Turner Time!

Pass It On

2011-05-09T21:14:00.000-05:00

I love my world with Turner!

The big, blue eye boy has captured...

Love

Laughter

Joy

and I can't wait to see what's in store for tomorrow!

For now, this blog is off to the press.

I captured Turner's moments that have flown by! I hope he enjoys reading this one day as much as I've enjoyed writing it. He makes it easy to tell his story and I know for the rest of his life he will have the greatest stories to tell.

Two notes I leave for Turner:

1. Mommy was very tired and busy as she was taking time to create your moments to babyseifritz.blogspot.com, so please look over careless errors. Yes, as writers we always should check our work, but as your mother, we will just see nothing but devotion and love written on these pages.

2. "It only takes a spark to get a fire going. And soon all those around can warm up in its glowing. That's how it is with God's love. Once you've experienced it, you spread his love to everyone.

You want to pass it on."

(I sing this to him each night before he goes to bed.)

And one for our readers:

I would appreciate anyone who has kept up with my blog to leave a comment for Turner, so it will be printed in his book to read! Love you all!!

Love,

Mum & Daddy

2009-2011

That's How He Rolls

2011-05-09T20:57:00.000-05:00

A boy on a mission

Time: 7:30-8:00 am

Where: Backyard

Goal: Hike it to Daddy's shop

Mission not accomplished..and never will be anytime soon. :)

Loving this MAY weather. It's this month that makes it very hard to go to work...four more weeks..

BUT on Saturday and Sunday it's fun time outside before morning nap. The air is crisp and cool, birds chirping, and the world is waiting for Turner!

We put his shoes on outside his PJs..and let him roll.

He thinks he's made his escape!

He's rolling as fast as those little feet can take him towards the shop..high, wet grass doesn't stop the little guy!

Darn! I was caught. Back to starting line..but he's never giving up. Too bad Mommy will win at this war..anyone who knows me, I will be on him like white on rice...and Daddy's mission- G-A-T-E! Backyard mission as started this week. CAN'T WAIT!

He feels defeated...

We distract him by showing him MR. Turtle. This is one of my most stressful times of year on the road...turtle crossings..I hate seeing those little things on the road..

He just tapped on it..and wasn't that amused.

Played with a leaf and PoPo. At one point he looked like he was bent over pulling weeds. I was happy someone was doing it!

The cat, Squirrel, was not really happy that we were messing up his morning routine. Turner didn't skip a beat!

Hahaha! You will never catch me!

Love my little determined boy who won't give up!

"Motherhood: All love begins and ends there"-Browning

2011-05-09T20:34:00.000-05:00

"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Rajneesh

My special gift from Turner on Mother's Day. He made this at school on Friday. It was my first work from school, but his second art work to say Happy Mother's Day (Thank you Grandmama) and I was super excited!!

This was this morning...7:15..haven't had my coffee...very tired..but loving the day with Turner. Turner decided to bless me with high pitch screaming and talking while I was to be 'sleeping in' for a solid hour. He was just not understanding why I wasn't up playing with him on the day he made happen! :)

Addison was sweet and had breakfast, flowers, and coffee brewed before I could even wake up fully. We had blueberry pancakes and bacon. It was a great morning to just spend with my boys.

"I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life." -Lincoln

Presto! I'm looking fresh and oh so clean. That's what I'm talking about on being a mother! :)

Loves Aunt Natalie.

They came over to spend Saturday evening with Debbie. She got a great kiss from Turner! He's so sweet.

"A mother's heart is as big as the World!"

Going on a ride with Moppy!

I was so glad to see Moppy over Mother's Day weekend! She adores Turner! She's such a wonderful person, friend, and momma!

This is Debbie's friend Kennedy. She is precious and I wish she lived closer because I would have her hanging out at my house all the time! She loved me taking pictures of her.

"A mother is someone who can take the place of everyone else, but no one in the world can take her place"

Oh, good Mom! Another picture...great...

Mother's Day family portrait..and Turner decides to act his best :)

Celebrated with my moms after church. We had lunch at The Grill and then to Grandmama's for some outside fun!

Aunt Roni enjoying the day with us!! Roni has the biggest heart and is always there when I need her! Turner loves her. He stares at her from across the room and just big smiles!

"Grace was my mother's steps, heaven was in her eyes, in every gesture dignity and love."

I love my momma! We are two peas in a pod! I don't think there's a day I don't talk to her (and I know she watches Turner, but I am always gone before she gets there and home after she leaves unless Addison is out of town) If you look, we have the exact same smile..and sense of humor!

He loves all the jungle gyms (Which I'm about to steal to bring to my house:)

He loves going up and down the slides.

"If at first you don't succeed; do it the way your Mother told you to."

Peek-A-Boo, I LOVE you!

Ok, Mom..I'll be good and pose just this once.

Loved hanging with Uncle Beej! They've been really good buds lately on helping with his new house. I know Turner can't wait to have a sleepover!

We then were off to Shugie's after his afternoon nap!

I am very blessed to have such a wonderful mother-in-law! Shugie is always looking out for us and there when I need her. I love all the memories we have shared!

He was right on his afternoon roll laughing and hanging with Shugie, Aunt Natalie, and West.

Turner and I watched Shugie cut some of her beautiful roses.

Turner loved smelling them

""As a mother, my job is to take care of the possible and trust God with the impossible." -Ruth Bell Graham

Oh, Daddy..all the hard work we've done to make Mother's Day special. I LOVE my boys!

Momma Shugie, Addison and Turner... who looks simply pitiful again for a Mother's day photo opt

We then let him climb the stairs a few times! I went with him the first time and he would stop every so often step and look back and look so proud. Shugie has a gate, so we let him get his fix before we closed shop and will never see stairs again :).

Loves playing with her vents. He sits directly on top of it and let's the cool air drift up! He will sit and look out the window and talk away. He then carries the plastic part around the house. The simple toys.

"No matter how old a mother is, her children will always be her babies."

Aunt Natalie was sweet and made dinner for us all! West helped in the kitchen. Turner loved Aunt Natalie's peaches! Thank you Natalie for a wonderful dinner and being so sweet!

Uncle Aaron got back in town to spend time with the family! Tman loved seeing his Uncle Aaron. So much he really wanted to share all of his food with him!

I've not only had an incredible mother that raised me, I also am surrounded by wonderful women that are great examples of what Mother's Day stands for. I thank all of them for everything they do for me and especially Turner. I am so proud to be in their category now as a mother.

"If I could choose from all the mothers in the world, Mom, I'd choose you."

This little man is not only why I'm a proud mother today, but each morning I wake up and each night I rock him to sleep I celebrate being a mother. This day is just a moment to pause and be grateful I've been blessed with a healthy boy, Turner Dean.

"When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child." - Sophia Loren

Mother's Day 2011

Take Me Somewhere FUN!

2011-05-08T21:20:00.000-05:00

I was behind on my grading..well I always am. But I really needed to grade and I was going to just stay up at work until it was all done, but it was the day of 'the rain' so I quickly got home with my bags of papers. Turner doesn't let me do much on my own. He wants to be all up in momma's business. One side of me wants to cherish it and just soak it up..but then reality hits with papers. I decided to just stick him in the chair and let him work on reading comprehension. :) He made an A.

Little five second fits. He's been doing this a lot lately. He's expressing himself with much emotion what he does and doesn't want at that moment. I'm hoping this is usual for his age..I really thought it wasn't until two they did this.... mmmm...

THE picture. What more can you say? The look..the hair..the moment. Just a little joy ride on a pretty afternoon led to a picture I know we will be using for many years to come. LOVE HIM!

Loves to boogie to Ellen. If I could capture him on how he reacts and dances when he sees her on TV, we would for sure be attending a show! He just loves her. He just stops and watches. He then wants to stand on the ottoman and wiggle his bottom and sing out.

Eating like a big boy with his milk. He loves these little bowls now and he looks so cute using them!

Anywhere Momma is, it's fun! My mom had him in this and they went to Walmart and a lady said, "I hope it gets more fun than this!:" Loved it! My mom is so great on doing fun activities with Turner every day of the week. Like in the above picture, she had him coloring me a picture!

I love giving him that 80s look at a young age. Nothing better than short green shorts, white socks, and shoes!

He is a hat boy. I'm determined to find him cute hats since there's nothing out there for boys and cuteness. He makes me proud because he simply loves his hats.

I feel from this picture he's going to blurt out, "I love you, Mum!"

Turner has been preparing for his girlfriend's birthday! She turned one on May 6th and she looked cute on her special day!! We then had a fun party at the swimming pool..well all the other kids had fun. Tman still is not liking that pool. I'm hoping it's that particular pool and not pools in general. It doesn't make sense since he loves water. Marcy had the cutest decorations and theme! Loved it all!

I want her to become a Fancy Nancy fan. LOVE these books!

How clever is this?? Too cute!

Ate the cupcake like a champ! We were telling Turner that's how you eat your 1st Birthday cupcake :)

Again, did not like the water..

Turner loves Ryan and Teresa. He is at that particular stage where I'm his #1 fan wherever we go. He gravitates towards them and will let them hold him, walk around with him, and like this cute picture..cuddle with him. They live close by, so Teresa let me know what time you want Turner to stop by! :)

Precious birthday girl!!

We love our sweet Campbell. She had so much fun on her 1st birthday. Turner just adores her. He gave her this cute little heart box that had a cute owl shirt handmade for her and a pink ring pop sitting on the top. He then wrapped it with a cute pink bow and a heart attached.. he's such a thoughtful little boy!

Happy 1st!

Love,

Turner

A Night Out!

2011-05-08T20:55:00.000-05:00

We joined the Hill family for a pancake breakfast last Saturday. It was a early 730 and we were strolling in ready for some breakfast!

Kids chatting it up on this fine Saturday morning.

If you can't tell from this picture..Momma needs some sun this summer. Wow..I'm white.

Jackson is the sweetest with my little cry baby. He always tries to tickle him so sweetly and just talk to him. Any time Turner needs something or is upset, Jackson lets me know. I love that kid!

We had Franklin's birthday party that afternoon. He had the best tractor that Turner eyed and wanted to play.

Look, Momma! This is how a man rides on his tractor!

We then went and ate at Applebees. We have only been there one other time in the past four months--it's a great place because they are kid friendly...we are starting to find 'kid friendly' restaurants. The manager I love. He not only remembered Turner from last time, gave him some ice cream, and gave me the best advice on how to help his teething... He said to take a whole chicken, boil it, boil it until the meat is just falling off! Then take all the meat off and let that boy just gnaw on the chicken bone.... I just smiled and was saying in my head.."No..." but that was sweet of him to give me some advice. Remember..bubble boy.

