Happy Mardi Gras!

We decorated Turner's wagon for the Mardi Gras parade at the daycare/preschool today. Turner seemed to enjoy himself. Except for the part at the end when he didn't get his cup filled with beads.









P.S. --Arthur did a great job of getting these posted quickly, but let me expound a bit....You'll notice the parade ended up being in the hall at the daycare because it was a little too cold outside for toddlers to be parading! Also, poor Turner was taking a nap when it was time for the parade to start, so we woke him up for it. So, if he looks a little dazed and confused, that might be the reason! We had "rehearsed" the night before and Turner was doing such a good job of throwing beads around the house, but either sleep deprivation or too much excitement/too many things to watch kept him from throwing any the day of. You'll also notice that his hat ended up being a fixture in the wagon since he wouldn't keep it on his head that morning. Arthur, being the proud papa and not the newspaper reporter for this event, didn't get any pictures of the other "floats" in the parade. Everyone did a great job, and I can tell you from personal experience, we spent about 8 hours decorating it for 10 minutes of fame and then it took me about an hour to un-decorate it so it could be used as a little red wagon again.

Snow Day!

It snowed today in Clarke County with Grove Hill getting about 4 or 5 inches. Of course, this was the first snow since Turner was born, so we introduced him to it. He wasn't too sure what to think about it.
Well, I wanted to get the pictures up before the snow melted. I'm sure Bridgett will get on here later and fill in all the details I've left out.







UPDATE---Everyone keeps asking me if Turner is walking now after looking at these pictures. (He's doing such a good job of standing up by himself in them, isn't he?) Well, last night he walked halfway across the den by himself TWICE. He had been taking 2-3 steps here and there, but last night was the first time I've seen him really manage himself for several steps and with balance (without looking like he was trying to run to get to the next piece of furniture to hold on to). He strode across that room like "I know what I'm doing. I'll get there without falling down or holding on to anything!" So, maybe by his first bday he'll be walking on a regular basis!

Mardi Gras Parade

If you're near Clarke Prep Monday (President's Day) around 10:15 am, stop by and watch Turner debut in his first parade! The Daycare is having a Mardi Gras Bike Parade around the school parking lot and Turner will be throwing beads from his little red wagon. I'm hoping Arthur will be able to sneak away from the office and get some pictures if you can't join us for the fun!

shuttle launch

Arthur leaves tomorrow to go watch the shuttle launch this weekend. Turner and I will be staying home and not making this trip. 12-4 am on Sunday morning just doesn't seem like a good fit for an 11 month old to witness the astronauts heading up to space. But Arthur deserved a good bday present for number 37, and luckily Aunt Lynn knows the right people. So, pray for me this weekend as I spend 4 days alone dealing with master Turner. I'll probably be tired and ill from flying solo myself for so long of a time period. If you're bored in the next few days, come visit us and take him off my hands for a few minutes! :) Be sure to ask Art about his fabulous time in FL when he gets back!

Turner loves basketball

Unlike Judy Garland's character in "Meet Me in St Louis" (I hate basketball!!), Turner seemed to enjoy the game today. We ended up having to take him with us to shoot the city league basketball teams today and he was such a good boy! He just watched those boys run up and down the court and would try to look around people who stood in his way! And since Arthur had his camera out most of the day, he did end up getting a few shots of the 'ole boy, so hopefully I'll have something to post on here soon. So, keep checking...I promise to give you some goods soon enough!! :)

UPDATE -

Here's the pictures. Just under the wire for the month of January.

Yes we have no pictures

Sorry folks, but we haven't taken any pictures this month to upload to the blog. Between bathroom renovations and ear infections, who has time to capture the precious moments with a child? My bathroom was cleared out around New Year's and as of today, Jan 28 it still has not been put back together. A project that was only supposed to take a couple of days is now almost a month in, and with our busy schedules, who knows when I'll get back in it! And of course, Turner had to go and get his third ear infection in 3 months time (the 4th in 6 months), so we've been dealing with an unhappy camper again in the sick dept. This past month has been a high stress one for me and I'm just about at wit's end. I don't even need to start venting on here about all of my problems!!! But all of that is to ask for your forgiveness and patience and to bear with us and eventually we'll post pics of our cutie again. It seems like every piece of mail I've been getting recently is about planning a first birthday party!! Can you believe it? My baby is almost a year old!!! Time really does fly, and we really do need to take advantage of every opportunity we have to preserve those memories!

Uncle James

My brother (that we haven't seen in 3 years) was home this year for Christmas. We took some pictures of him and Turner the first week he was here, but James broke the camera. Well, actually an error happened to the memory card that Arthur was using to take the pictures and for the first time in our history, Arthur couldn't recover the images. So, we had to try again this weekend to take more pics since he leaves tomorrow to go back to Alaska and it may be another 3 years before we see him again.