 7pm Sun 26 2 pm Mon 27 7 pm at the Thomasville Civic Center. July 31 7 pm Aug 1 7 pm and Aug 2 2 pm at Demopolis Canebrake!

bits and pieces

Here's a collage of pics of Turner that Arthur put together from our studio shoot way back last month. I forgot about adding it on the blog somehow.

turner's new vocabulary

It takes a few seconds into the video for him to finally warm up to the camera (to do something besides stare at it), but stick with watching it and you'll discover Turner's new "word". I think we reinforced him too much the other night because now it's the only sound he'll make. You'll see from all the spit/drool he produces making this noise that there was no point in having a shirt on him since slobber was rolling all down his chest. Three or four shirts in one day now is more than enough outfits to go through. So, you'll just have to excuse my shirtless baby. Now if we could just get him to make a conscious effort to say "mama", "dada", etc.

4 month check up

Sorry I don't have any new pics to post. Maybe we'll get to a 4 month shoot here in the next wk or so. But I do have the latest update from our visit to the pediatrician today. 19 lbs and 11 oz. 27" long. Growth chart still shooting straight up and off the chart for kids his age. Got the go ahead to add fruits to the meal plan and to start giving him a big dinner now in addition to his big lunch. Hernia is much improved and probably healed by now. Dr. S said gravity was against my poor baby and it could be up until he's 7 months old before he rolls over. Big boys just don't seem to get there as fast in that dept. He said Turner will probably be sitting up long before he rolls over. His flat head is still improving, and the doc doesn't seem too worried about--it will probably be gone in the next few months (when he sits up and rolls over!) Turner got the next round of shots today. So far, he's doing better than he did the last time, but there's still time for the fever and fussiness to kick in. I think that's everything to report.

Turner seemed to have a good time in Jackson, MS this week. He had lots of ladies to love on him and he and Mimi/Carol had a blast! I'm personally glad to be back home myself. Centrifuge was a great experience (of course!) and it was nice seeing old friends from Trace Ridge but I'm happy to be back in my own home/bed! Arthur seemed to have survived w/out us for 4/5 days.

I go back to my doc in a week and a half for a check up. Should get my sugar levels checked again and see how this cyst is doing. I start rehearsing more for our production of Big River next week. ACT Prep is over. I enjoyed doing it, but didn't have enough kids sign up for me to make any money off of it. If anyone has any ideas of how I can earn some income this month to get the bills paid, please let me know! ;)