Turner then stayed the night at Shugie's so we could attend 'Night at the Races' with Marcy and Cameron. Turner loved the toys she bought him and fell right into the groove at her house in no time! He loved the english muffin he got in the morning and simply having Shugie time! We love Turner being with his family and we love having a night to spend with just each other!

Eating his english muffin for breakfast! Yummy!

Night out! Woo hoo!

I love this girl!

Love the Way You...

2011-05-08T09:47:00.000-05:00

Turner is growing and growing into his Turner personality more and more each day! This blog is dedicated to what he L*O*V*E*S!

His Momma!

...Well that's it for today! :)

I am for sure he would say I'm on the top of his list, but this boy loves many other things!

Starting his day he loves....

Drinking his milk and scooping cheerios out of his bowl.
Walking with his wagon before I've even poured my 1st cup of coffee.
Stealing some of my breakfast..banana..cereal..or yogurt before I leave for the day.
Sloppy open mouth kisses that doesn't only leave a mark on your face, but makes a mark on your heart for the rest of the day!
Feeding himself. We have to trick him by giving him a spoon and in between his 'bites' we shovel in a good spoonful of food!
Helping me get ready in the morning by throwing all my lotions in the big bathtub.
Sneaking into our room thinking we don't see him to just play.
Chucking toys behind his back.
Chucking his milk..spoon...bowl..washcloth..food...onto the floor...ok chunking anything.
Watching Momma pick it up with stern 'Nos' in hopes tomorrow he will quit doing that. :)
Placing his hand in the lotion and then rubbing it on his belly.
Watching Grandmama walk through that door ready to feed him his oatmeal! He has a special sound he makes each time she walks in and even Addison confirmed this week he has formed some sort of sound/word for Grandmama.
Crying every time I put him down. He does his dramatic flop to the floor..peeks with his eyes to see if I'm watching..rolls around some more..and then sniffles, gets up, and begins to play.
Singing and dancing to any music around him. His little wiggle he does with his bottom and swoops with his hands are just precious!
Reading his books in one swift motion.
Talking and talking about his day.
Finger pointing. He concentrates real hard...points out with a finger...zones in..and then 'touch'-that's it but so fun to watch!
Being outside. This boy loves being outside, which doesn't surprise any of us knowing genes on both sides. He cries so hard every time we bring him back in. He'll stare out the window, bang on the window and scream like he's captivated and wants out!
Staring at people. He will whip that head around very quickly just to stare at someone. He won't blink. He won't move. He zones in and stares until we distract him.
Eating. Grandmama gets the gold star on how much she can feed him. She lets him feed himself and he loves it, but it's messy. He will eat anything.
Eating what everyone else has. He gets this crazy look in his eye when we are eating and he doesn't have what we have. He's very strong by the way and why I've lost so much weight is because he either eats it or he's moved on to something else, so I'm moving on with him!
Spending Mondays with his Aunt Natalie. I can't begin to tell her how much I appreciate her offering to do this his first year & Tman loves every minute!
Playing in water. He's always loved baths and time with daddy, but he drinks lots of water..he has loved to spit a lot of it out all over his shirt. He loves to dip his hand in my ice cold water and feel around for the ice. Big smiles when I let him do this. I can't wait for pool fun..which I hope he likes to play in that as well-we will see!
Wearing hats! He will keep it on too except in the car.
Being like his daddy. He not only looks like him (Quick story. A few weeks ago in the church nursery I made a 'mom friend' who was hanging out in there. After awhile of talking she asks, "Does Turner look like his daddy?" I said, "Before I answer, does he look like me?" She just bluntly said, "No." ..I said, "Yes..he looks just like his daddy." :) HA! Loved her honesty-he has my nose!!)
Being sweet. He has a very sweet heart and gets his feeling hurt easily. He still loves to nestle his head on my chest and let me hum to him. Some my call this 'bubble boy' but I see it as my sensitive little man.
Visiting with his family! As you have noticed with this blog, we our a very tight family and do a lot together. Turner loves seeing and going to visit the whole family tree!
Scratching his back. He will sit and just relax while I scratch his back and neck. He loves it! Because I know he loves this, I've actually kept my fingernails nice just for this!
Placing any items in a bucket. Yesterday he had a whole bucket full of grass that he picked one by one to get the satisfaction of placing it in the bucket.
Singing...well, he loves my singing. He will just sit and listen or dance along. I love how I finally have captured an audience..of one :).
Loves following PoPo around and making him nervous. He just wants to be BFF with that little dog!

I LOVE this face...

....the list could go on and on. These were just off the top of my head. As you can see, it's more of the things I LOVE about this little guy than what he loves. It's simple...Turner makes everything and anything lovable and I adore that about him!

Love,
Mum

Easter 2011 had some 'Fluff'

2011-05-02T21:26:00.000-05:00

Easter morning a year ago!! Turner was only 5 days old...so taking a little trip down memory lane!

After we opened his goodies, we all snuggled in bed! For obvious reasons, there was no attempt on getting ready for church on this day.

Dreaming of Peeps....

Now jumping to Easter 2011!!

Easter morning was fun! He loved shaking the eggs...

Shaking the eggs....

and..shaking the eggs....

and then we went on to decorating them!

I wrote our names on the eggs. With that white crayon it's hard to see...so Turner's first Easter egg came out Tumer...so I had to do a second one for him. I wrote Mum on mine and then Addison outdid me by writing Daddy loves Tman! We even had one for PoPo and Jesus. It was fun and Turner SO BADLY wanted to touch the dye..maybe next year :).

We used pretty much everything from last year...we are all about reusing things because he doesn't realize it..who am I kidding..we will do that even when he does realize it!

PoPO even got a basket

Off to church! We were only 15 minutes late this time. We made it in time for children's church. Turner gripped me like I was going to leave him with the church choir. He pretty much watched the cute little blonde boy bouncing up next to me like he had a few too many peeps that morning. It kept Tman entertained at least. I wish I could say I really got a lot out of the Easter message..but I was in the nursery with Turner. A little boy in the nursery (after he paused from his 10 minutes of playing 'where's the sticker' on his new frog with me) looked at Turner..stared at him with this confused look..and then back at me. It followed with a scrunched up nose.."Why is he wearing a tie?!" I explained you want to look your best for Easter dress. Turner was praying that he wouldn't be left in the nursery alone..

We then went to my mom and dad's for Easter lunch. Turner loved my must have, 'Fluff'. Fluff is this green stuff that my mom loves to make for me :). I hope to pass on these wonderful motherly gestures to Turner and him wanting fluff. It's green..it has pineapple..it takes no time to make..it's yummy!

We then had our 1st annual Easter Egg hunt, decorating contest, and strawberry shortcake extravaganza at our house with the big family! It was fun. We had prizes for certain eggs, egg decorating with a cash prize, and yummy shortcake. I even made homemade whip cream!

Aunt Natalie got him a cute basket filled with goodies and some silly string!

This was Addison and Aaron's Easter outfit when they were babies. Turner looked adorable in it! Shugie handmade it and I love this picture!

Snotty nose watch...along with Easter egg hunts, we were constantly on the hunt for a kleenex to wipe Tman's nose. He has many teeth coming in and allergies = snotty nose. Uncle Aaron going above and beyond on Uncle duties!

Let the HUNT begin!

Turner we are going to win! Find those eggs! ...well by the third one, Mum was tired..Turner didn't care..so he got a total of four eggs on his first hunt! Aunt Natalie won the $10.00 gift card to Chick-Fil-A!

Shugie bought Tman this cute bunny rock for outside, but since it was raining, it was inside and he found the little green egg.

It was down to the three eggs here...I bet you can guess which one won. Yep! The I love Turner..not only did it say that, it was duel colored. Well done, Dannis! Dannis won $5.00 for this. I bet many will step up their game next year. Grandmama was runner up and Uncle Beej was 3rd place with 'Boooyah!' written on it..such a festive Easter word.

Turner couldn't decide which egg he wanted!

That's all the fun for one Easter! He probably had the most sugar to date on this day. Shugie made her famous 'shugie' cookies. Turner loved them and ate quite a few..Mommy loved them, too. He then thought it would be funny to crack open a plastic egg and shove about 8 jelly beans in his mouth while mommy and daddy were sitting right there just talking away. I look down and see all these colorful juices pouring from his mouth...the trail of jelly beans..and the cracked egg...and puff cheeks. I squeeze the cheeks and scoop out the jelly goo..Tman was not really happy with Mum at that moment..he was loving the sugary goodness. Mum then had the whole house egg free in about .5 seconds!

This little man had a wonderful Easter and loved spending it with family.

Easter 2011

Reading with the Razorbacks..& MoRe!

2011-04-30T16:01:00.001-05:00

Addison was away fishing a few weekends ago, so I filled the weekend with FUN for Turner (& me). My mom and I noticed in the paper they were having Read with the Razorbacks at the library..yeah..Touch-a-Truck...Spinach festival...Red/White Game...Razorback kid day..was going on..BUT I just KNEW all Turner wanted to do was go to the library to read with some sports people and then head up to the Farmer's Market for Earth Day fun! :).. Above is Karen and Jevin. Karen is aka SuperMom..I was stunned when in the car I texted her just telling her (I know short notice).. this is going on..not even 15 minutes later they are strolling in and she lives in Johnson!

Look, Momma..._______________I can't even give you a big name from U of A sports because I truly don't know one that's playing right now...so you can just fill in the blank with your favorite player. They probably were there..but I wouldn't know.

They gave us a free book and we had all the 'sports' boys and girls autograph it. I would ask them, "What do you play?" and Then I would tell them all the fun things Turner likes to do..and then Tman would give them a high five. It was very sweet for the college kids to give up a Saturday morning to come read & listen to a mom like me. I know you can't see it..but I even wore my 'book' shirt. Yep...I'm the cool mom.

I forgot some pictures. Above was after the library we went to the Farmer's Market to celebrate Earth Day. Right when we got to these musicians they played 'You Are My Sunshine!' On of our favorite songs!

This is Scotty Thurman. He is LEGEND as I've been told to U of A Basketball. The Wiggles book we own now is very special because he signed it! Tman has his game face on.

Listening to the stories.

Turner had so much fun giving everyone high fives...talking about how he wants to be a baseball player when he gets older...and listening to the stories. He and Jevin are 2 weeks apart, so they are pretty much on the same page and love chillin' together. Jevin has the cutest little wave that he showed me that day!

Turner also crawled all over children he did not know..almost knocked Jevin in the head with a puzzle piece from chunking behind his back...sneezed on another child ..which I wanted to die. We left at that point...oh and tried to sift through a woman's purse. He really was 'into' things at the library. He just feels like it's his home away from home.

& now the MoRe!

We had Eat.Play at our house this time. I love this Friday night once a month to simply hang with friends ..eat and be merry! Jenny & Hayden attend as well, but I didn't really settle and remember to take pictures until the end of the night!

It's simple. I love Saturdays more than I ever knew I would. Even today when I was up at 545 with a wailing Turner (bad teething)...I love every minute. I love us spending time as a family since the work week is just crazy.

He loves his little snack cups! He is so cute sticking his hand in there and munch..munch.. His favorite are cheerios and banana puffs. He has started loving feeding others. This morning Addison got a mouthful of cheerios courtesy of Tman. He also has this little dish on his musical chair that he stores the cheerios..really..we now find Cheerios everywhere. He's also gone from placing one at a time in his mouth..to let's see how many I can cram at once. That's fun.

He's moving and shaking but still not walking. He took two steps between us on this day as we were playing.

He takes his Radio flyer all over the house. He will do this until he just wears himself out!

Loves placing the radio flyer RIGHT in front of PoPo's food/water bowl..it's as if he knows. He then happily strolls back to the living room with the look of pride!

He loves pushing his musical piano around like his wagon. Musical genius on the go!

Yeah..no makeup..the look of tired in my eyes..BUT it's Saturday and I love it!

Lazy Saturdays at its best for the whole family!

Kick your legs up..play a little music..and chill as a family while chomping on Cheerios--that's the perfect world!

(My FAVORITE picture!)

Taking a little trip to Italy

2011-04-17T10:13:00.000-05:00

Spaghetti time!

Addison was out of town, so I told Turner we are going to get a little crazy and have spaghetti! (I know..I'm a wild woman!)

I decided to just strip him down to diaper and bib.

He loved it!

He had a blast playing with it!

He did eat some..but just a few noodles ended up in his lap..PoPo's hair...

Yum! Yum! Dinner is Done!

What's funny is you would have thought he had it just ALL over him by how I prepared him and then rushed him right to the bath..but really he hardly had much sauce on him. Gotta love that boy!

Next came the rice! We stayed the night at Grandmama's since the men were out of town fishing and had a blast!

He couldn't decide on water or milk, so he was two fistin' it all through dinner. Good thing I was designated driver.

Meal times are fun! Grandmama has her fun ways to get Turner to eat anything. He will eat anything..oh..except cake. I love it how he scrunches his face like it's horrible, but will eat all of it. He loves to chunk his food on the floor..I know this is normal, but he gets told no many times, especially when he chunks his sippie and then you hear a yelp from PoPo for hitting him on the head. I was hoping this 'phase' lasted for about a month..but I've been told by friends this one sticks around for awhile. Speaking of chunking..he chunks everything behind his back. It's not safe and I'm scared he's going to hurt someone at school. He hits PoPo many times throughout the week. He doesn't blink an eye and whoosh! It's thrown. I'm just waiting for the item to be chunked into the tv..that will be a fun day.

Just Good Old Fashion Fun!

2011-04-17T09:59:00.000-05:00

He's cheering on our favorite, Paul. We are still a little bit upset on the results last week... Turner LOVES music. When they are singing he will shake his hips, cheer, and wave his hands. I think he is taking after his mum.

Speaking of singing... below Mum had a little fun of her own. My friend Katy and I were asked to do a very special/fun task for McNair. Even though I had Addison out of town for 11 days, two birthday parties, PTC to plan, papers to grade...I was able to 'squeeze' in a day to act like a rock star or should I say rapper! Highlight of my teaching career :) (YouTube Search: Learn-A-Bit, McNair)

Below is us singers getting ready.

Having fun with Grandmama!

Grandpapa spending some time with the Tman before he leaves for his fishing trip!

The Monkey. Aaron and Dannis got Turner this cute sock monkey that has magnetic hands. We stick him randomly on Turner where he can't see it. It's fun! :)

This is his France face..:) And shirt. Addison got him two shirts while in France. It were the only two that were not in French.

Love this face... He didn't want to go to school...

Froggy the Hat!

Last Saturday Moppy and Poppy wanted Turner to sleepover. I dropped him off and Moppy had bought him the cutest rug to play on. It was an ABC rug..I want it! She also had all these fun toys displayed ready for some fun! They have a duck pond close by so both days he took a stroll with them to see the ducks. He felt like he was at home! Poppy introduced him to pickles and he loved them! Moppy confessed she gave him an Oatmeal Cream Pie (MY favorite!) and I thought that was so cute! That's what's fun about being a Grandma! What goes on at Grandma's, stays at Grandma's. Turner had so much fun and I loved it because I got a day to shop..just me and my debit. I didn't even buy anything for me! I just browsed..bought birthday gifts and things for Turner. I simply loved browsing. Addison did a bunch of yard work and loved just being outside. We then had a relaxing dinner at Bordinos. The froggy hat I bought while I was at Toys R Us. I had to return a toy of Turner's and bought him this Froggy hat..me a hula hoop (Yes-Mother of the year..return my son's toy and buy me something). He enjoys watching me whirl and twirl to get my flat stomach back for summer wear! :) The hat will be great this summer for the SUN!

Ribbit! Ribbit!

I had such a fun week!

Grandmama took these cute pictures- thank you!

My mom was at the park this week and a girl named Wanda was hanging with Turner (and Wanda's dad). My mom said Turner kept wanting to hang all over Wanda..and Wanda finally scrunched her nose and balled up and said, "Just go home!" Poor Turner, he just wanted some good old fashion fun...he just wanted to play with Wanda who has a good old fashion name!...

Birthday Bashes to an End

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Turner had his 12 month check up and it was a good visit. I laugh how he cries harder when I place him in the weigher than the actual shots.

Height 29 1/2 - 50%

Weight 19.7 oz - 5%

Head 18.4 65%

Birthdays! Birthdays! March/April is a busy two months of birthdays! Turner is looking around now wondering why we aren't singing Happy Birthday to someone. He at least only cries at his own celebration :). We celebrated Uncle Aaron's Birthday at Herman's. Turner had so much fun and loved eating yummy steak! He (so far) behaves at restaurants..but the floor kills me being a former waitress when we leave. I just want to ask for a broom and do it myself...

He loves making birthday signs but it's getting pretty hard taking the picture these days. We have made a full round of birthday signs for the year!

I love how he sits like this. He loves this chair and loves climbing all over it. I laugh because this is how he loves to sit even on the floor.

His stinker face :)

Uncle Caul's Birthday!

Shugie's Birthday! Addison was out of town for a few of the birthdays. We ate at Hugo's and he loved it. He had some mint chocolate chip ice cream from a Grasshopper's Crepe (MY favorite!) and he loved it. Yum!

I am looking for some good cookbooks. I usually use the internet..but I have to try REALLY hard to make good dinners. Addison and I don't have the best eating habits and with him traveling all the time I usually settle for a Lean Cuisine..but Turner is holding me accountable on eating healthy. We have started having family dinners (when Addison is in town) and I love it! I started doing the highs and lows of our day. (Even when Addison is out of town Turner and I sit at the table and have a great conversation and yummy meal & I still share with Turner my high/low). I had to model for Addison how this works because he thought he could get away each time with saying Turner was his high..I said he couldn't use that everytime and should have specifics. He'll get the hang of it after awhile. Turner had the best ones! :)

Turner loves wearing hats. He usually keeps them on for a long time period. I hope this continues! He looks so good in a hat!

Baby Turner and his Cousins

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Kaitlyn and Kyleigh LOVE being with Turner. They still call him Baby Turner and I heard it so much while they were here, I started calling him that again! Kaitlyn doesn't leave his sight when they are visiting. You probably noticed in all the birthday pictures a Kaitlyn sighting not too far from Turner. I think it's adorable and shows just how sweet of a girl she is.

It meant the world to me that Jennifer and the girls came up for Turner's birthday. Uncle Jeff is a head baseball coach and it's just that time of year, so he was not able to make it. We had a blast during his party and we even go a little CRAZY afterwards! Party! I love these two girls. They brighten my day by the pictures they draw for me, the funny things Jeff tells me they say, and just being the sweetest little girls! They are close in age, but are each their individual person. Turner even acts different around them then with any other kid. He's more relaxed and just goes with the flow knowing it's his cousins.

After everyone left the party, we had a jam session with the instruments.

We then went outside for FUN!

We watched Kyleigh and Grandpapa fly a kite.

It was so cute watching Kyleigh and Grandpapa work the kite. They were good! My dad had to work on the Saturday of Turner's party, but he rushed over right when he was off work!

We blew bubbles. Uncle Beej was worried the bubbles would get in Turner's eyes. :)

The girls love their Uncle Beej. He always gives them the best advicE!

We danced hard to Wii Dance! This is what we love to do-dance and sing!

We made a hopscotch..but never got around to playing. Kaitlyn made it all on her own!

Uncle Addison had to get in on the action of kite flying and show Turner his daddy knows a thing or two about kite flying.

We had music going on in the background and Kaitlyn and I started making up some dance moves for hopscotch fun!

Momma Jenn and Kaitlyn

Grandmama with her girls holding up ONE! They were shouting...Turner is ONE! Turner is ONE!

We joined in on the fun!

We went out back and rode the cars. Me and Grandmama had car races with them. They won!

Turner loves the cars. Here he is upset because he thinks we are getting him out, but Kyleigh is just trying to help him sit up. She really wanted to ride with him..but couldn't fit.

Kyleigh swinging!

Grandmama with her three favorite people! These girls LOVE their grandmama, and loved spending every minute with her! Turner can't wait to visit his cousins soon!

Thank you to Jennifer for driving the girls up for a wonderful weekend!

Turner Toss!

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I love my family! Turner just bounces from one person to the next!

I may have planned the party, but the family helped out A LOT on making it a success!

These next three are just cute pictures of his Aunt Lydia & Aunt Natalie

I mean who wouldn't be a winner tossin' this cute face around from one person to the next?!?

It's as Easy as ABC..

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It's My Birthday Party!!

I can't wait for my friends and family to show up to PAAARRRTTTYY! He may not get crazy with icing..but he gets crazy with some Cheerios!

The guest begin to arrive! His favorite people!!

His cousins are ready for the party!

Jevin and Momma Karen arrive! They are about two weeks apart. Jevin is a St. Patrick's Day baby!

Debbie is on baby watch with Ava.

The party begins. Mrs. Sarah starts off the party with a read aloud! She was trying to get the guest to pay attention and go into the playroom.

All the kids gather ready to hear great stories. This is where I am curious on how it goes. (I told Marcy..I bought a pinata' in case the whole storytime doesn't go over with the kids:) Always need a back up with a party-especially with the age range of birth-5 years old.

The kids loved it! They listened to the story..Turner loves listening to stories, so I was so happy that he was just loving every minute. It was so fun to look around at all his friends just playing and listening, too.

She read Happy Birthday to You by Dr. Seuss!

It was an interactive book, so she had the kids take turns moving the objects on the page. Ava and Kinley taking their turn.

The girls watching every move.

She then read a book about a Frog who starts a marching band! She handed out paper sax before she read the story. While she was reading, we passed out musical intstruments to all the kids. They just jammed out to the story!

Mrs. Sarah did a great job on keeping the kids engaged!

Turner saying hello to his friends!

Then it was outside time.

This is where we were having food, cupcakes, and the pinata. I knew it was going to be a beautiful day and the kids would love to be outside, so I had them outside eating and playing...I didn't think they would go off the porch though--didn't have time to proof all of that for kiddos yet. That's our next project at the Seifritz household. :) Ha!.

I didn't even realize the swing would be such a hit, but it was! I didn't even notice how many kids took turns swinging on it until I looked back at the pictures. The 'unstructured' fun was great. The kids seemed to be having fun while I was sweating and getting nervous because everyone knows how I am about structure. I mean, I had an outline of how I wanted the party to flow that I gave Sarah before the party..being a teacher herself she loved it! It made me sane planning the party and it all fell into place!

Turner has such fun friends!

Enjoying their snacks!

All the kids eating while Mrs. Sarah hangs out with them all.

Turner was inside most of this time getting passed around.

Hayden and Logan enjoying the outside while eating

I love these boys!

I am borrowing them when we start our planning for the backyard to see what all we need to do to make it safe and fun for Turner. I know their parents love us and won't mind :)

Enjoying the outside with who knows what in the yard!

We had kids all over playing in all the rooms. I loved it!

Cupcake time!! I loved the kids reaction because at all the other birthday parties..we sing happy birthday..let the birthday kid get their cake..and then the kids eat their own..not at the Seifritz birthday parties! I had a new plan for party 2 in order for Turner to stay happy. This is Ryan telling the kids to wait until we sing Happy Birthday..so sweet, but I then told them we are doing things a little opposite..the kids can start getting their cake and ice cream..we will then sing Happy Birthday.

Picking out their cupcake.

(I whispered in the parents' ears to give me back the cake toppers..Scrapbooking:)

Shugie serving the ice cream!

Time to sing Happy Birthday!! I decided this go around I would hold Turner..no candle...and then see what he does. He just listened to all his friends sing Happy Birthday...

But still no luck with eating the cupcake...

Wanted Momma to eat it..so I got more then Turner

Love these next two pictures. Out of anyone, I am probably the last person to have anything that is messy for kids. When I ordered the cupcakes I needed them to match my cupcake toppers of course, so I said the primary colors. It was all about looking cute! :)

I didn't think about the struggle and mess parents would have with the cupcakes! Please send me the dry cleaning bill... I know you all love me :).

He's having too much fun at his own party if you ask me!

Campbell is enjoying the sunshine with Moppy. Moppy LOVES babies and will help in any way to make it fun for them!

Ms. Anna below is precious! She was born on my birthday, May 29th.

Boyfriend and girlfriend enjoying their cake!

Turner would eat the cake part but wanted nothing to do with the icing. It was not an exciting 1st eating of the cake moment. I told Ms. Campbell she's going to have to show Turner how it's done at her party!

Pinata time!!! My nieces had this type of pinata at all their parties, so I thought it would be fun for the older kids. You just pull the string. I stuffed it with yoyo, kaleidoscopes, raisins, fruit snacks, sweatbands (my favorite!), and anything else that wasn't candy! :)

The kids were so cute on pulling one string at a time..and they did such a good job with it! I was nervous that it was going to be like the 2nd string and not every kid would get a turn and then feelings would be hurt, but luckily everyone got a turn or two!

And then the whole thing fell ... I think I had it too heavy, but luckily I have some tall friends since hubby Addison would not be the best to hold it up! Ryan was so nice to hold it up while Turner pulled on that last string to make all the fun goodies fall out.

Getting all their goodies!

Uncle Aaron having just as much fun as the kids!

Time for storytime! This is where the kids could get their Bucket of Fun, play, and put all their goodies from the Pinata in it. The kids listened to Are You a Horse? It's about a boy who got a saddle for his birthday, but didn't know what a horse was. Perfect for today! I wish we had a video of the 1st storytime and the 2nd one..because the kids acted different both times--sugar kicking in the second go round!

Playing her musical instrument from her bucket

Mrs. Sarah handing out stickers to all the kids. They were so cute!

Ava picking out her sticker.

After the story, Mrs. Sarah got the kids to take pictures behind the cowboy! I LOVE these and so glad the kids took these pics!

LOVE Chaz!

I know..I know..blue icing..sorry Marcy, BFF! :)

Turner taking his turn!

Kaitlyn in close second after Turner!

Anna being a perfect cowgirl!

Present time! The girls helped along with Jackson. Turner opened some :).

He was jamming out for his audience instead!

Like Mother, Like Son

My friend, Katey and Blake, stopped by later that day. It was so sweet and Blake was so cute! He loved the cowboy. When I gave him his bucket of fun, he had a Toy Story tamborine and his mouth dropped open and got so excited. Loved it! He was super excited about giving Turner his gift as well.

One Hour and thirty minutes later....

1st Birthday a success!

I was super excited that Turner had a blast at his party! My family was saying how impressed they were with having so many kids in one spot and how fun they all had and no crying took place! I told them Turner had amazing friends and loved spending his special day with them! Thank you all for making this day special not only for Turner, but his mum and daddy! We are so lucky to have such wonderful friends & family!

Thank you to Mrs. Sarah for making it all a hit for the kids! I was so nervous having such an age range of kiddos, being at the house, and she made it perfect for them! Love her! (She said this just might be her new 'gig' if you all are looking for someone for your next party-ha!:)

It's as easy as ABC...

THANK YOU FOR CELEBRATING MY 1ST BIRTHDAY WITH ME!

(His untouched cake...2nd one..)

This is what he looked like when he woke up from his nap. He was sad all his friends left and there was no more party..too funny!

NOW he wants his cake!

Happy 1st Birthday Tman!

(Thank you to Aunt Natalie, Aunt Dannis & Shugie for taking pictures throughout the party.)

Turner Time=Party Time!

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He had so much fun on his real birthday! The entire day was dedicated to Tman. I took the entire day off because I felt like it was needed since it was his 1st birthday! :) My mom was so nice and came over to hang with Turner while Addison and I ran last minute errands for his big day. Natalie was over quickly to spend as much time with the birthday boy! We all just had fun with him during the day and getting ready for his party that night!

We did the usual...

Woke up and started our day :)

Grandmama had a special ABC outfit for him to wear since she knew I wouldn't let him wear that on his ABC birthday.

I needed a baby doll for work, so Mom brought me one. Turner had so much fun playing with it! I will have to go buy him one because he didn't get one for his birthday! :) :)

He is so excited of what he sees, he jumped up and.......

saw Grandmama dressed like a clown wishing him Happy Birthday!

Gmama didn't want to make him cry, so she was a very subtle clown. He loved it!

Gmama even dressed PoPo up for the fun!

We are just 'clownin' around!

THE CAKE...he sees it..reached for it..so I was thinking he would for sure LOVE IT!...

The guest begin to arrive so the fun begins!

Grandmama and Shugie celebrating his big day!

Cake Time...He waits patiently for the cake and candle.

We all start singing the traditional Happy Birthday song....so far so good..I started tearing up because I couldn't believe he was turning ONE..and then..

No more fun...he doesn't want to turn one. Bawled...bawled..and even blew a snot bubble. Hated his cake...would not touch his cake...scared of the cake..

still not having any of it.

Wanted it out of his way...

That's it and most of those markings are from adults. I got icing up my nose and in my hair trying to get him to enjoy it.

We then decided to distract him by partying some more!

Jackson tried to help and get the birthday boy to smile.

Shugie tried to help by showing how yummy cake was! Everyone was very, very quiet because we all were anticipating his every move...

Turner Dean won.... Turner one..Cake none...

So! If Turner won't eat cake, the rest of the family will! Dannis was our lovely cake cutter and did a wonderful job!

We then moved on to presents!

Jackson helped us open presents since Turner wouldn't sit for too long. Jackson was so cute and fun!

Uncle Caul and Aunt Lydia paryting it up with fun party hats!

Shugie and Dannis watching Turner ripping into his gifts!

Uncle Aaron showing Jackson how to play ball!

The partying fools!

(The above picture was not 'posed' this was how they were standing--such an Olan Mills family shot!)

He had so much fun at his family party! The next morning he played and played and played with all his new toys. Like I've said many times this year, we are truly blessed with amazing family!

Favorite picture of the day!:

My sweet friend from work did this for Turner.

He rocked it out on his first big day! Thank you all for his wonderful presents and joining in on the fun!

The Planning since March 30, 2010

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As many know, I love planning parties. If I could make money doing it, I would in a heartbeat! I'll just show the planning in pictures! I sent a Smilebox to all family using pictures of Turner throughout the year while 'My Wish' by Rascall Flatts played in the background for his family party on March 30th. It was such a wonderful song and I never thought of it as a perspective for a child's birthday! Loved it! The family party was an Owl theme.We then had his friend party on Saturday, April 2nd where the theme was ABC/Reading. Throughout the year I have documented his life with a daily memory book and once a month collage of my top 20 favorite pictures. I am on month three of his scrapbook, so could not show that- life got in the way:). I made a video/picture each month of him in his chair. We sang Happy Birthday and discussed his favorites from that month. I then compiled the night of his birth with the whole family at the hospital and each monthly video along with a few favorite videos between. This was what took up most of my spring break..a lot of work but I was so happy with it! It's not complete though because I forgot a few great videos...so..another time..another time... My brother, Jeff, was so kind and made a movie of pictures of his first year! I am watching it tonight and can't wait! Needless to say, I have been capturing every moment and love doing it. Yes, it's work, but I think it's my 'therapy' of knowing how fast this year has flown, but I have captured it! I loved planning his party and simply doing things for Turner that he will look back upon and appreciate..hopefully :).

(Being a stinker and won't flip)

Had a pull the string pinata. It was filled with sweat bands, raisins, fruit snacks, yoyos..you know? The usual.

I threw this together last minute of his top fives..Favorite books, music, shows, activities, toys, and food.

(I mean...you need three shirts for turning ONE..:)

I know I'm a dork, but HAD to wear my ABC apron for his party! (I didn't get a picture, BUT I also labeled all the food with the letter it started with. My favorite was ABC (Apples, Blueberries, Caramel!) We also had ABC pasta!

(ABC cookies in the bowl!)

Practiced for awhile on him holding up one!

My friend/librarian from work, Sarah, came as our storytime teller. I was so happy with all she did! I am forever grateful! She said she had a blast & the kids loved her!

The bucket of fun were their party favors. We also are doing a lot of awareness of water conservation at school and helping people get clean water. This is an organization our pod is donating to, and in honor of Turner's friends and family we donated for two families to have drinking water for a year. Great organization!

With Turner loving Cheerios and books, we donated to this charity, First Book, Cheerios promotes to get books in the hands of children in need.

I loved all we did for Turner's first year! He seemed to appreciate it all! :)

Now on to the PARTY!

Spring Break 2011!!!

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I was very excited to have off for a week! Daddy was in France the entire time I had off, so I was a bummed that he wasn't going to be home to spend as a family, but we kept ourselves pretty busy! I had all these great plans to work on his birthday, but got only about two things accomplished. Instead I hung out with Tman and tried to not let my 'piles' of things to do bother me. It's something I've learned to do during my first year as a mum. These two pictures was when Daddy got home. Turner loves giving long hugs. I just got home a bit ago from being gone for four hours and we hugged for about five minutes. It's the best thing ever.

During the break we enjoyed all the beautiful days outside! Marcy, Jackson, Cameron and Campbell let us join in on all the family adventures of the week! Thanks, friends! :)

Campbell is teaching Turner how to handle a John Deere. I don't think he was doing it correctly!

The first morning Daddy was gone he did his 'call' to Daddy by playing his lips with his finger...he looked around..did it again..waiting..waiting for Daddy to come around the corner. Cutest thing ever!

Grandmama and I took him shopping for party stuff! We treated him like a princess!

We went with the Hill family on their evening stroll. Turner loved this!

Jackson did so good riding his bike and listening to Cameron on getting on the sidewalk and such. Too fun!

Grandmama and Grandpapa invited us over for fish and for Turner to see his new boat! My dad bought another boat awhile back, but told my mom it was Turner's..mmm....He loved using the net to catch fish!

Loved him some fish! He ate so much food this night it was hysterical. He did love the fish, so he is officially part of the family! :)

Playing shop till he drops with Grandpapa!

Took Campbell and Jackson to Turner's favorite spot to watch the duckies. Turner just stares down the ducks with a 'killer' eye.

Shugie took Turner shopping for new summer clothes! He loved them all!

We watched Ellen every afternoon. I am not kidding you when I say this is his favorite show. I have tested it many times. He could be in the playroom and will crawl to the living room when he hears it on the tv. He will then just sit and watch. He doesn't do it with any other show.

He loves playing on his blue mat..he also likes taking it apart .. :)

The exciting part of the week was celebrating Aunt Nat's birthday! We had lunch at Feltner Brothers--best place for kids because it really echos, so you can't hear kids!, then Natalie, Dannis and I went and had pedis while Shugie watched Turner. We had a wonderful dinner at Shugie's that night. Turner helped Aunt Nat blow out her candle (he did better this round then at his party) and then wailed through her opening her gifts :). He was ready for bed!

Our little Natalie celebrating her 22nd birthday!

We had a good spring break. For me, I didn't feel rested by any means when I went back to work, BUT it was all worth just spending as much time with my Tman!

Duck Watchin' is Serious Business!

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Grandmama has been taking him to feed the ducks down at the pond about two-three times a week. She says he gets real serious and just stares them down and follows their every move. He stays very still except for throwing their duck food. Daddy is happy he already knows the proper way to act when hanging with the ducks :).

They also go to the library or Barnes & Noble

We had our family and Turner's one year pictures taken last week. I really wanted it to be about pictures of him, but he was not sure of the new surroundings, so there were more family shots. Brandy got some great shots and I can't wait to blow one up for the playroom!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

It was funny because it's like he knew something happened with this day because he kept biting his sleeve or himself..I tried to tell him it's pinching others, not biting yourself. I love this outfit (thanks to Marcy on the cute pants!) He has very little 12 month clothes, so Marcy gave us some of Jackson's and they are all too cute.

PoPo once in awhile is very sweet and approaches Turner to cuddle. Turner just 'pats' him and laughs at PoPo. They are so cute!

He again carrying around everything in his hands. He was standing up on this chair holding onto nothing for a second! He's getting a little too adventurous for my liking. He has also picked up a new level to his 'vocals' this week. Addison and I thought he was in real pain one night...but it's just his new way of expressing himself in his laughs and cries. To think six months ago if he cried it was dead silent and now they are a very high pitch, LOUD screech.

NEW game! He loves being placed in this pack-n-play to play basketball! We throw balls in there to him and he throws them right back. He just laughs and laughs! He will then sit in there and play with his toys while listening to his CD player. Track 2 is his favorite-Winnie the Pooh.

This has been his new move for the week..he almost looks like he's about to lead into a headstand, but I think he's curious on what's under his legs!

He loves his baby naked time, still! It's amazing what changes each week, so you really don't know what he will love or hate. I stripped him down Friday night because he was crying so hard and he usually doesn't just 'cry' and I was getting a little concerned. He finally stopped after I took off his clothes... He is starting to pop in some teeth, so I think being naked just took his mind off things. That's when I also learned the new 'vocals'

Doing this evening exercises before bed. What's cute is Addison does sit-ups and push-ups each day, and I think he's wanting to be like his daddy! :)

Addison sent me this picture after his bath. He loves his hair!

Poor Addison really wanted a picture with Turner to have on his phone, but Turner kept squirming and whining to come to me. Daddy ended up having a picture of his two favorite people :).

Swinging at Grandmama's! Today was Turner's 1st time in the nursery without me. We were 15 minutes late because his morning nap ends right when church begins. I then had to hang out in there for about 20 minutes because he was not letting me go and I could tell he was not going to just 'go with the flow'. Overall, he did fairly well. There was only one other little girl in there, so it wasn't too much going on.
When I found the rocking horse for him was when I 'made my move'. He's looking at the lady saying I don't know about you. He did have his little shaker with him, so that kept him happy. He did cry some while I was gone and started bawling when I showed up. I was happy with the 20 minutes he did on his own for the first time EVER to be with strangers.

We celebrated by going out to eat with Grandmama and playing on her swing for awhile! This is him playing peek-a-boo. If you go 'where's Turner?' He will take it away from his face, smile and then put it back. He'll do this over and over again.

Beautiful weather!

Beautiful week!

Ready for his little toes to see more sunshine and green grass!

Soak of the Cheerio..Clap of the Hand

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My little Tman is becoming a little boy!

Dannis and Aaron stopped by to play with Turner for a bit. He loves to show off now for people. It's really cute to see how he tries to 'impress'.

Playing with his wagon full of books!

We loved playing during the beautiful weather. I think I'm getting the spring break itch..because I usually stay up at work until 5:00, so I get everything done from that day..but I've been rushing out before 4:00 to come home & hang with Turner.

He loves to giggle and clap his hands. He imitates movements and noises we make to a 'T'!

Clap, Clap, Clap!

He was loving this windy day. He would just stop and stare at the trees and grass. Of course, his hair still blowing in the wind.

I know everyone is saying..well I guess I will get Turner clothes for his birthday since he only wears one shirt and one pair of pants..but I LOVE this shirt we got from one of Sonya's friends & I want him to get to wear it before he grows out of it. Yes..I'm that kind of mom.

He's really clingy to me. And to be honest I don't mind it one bit! I don't smother him, but if he wants his momma, I will let him hang on me. The shrine I have at school of him and as I sit there looking at all the pictures, it just brightens my day knowing Turner loves his momma!

Cheerios in milk! Grandmama spoils Turner and he loves it. After he has his oatmeal, Grandmama warms up some milk and lets the Cheerios soak. He then loves to pick them up one by one and eats them. He then still sips the milk out of the bowl. I don't know where he gets it since Daddy and Mommy shovel food in seconds, but he uses one finger and picks up one thing at a time...that does great with my patience :)

This is his tray toy. He loves to spin it while he eats. It can look pretty nasty after a long day of eating!

Daddy feeding him oatmeal. He has started this thing with the spoon this week. While I'm feeding him his dinner, he has to hold the spoon and he sure thinks he's doing something with it. I then have to get another spoon because he gets fussy if I try to take the one away he's holding 'feeding' himself. He swirls it around in his food, usually upside down. Sticks it in his mouth and then it always ends up on the floor.

We started this Eat.And.Play with friends. Once a month a family hosts a dinner with kiddos to play and eat. It was great because most of the kids have the same bedtime, so we get together around 5:00-6:00 and then home by 7:30. I loved it because I looked forward to it all week when I usually just go home on Friday and play with Turner and go to bed. Turner had fun seeing his girlfriend!

It was such a fun, busy day on Saturday! I was so excited about getting Turner's 1 year pictures done by the wonderful Brandy! Turner was a little clingy with Mommy, so it turned to be more family pictures, but they turned out great! I did match Addison and Turner...taking advantage of it before he can say no :)..because the only other thing they will match probably will be camo when he's older.

We ate at Ed's on Saturday and he just sat in his highchair and danced to the blues music playing. He really does stop everytime he hears music and claps, dances, or smiles with it! He then spent the majority of the time eating his veggies and staring at the people around him. I hope they don't mind :).

To the park we strolled!! A beautiful day on Saturday! We took him to Walker Park and it was great! They have about three different areas of playground. Turner watched everyone play... he played, too :).

He loved swinging!

Ritz cracker! I was a rebel this week and gave him a ritz cracker! He turned into this muscle machine and did more smashing it with his hands while they were shaking then eating it.

He stayed the night with Moppy and Poppy Saturday night. He had SO much fun and was a good little boy!! I will be getting pictures from Debbie to post. It makes me so happy that he loves staying the night with Grandparents! They already want him to stay again & Tman is ready!

I was pathetic and took this picture of us on our way up so I could stare at it all night..I know..I know.. but it helped me! :)

I'm soaking in him turning one in two weeks and babyseifritz.blogspot.com coming to an end.

Each week I just love capturing his moments. It flies by and this is my time to slow down and reflect on the week. With what's occurring in Japan right now, my heart breaks for all the families who have lost a loved one..and what they must be going through. It makes you stop and really just cherish the soaked cheerio, clap of the hand, and the hug you get every day and night from someone special.

A Hula Hoop of a Week!

2011-03-06T15:34:00.000-06:00

Last Saturday we went and visited Moppy & Poppy up in Centerton. Turner took a late/good nap, so we thought he would stay up a little later for our trip. We had a good hour, but then 7:00 and he was ready for bed! He runs a tight ship, but he had fun showing Moppy & Poppy all his new tricks! He was going to have his first sleepover with them on Friday night, but he got sick ;(. I was so excited for them to want to keep him for the night! We are going to try again in the next couple of weeks. It will look like he's moved in for a year..but like Moppy & Poppy said, "I'm so excited and can't wait!"

Happy 11 Months to me!

His last month to celebrate, and he didn't get to celebrate on his actual day because there was not a 30! We celebrated on March 1st--it didn't seem to bother him that much :).

Grandmama took him shopping and then we had a picnic when I got home. Grandmama is so much fun! She has found her calling and is wonderful with Turner. Everyday they have something planned and he is learning so much from her.

She should have her own blog because with how much time she spends with Tman and what all they do, she would probably have better stories to tell than I would. I love how when I get home, the first thing I do is call my mom to ask what all they did. She has the funniest stories about who she meets, how Turner interacted with someone or something & so forth. (If you know my mom, she has never met a stranger!)

He is showing me is favorite book while I eat my lunch and his hair blows in the wind.

BIG bite! Just kidding..he did get some bread though :)

Then we went swinging!! He loves his swing and has been staring at it during all these cold months.

This is one of those things where I'm curious to know if it's 'typical' or just Turner. He loves his shoes and socks. He can have a room filled with toys and he goes straight to his shoes. He then proceeds to put them in his mouth, which last about .5 seconds because all I can think of are all those germs or crawls around with one in his hand!

He loves baby naked time. This was not really during our usual baby naked time..this was me trying to get his 11 month picture..by myself. It didn't go over so well.

The shoes and now the socks are coming off.

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

We celebrated a day early, but Grandmama took him to Barnes & Noble to buy a new book on Read Across America Day!

Touch decision on which book to choose..mmm...

I decided to buy him some hula hoops because I love to hula hoop! He had fun watching them 'roll' down the hall. He liked to shake them, too.

Trimming his nails have been quite a chore. Daddy can't stand when they get a wee bit long! It's so funny how many comments a week I hear about his nails. He attempts to clip them each day..and then by the end of the week, it's back to the first ones. Vicious cycle.

Daddy was out of town again this week. It makes for rough weeks, but Turner is such a good little guy for me! Shugie and Aunt Lydia hung out with the Tman while I had dinner with Marcy & Rachel for her 30th! Right before Shugie came over Turner slipped and banged his forehead pretty bad! I felt bad, but he was a good boy for them-thank you for watching him! :).

He loves his bath. My mom took these cute pictures of him in his robe. He hasn't been feeling all that hot this week...all weekend he's been fighting a fever. He's been lucky and hasn't gotten sick that much, so when he did Mommy & Daddy were in unknown territory.

Funny story. Aunt Nat watched him on Monday & told me he had horrible poopies all day. She had to leave to go to a senior education thing. He then had one of his poopies..and it's bad..like nothing I've seen. So, as Aunt Nat is trying to concentrate on her education..I'm texting away asking all these questions about his poops..what he ate..how he felt..worried Momma here..and..she's so great!

I did have a moment. Below I made Addison take a picture from Friday night. This was before I was vomited on, but he was bawling and just wanted me. I had momma guilt because I had to work on Saturday, so I again wouldn't be able to be with Turner. Grandmama couldn't stand it either--she came over and checked on him!

Anyways, back to my moment. He then curled up like this and fell asleep. Addison walked over and said, "You need to wake him up so we can feed him. Don't let him fall asleep." I said, "Just a few more minutes. He hasn't slept like this since he was about four months old..and I want to have this time." Of course Addison looked at me..took the picture like I asked because it has been hard lately knowing he's turning one and I just wanted a second like he was a 'baby' again..because like everyone says..it flies by.

Gobs of drool are coming out of his mouth this week..so more teeth are coming in! He loves this teething sack. I usually put a cold carrot and he just chews away.

Even though he has been sick and not able to go anywhere this weekend, he's still been all smiles!

Rub-a-dub-dub..3 more weeks and I turn one!

Mums the Word

2011-02-26T16:00:00.001-06:00

Sad faces this week...He didn't crack many smiles this week. I'm not sure what was up! He is going through a bad phase of wanting me, me, me every second of the evening right when I get home. I eat it up because of not being with him all day! It's hard when I leave though and he's doing his whisper cry.

But..he then moves on

Goes anywhere except where all his toys are to play

Likes to take his breaks to compose himself before venturing to something else

Loves his Elephant! I'm so glad my parents told me to buy this for him when he was a wee little baby! It is the best thing!

Uncle Aaron is back and loves to hang with Turner. He takes him in the woods on nature walks, gobbles for him, and one day will teach Tman how to play the guitar!

I bought him Mums to munch on. He seems to enjoy them...loves giving them to PoPo more so.
Speaking of Mum..I would love if he called me Mum! But we will see. :)

It cracked me up! This morning he was crawling around with this in his mouth. If he dropped it, he would stop, sit up, put it back in his mouth and keep a crawling. Made me smile at 7:30 am.

Catching a hunting show with Daddy

Gym Birthday party!

Cedar celebrated his 1st Birthday with all his friends. Tman enjoyed popping the bubbles they blew one by one with his little finger! Happy 1st Birthday Cedar!

Campbell, Turner, and Cedar celebrating!

Then we went swimming for another birthday celebration! A friend had her little girl's 3rd Birthday! I was excited to get Turner in the pool since he hasn't been since summer. Well...we can X out not only the Boingo Bounce for playtime fun..but the pool as well. :) He was not so splish splashin' like he is in his baths.

Marcy prepared me with a swimmer and shorts for him!

Daddy took him for a dip..he didn't 'dip' much..just clinged to Addison with his soft cries echoing throughout the pool.

Birthday girl, Ava, celebrating with a dip with Daddy!

Jackson had a blast! He is a little fish!

Still wanting out...

The little fishers all having pool time fun!

Tman wanting out....

He loved being wrapped up and watching everyone swim...or just being wrapped up out of the pool. This is such a great idea for birthdays! All the kids loved swimming (except for Turner out of 20 or so kids :)!

He then decided to milk it....

Poor Turner... :)

He had a great week! Grandmama took him to the library with Campbell and Marcy. It was a busy week for Momma, so I'm glad to have the weekend to catch up with my little man!

REALLY Ten Months old..

2011-02-19T10:18:00.000-06:00

So...since the ice was hanging from all his fun toys outside..I decided to have some fun inside during the captivity snow week two...

I love how he loves to play in his room. It's so cute to walk in his room and he has all his toys out and playing with them all. He goes to this corner many times throughout the day.

He's staring at his shoes because of how badly he wants to go outside and play....

so..Momma has a plan! Photoshoot with his favorite books! I wanted to capture what his favorite books have been lately because I thought it would be something fun he would want to look back upon...in the past he would sit and sit for a long time and let me do whatever...well what idea I had in my mind did not turn out because I forgot Turner is ten months old and he doesn't understand the concept behind 'capturing the memories' :)

I staged this because I thought he could sit in his chair and one by one I could take ONE picture of him looking at his favorite book so I then can have it for his memories..well..

He decided he wanted to focus on his Aveeno lotion instead...Did not want to sit in the chair..knocked down all the books on one side...(all in about ten seconds so far)

Then scooted down off the chair..I decided we will do some floor shots of him looking at his books..

Aveeno lotion..no books..

With his famous one finger point..pointed to the monkey

His favorite song..(Snuggle Puppy will be a blog all in itself) so I was happy with this memory shot.

Loves the touch and feel board books...

Holding up the book and reading it to me... (Did this on his own..not staged-:)!

(Again..about 1.5 in the shoot now...) I'm sweating..still many books to get go.....

Proceeds to the wall...

He's looking at me like..What are you wanting me to do, Mom?? As I kept saying..just come over here Turner and look through your fun books!:)

Mommy..I hope you learned your lesson.

(None of the books right side up so I could get the 'cover' shot...)

I was laughing through all of this because my favorite book memories turned into what real life is like memories for Tman at 10 1/2 months old!

Will you be Mine?

2011-02-19T09:50:00.000-06:00

I LOVE Valentine's Day! I even give my students Valentine day cards and treats even though they are in middle school because it's the one day I wish I worked in elementary school with all the fun parties! I still remember all the Valentine Days I would wake up and my mom had a whole breakfast table filled with Valentine's Day fun!

I was a little sad that I had to work on Valentine's Day, BUT I just had fun a day early with Tman. I did a red theme! I got all his toys and blankets that were red and made a display. We then played with it all. I made some ..oh excuse me..TURNER made some Valentine's Day cards for his sweethearts.. I got him an Elmo book My Fuzzy Valentine about his Mommy being his Valentine. We sang Valentine Day songs and took lots of pictures!

Valentine's Day with his Aunt Natalie!! He was excited with the day she had planned for him. She took him to the library for a Valentine's date with Ms. Campbell. He loved watching all the people...singing the songs and being with his friends! His true Valentines!
I love you Aunt Nat..

Shugie and Natalie took him to the mall to buy him some cute Puma's for Valentine's Day! He's saying WOW! These shoes are so comfy! Thanks, Shugie!

Aunt Natalie bought him this giant frog balloon! He loves hitting it and watching it come back to him. The simple things in life :)

Turner and Campbell exchanging Valentines at the library. They got Turner a cute playskool tractor! Campbells heart goes vroom vroom for Tman! (I don't know what a tractor sound is..chug?)

Playing with the tamborine!

Campbell showing off the Valentine's card Turner 'made' for her.

The fun didn't stop there! We got a cute Elmo card in the mail from Shugie-she knows how much he loves Elmo! Aunt Roni got him a card and some money to go spend on himself! Grandmama got him a fishin' Valentine's day card a drum for him to 'beat' like his heart 'beats' for Grandmama! Turner had a wonderful 1st Valentine's Day.

Happy 1st Valentine's Day!

Update through pics

2011-02-19T09:29:00.002-06:00

He gets into everything..

Turner turns 11 months at the end of this month....wow. Just this week I ran into a parent from last year at school. She asked how old is Turner now..I hesitated and said he will be ten months in a few weeks. My friend whispered over..he will be 11 months.. 1. It's sad I'm the mother who can't remember how old my own child is..but in my defense..I have to stop because I truly think I should only be saying six months at the least..BECAUSE IT FLIES BY! 2. It's been a long week..:)

He loves to crawl around and play..bang anything together..

Loves to follow Mommy wherever she goes..even if I won't let him in! :) It was my alone time (trying to work on his scrapbook)..and Addison sent me this picture of what he was doing. As you know, I quit what I was doing to go hang out with Turner because he wouldn't hang out with his daddy :). I've learned..no alone time for a Mommy...never..

Proud Momma! Loves to read..and most of the time he grabs the books himself..I don't 'force' it upon him :)

Again, hanging from my pant leg while I was trying to grade..so he just graded with me. They all got As!

A little red and a lot of blue!

Why go to Toys R Us?..we use anything in the house.

He was showing me his tricks on his Jumparoo..funny because I stated he looks like he's pole dancing!:)

Chubby cheeks for the both of us!

Loves to dress like his daddy

Goes to Grandmama's to swing! swing! swing!

(Yes..Arkansas weather-swinging one day..snowman the next) buried in his car seat as we venture home during the snow storm.

He only stops to watch TV right when Ellen comes on and as she dances..after that he never seems to care whats on TV...and Grandmama has it on the kid music channel all day except for Ellen (bc I record it) for him to learn all the hip kid songs!

New thing...kissing anything he can plant his face to..

Having fun with his girlfriend! They are so funny to watch..taking stuff from each other..falling on top of each other..it's so funny!

Must carry something in his hand when he's crawling around...

Has started to walk with the Radio Flyer & pulling up on it himself..

Sadly, this was Mommy's alone time shoveling the snow after being inside for four days. RIGHT when Addison got home from MIAMI, I grabbed the shovel and told him I'll do it! I just wanted to move around and be outside..Addison took this picture..Tman would not leave the door :)

Met our new friend Ava! Wes and Hayley have a beautiful baby girl! Precious!

His hair is still fun to mess with :). I thought this was a cute new do.

He didn't like this one as much...only a picture a mother would love. :)

He's afraid of a lot.. :) We are at the car wash..and he gets a little upset when we are washing the car :)

But smiles is what he does best!

Shopping at Academy with Daddy..had to wear his camo hat.

Needless to say, like my friend who has a baby two weeks older stated...he's not a baby anymore..he's turning into ALL boy..He is determined to find something he shouldn't touch..crawl exactly where he shouldn't ...huff..puff..and look at you with his crazy eye if something isn't going the way he planned...but it's all too much fun not to laugh at!

..(oh! said momma on Saturday--in honor of me seeing Mamma Mia that day- Loves Broadway, too!)

What are you trying to tell me, Turner?

2011-02-11T09:27:00.000-06:00

I think he's telling me he doesn't like what he's eating..mmm...

This may surprise some of you...

2011-02-09T15:32:00.000-06:00

Last week, I stumbled upon the best thing ever during snow captivity day 4. My wheels in my head started to turn, I got that excited look on my face, and not a second later...I took this and turned it into what I would call a game that should earn me 'Mother of the Year' award.

Colorado has nothing on us!

2011-02-06T16:04:00.000-06:00

KTB came over and wanted to sled down the hill. It was a perfect day to get Tman out because it was very sunny! I was glad we went sledding because with all the lovely snow we've had, it was our first chance to have fun with it!
Ran across this when we were looking back at past storms. This was about a month before Tman arrived..I think...I really can't remember. I think everyone understands why I didn't go down the hill this time around!

Talking Tman up on how he will go about going down the big hill.

Weeeee...! No reaction from Tman..not a smile..laugh..wail..cry..nothing. Just a stone face. I don't think he really understands what all this is..I know for sure he won't touch it.

Here I go!

Weeee!

B Snowboarding..

When we go to Colorado..Turner will laugh at those bunny slopes! I've never been skiing..more of a beach gal myself, so I will be right there with Turner learning to ski!

Round two!

LOVE this picture!

PoPo was so nervous about Turner. Kept running after him making sure he was alright. I took PoPo down it once. He enjoyed it!

The snow bunnies chillin' with Turner.

Resting at the lodge. Turner was clapping for us.

Let's just say this 30 minutes of fun made for a long snowy nap for Turner.

He can't wait for next year's big snow!

OH WAIT...another one this week?

Oh fun....

A wee bit of snow for a wee little baby...

2011-02-06T15:40:00.000-06:00

How we entertained Tman during the snow days..

A wee bit of snow for a wee little baby....

We were out in it for a total of 1 minute..enough to take photos :) ...twice..

He played with his football. He now has this habit when he crawls around he seems to always want something in his hand..he just can't let it go..Uncle Jeff was proud he was so attached to a football!

Stared out the window at all his jungle gyms..dreaming of sunshine and butterflies!

Played in his suitcase..my mother was concern on how many days we were staying when on my first load in..I had this suitcase. I brought one shirt for me..rest for Tman. For anyone who knows me, I'm a horrible packer. (didn't bring flip flops to our honeymoon in Jamaica!) So even though it looks big..I still didn't bring the right stuff.

The shoes are his black patent leather that he will not let go..but don't fit him anymore. Good example of my packing skills...snow evacuation and I'm sure to grab the kids black patent leather shoes.. They keep him entertained while we change him. The boy loves his shoes!

First big boy bath with Winnie the Pooh! He loved it. A lot of bubbles and lots of fun!

MMM....how can I trick Daddy into letting me get rid of that blue tub and take big boy baths..mmm....

Lounged around with Grandmama and the dogs. Pebbles is really fun for Turner (unlike someone else we know...)

His two front teeth finally popped out!

Played Giddy up Horsy with Grandpapa

Went Vroom, Vroom down the hallway!

Thought he was a big boy on the 'motorcycle'

Loved dropping his cherrios for Pebbles to catch. Pebbles and PoPo were the vaccuums around him. We also had a personal chef, Grandmama! She cooked Turner up so many different foods..and he loved them. I hardly lifted a finger when it came to meal time! Thanks, Grandmama!

Did a little head banging.. he loved placing his back against the couch or hallway wall and bang..bang. He would laugh and keep doing it.

While Tman took his nap, Grandmama would clean and rearrange his toys like it was Christmas morning so when he woke, he was all excited and ready to play again. ..He's staring at them ready to demolish the pretty look in about 2 seconds.

Did a little bird watching with Grandpapa

Meal time at the table with his sippy cup. He loved holding it for about 10 seconds and then 'tossing' it to the floor.. finally by the 4th day he would sip out of it on his own.

Turner is growing on PoPo..but this shirt still has some truth behind it.

Oh, the maraca how he loves it so. This is another toy he would not let go and would carry it around..shake..shake..shake! I tried to sneak it in my suitcase, but it's a grandmama toy.

We are going home today, Turner! Daddy is on his way!

(Singing from the top of my lungs..oh, wait...that's Grandmama putting my suitcase in the car!:)

Yes, Daddy was once again gone for business to Las Vegas during the snow.. I decided to load up and head to Casa De La Johnsons..it was nice to be home. Turner stayed on his routine with his naps and schedule since Gmama watches him all day, anways. I loved spending time with the 'rents! We had nightly Scrabble games, ice cream, and tons of relaxation! Turner didn't skip a beat with his day. Thanks guys for putting up with Turner..oh who are we kidding..they loved having him there, it was me they probably were ready to see go. I heard Katherine Ann Johnson a 'few' times while I was there. :)

I felt like a snow angel at home away from home! :)....

That's right! My daddy is here!

Three peas in a pod!

We adventured home and..like many..have been home ever since.

Bye, Bye Snow

Hello, Spring!

Ten Times the Fun!

2011-01-30T13:55:00.000-06:00

Happy Ten Months!

Celebrated Aunt Roni's Birthday!

Loves to wear his hat just like Daddy!

We don't feel a need to brush his hair..until after I look at his pictures and realize I should have..

Classic Seifritz kid..camo hat and duck call in one hand! Go Turner!

Asking Daddy to blow the duck call

Mom..this is guy time..we don't take pictures during guy time.

Snow Day 2011

2011-01-22T18:01:00.000-06:00

Having two extra days off is way different now then it was last year at this time. On snow days, I'm the dork and play catch up for work. I catch up on all my grading, lesson plans, and have everything ready to go! It's not like that anymore. I get it out on the snow days...but then the day is over, but I love being able to have these days with Turner. (I know you are saying--quit blogging and go grade! It's not that easy..it takes many hours to grade and I get no joy out of that, however it takes 20 minutes to blog and I get the sense of accomplishment on my scrapbooking, so I am going to pick blogging! :)

We had a very low key snow day. It consisted of bundling him up and taking him outside to see the snow for about 10 minutes. He seemed to be in shock on what was around him. He just 'froze' in amazement over everything being so white, quiet and quite cold! He did touch it with one finger, but that was about it. Daddy went for a ride down the hill! I can just picture how it will be next year. I was shocked Addison didn't grab Turner and go down it this year! We did get out a bit and had a playdate with Campbell and Jackson. I'll let the pictures speak when I say...no birthday party at Boingo Bounce for quite awhile! Other than that, we just hung around the house! Snow day is when I'm glad Addison works from home, so we can see more of each other.

Waiting for his food. He won't eat his rice cereal for anyone but Grandmama..so we waste most of it. He is so funny when he doesn't like something, he seeps it out of his mouth..so boyish!

I am a baby when it comes to being cold and not having gloves on. I kept telling Turner to hurry up and touch it because Momma is cold. We went in shortly after.

Couch time with Daddy!

Again, I don't know if all babies do this...but Turner seems ticklish..like that tickle feeling where he is churning in the stomach and gasping for laughs...and yes we tickle him still! He laughs so hard and tries to wiggle away. I'll be curious to see how ticklish he is when he's older..and it's only in certain spots.

Turner wants to suck your blood! He has the fangs and the top middle are just on the edge of popping. We see them all white and pearly..but just won't 'pop'

Popo won't budge..but he's not really giving that 'I love this' feeling either. I mean look at the look he's giving me in the picture below...so sad...

We then reminisced on all his 'baby' toys. I am still shocked on how much they grow in that first year! I mean, I really thought I had a clue with being around friends with babies and my nieces...but I really didn't. I just can't believe he turns ten months next week...and doing all this stuff!

It really does amaze me...

Grandpa T socks in action!

Doesn't just sit on the inside anymore...he now pulls himself up and walks along the side of his saucer (if that's even the name for it..)

...under it..

'Pucker, Pucker, Peanut Butter'

I kow you don't pucker when you eat peanut butter...but he laughs when I say it. :) He does so much with his mouth...puckering up is so funny. He gets these big eyes and puckers!

Jackson is so sweet. He crawled up in my lap next to Turner because Turner was not budging with the bounce house 2 feet away. He was giving Tman kisses and tickling him.

My favorite picture. Not only you get Jackson doing flips in the background showing how much fun it is, but Campbell is trying to talk Turner into coming in there to play. I promise Tman, it's a lot of fun... no such luck..

He would clinch to me and shake his head..and whine. I did put him in there..(Marcy witnessed) but he just sat and cried... I think what scared him was the blower being loud and right when we got there we went up to the movie room without him realizing we were at the Hill's. or not:) A Boingo Bounce trial and run will be in our near future before any big parties are had there. :)

He then made us all go back downstairs to play in his comfort zone :) He still had this look of panic the entire time.

Playing house..

Campbell answering the door!

Jackson and Turner having a discussion about their favorite kind of cake. It was funny. Marcy sat Turner on that chair..and that's what he did..just sat there..didn't move a muscle. :) That's why I call him Grandpa T!

Dory was visiting from Italy. She's getting the baby fever and loved holding all the babies! Turner was going for all her jewelry! Rachel and I both had none of that on..long gone.

Whenever Kinley would go walking towards Tman, he would get big grins and reach for her. He was flirting. When I put him on the ground, he started jumping up and down in front of her. I love watching babies interact.

Mary Ford getting some Turner Time! He was all smiles whenever she would talk to him.

The tongue hanging out...

I think he's taking up after PoPo..in the last few weeks he pants a lot with his tongue hanging out..and then just leaves his tongue out while playing. He's looking at Kinley! She is a doll, so why wouldn't he be flirting?!

Will there be a snow day again, Momma??

Visit to Centerton!

2011-01-17T21:04:00.001-06:00

We visited Moppy & Poppy on Sunday. It was a pretty day and loved having Aunt Lydia and Caul join! Turner looks forward to his Sundays because Aunt Lydia comes to visit! He always has something new to show her and can't wait to get the call that she's on her way. I love having my time with Lydia, too!

Jere and Turner look very similar!..and no I do not curl Turner's hair.

When Tman gets to a new place, it takes him a second to get into his groove...he usually stares off into the distance and doesn't crack a smile. Moppy was helping him feel at home..He hasn't been up to Centerton in quite some time, so I was excited for him to go!

Lydia was teaching Turner how to high-five

Turner seeing a cute lab puppy

He crawled...he scooted...and found a basket he just had to carry around!

He loves his Moppy & Poppy!

This is his poop face...oh the pictures I take of him... I think I need more hobbies :)

Drooling on the chin just a bit

Then...

we went and saw our best friends today! It's crazy how after Christmas the time flies. We haven't seen Jackson or Campbell since before Christmas. They had so much fun. Turner loved playing with all of C's toys. Jackson shared his phone with them..and they just took it from each other ..back and forth...too fun!

A trip to the Big Apple

2011-01-10T13:12:00.001-06:00

Where should we begin, Momma!?!

Today is our first official snow day! I took advantage and did a shoot with Turner, actually got on the treadmill and Wii finally, dinner in the crockpot, watched my favorite, GMA, and it's not even one yet!

Marcy spotted this shirt in the girls' section at Rhea Lana's and snagged it for me. I've had it on my 'list' to take some pictures of Turner in it because my favorite place is NYC! I throw these shoots together in a hurry..wish I had my Annie poster but it's at school....He is getting quite difficult to have our fun photoshoots...The moving and such has Momma out of breath at the end, but I was happy with our little trip to NYC.

"NYC....

What is it about you?..

You're Big

You're Loud

You're tough

NYC..

I go years without you..

Then I can't get enough..

No other town has the Empire State

and a mayor five foot two.

No other town in the whole forty eight

can half compare to you!

You crowd, you cramp, you are still the champ!

The shimmer of Time Square.

NYC...You are still the champ!

Amen for NYC!"

Except for.....

NOT THE SUBWAY, AGAIN!!!

Tuckered out after a long trip through the big city!

We love NYC!

Dedicated to Lydia Seifritz

Love, Turner!

So Thankful...

2011-01-09T10:03:00.002-06:00

For my two boys!

I Like to Move It, Move It!

2011-01-02T10:51:00.000-06:00

He is on the move! It truly happened over night. You are talking about the boy who loved to just lay on his back and watch his girlfriend, Campbell, roll circles around him. He was content on not moving from one place for quite some time...until now. I have never 'wished it away' as many call it on any of his milestones. I have cherished it all and was growing very fond of the whole not moving thing. He has changed SO much over Christmas break! He's been crawling backwards for awhile now and decided to go forward this week. That's what changed it all. We have all been on the move around the house. I have loved my break and we got a lot accomplished at the house to turn it into a home now with a baby :). I feel like I got a break from work and accomplished much, but most of all spent a lot of time with my Tman!

I officially started his scrapbook! I have my office all set up to scrap away! I was a little overwhelmed so to get me started I did digital prints/scrapbook pages...and that was great! It got me going. My goal is to have his first year done by his birthday...( typing this is holding me accountable!) March 30th will be here before we know it...please do not ask for the book unless you see it on the coffee table :)

As we all know, this is my first child :), so I don't know what to say like 'he's a picky eater' or 'he seems to be a happy baby' because I don't have much to compare to. I will think he is doign something so weird and such, but then I'll talk to a friend who has a baby around the same age and it's just normal. I do feel like he's somewhat of a picky eater. He takes awhile to 'like' something, but he will try it. He has started this bad habit of only eating for me during the break. He won't eat for Addison...so that's been fun!

He has started the 'I'm going to cry when you put me down or walk away from me' thing...but mainly with me.It is funny when he's on the floor playing and I walk by him (we call it 'the fake out') because in his eyes he thinks I'm coming to him, but to only pass him. He stares as I walk by and then starts crying.

Got up too early.

The last day to 'sleep in' and he decides to wake up at 6:00...but we know why...

More teeth! This tooth has been around for quite some time, but it's a good shot. This is his snaggle tooth. He has four on top..he literally is getting his two front teeth after Christmas! They are starting to 'puff' and Mommy is starting to whine...when it comes to teeth I'm the baby. Once those pop out..which will be a few weeks, but the whining/crying will start very soon. The week before break he was teething horribly and I felt so bad for him...he wouldn't fall asleep until 9:00 (usually bed by 7:00-7:30) and fussy. It now seems it's going to start the week I return to work and Addison going out of town. It's like he knows.. :) One a good note, he loves teething rings now! I was so sad because I was excited about putting them in the fridge and having him love to suck on them to soothe the pain, but he hated them until recently. Too much fun for one person ;)

HaPpY NeW YeAr! We are excited to start a full year with Turner! I'm still shocked it's January of 2011 and Turner is 9 months.

Shugie watched Turner while we went and had dinner with Staci and Steve. I wanted to wake Turner up at midnight to tell him Happy New Year, but Daddy thought that would be a bad idea :).

Grandmama visited on New Year's Day to wish Turner a good one!

Back to the movin', movin'.... Like I said, we worked over the break into TURNing our house into a home with a baby now! Turner now has a playroom, the coffee table is replaced with a plush ottoman, and there is more room for Tman to roll and roll or crawl now....but he seems to always find that one 'thing' or 'spot' (As above). I wanted to keep this for some odd reason (even though just YESTERDAY Mom was saying how that needs to be moved.)..but it will be going bye bye. Daddy was cleaning up the humidifier mess and I was getting laundry out of the dryer..when I came out..this is what Turner was doing. He propped himself up so he could watch Daddy work. He was just sitting up smiling and watching..not touching anything..yet. I decided it would be a great photo opportunity.

Our morning routine (when I'm on break). Turner has been waking up around 700-800 these past few weeks! We've been able to sleep in! After his bottle he plays for a good hour either on the floor or in his jumparoo. He loves this tower I bought him awhile back. He bangs, he carries, he puts it in his mouth...We then have rice cereal around 830...nap at 900!

We angled his activity table for now because he is starting to lift himself up, but it slides and he goes face down in the carpet. He loves playing all the different sounds. He thinks he's up to something fun when he flips the book about 20 times in a row!

He loves his socks! These PJs don't have footies...we had a 'mess' this morning, so I changed him in these. He has been turning into a messy baby when before he seemed to stay so clean! Anways, I love him in socks..I know these don't match..but they were just to keep his footsies warm.

We keep the blanket down in hopes it will catch his messes...we FINALLY switched to a fast nipple..and he seems to spit up more when before he never did..so stains on the carpet are no fun.

Crawling forward in action. With all his 'new' things he's doing, I sit back and watch to see exactly what he is capable of. I try not to 'jump' at the first thing..others think differently, but I truly don't. Anyone who knows me, knows I worry about anyone getting hurt--birthday parties...bounce houses..all make me really nervous--poor Turner he will be having coloring pages, read alouds and sing songs for his birthday parties :). I know, I know...all about it's going to happen..and all, but I still try to watch closely just in case.

One thing we have been observing is when he finds something on the floor...(which again I vaccuum more now than ever before!-Trish would be so proud!) we have watched him and AS OF RIGHT NOW what he does is just holds it. Doesn't attempt to do anything with it except hold it. He's trying to be sneaky.

With all our new 'arrangements' PoPo has been placed in the back corner. As you can see, he has not gone without his own toys. What PoPo loves to do his bring out one toy at a time and pretty much make a circle around Turner with them...like to prove he has toys, too. Turner loves watching PoPo fetch his toys..PoPo made a point one time to run and it looked like he stopped to bump Turner's head with his backside..so rude! Turner just laughed and PoPo ran after the toy. Turner of course wants to go to all of these toys..so we are constantly picking them all up. I know the easiest thing would be to get rid of all of them...or at least most of them...but I still want to make my PoPo feel special! :) We did take his blanket/toys out of the living room entirely for a few days...but PoPo was more annoying, so we brought it back out.

Had a playdate with our friends Jevin & Momma Karen! They are only 2 1/2 weeks apart, so it's so fun to get them together to see what they each have been up to!

They are doing a lot of similar 'noises' and movements--as in pulling and yanking at hair and skin! Turner last night scratched my eyeball...and it was burning...it hurt.

Jevin showing Turner his new toys! He was so good sharing with Turner

With us both being teachers, it's great to talk about 'balancing' it all! We had fun and looking foward to the next time we get together!

Turner has started giving really slobbery kisses..I mean one time my whole left side of my face was soaked because of his 'kisses' but it's the cutest thing! He has been loving to dance! I'll pick a fun song on my Ipod and we will dance! He will then laugh and Momma will not only smile but get a good workout! :)

I start back to work tomorrow..and need to go grade, but I'm cherishing still being in my PJs, Tman taking his nap, and me blogging because it's my favorite thing to do!

He is on the move--

We are in for a ride, but it's a fun one!