35 days...

5 weeks from right now we'll be fighting over who gets to hold the latest Turner Baby. Hard to believe, huh? I'm down to one week appointments now - holy smokes! Had a great weekend this past weekend, Shawn didn't have to work -yipee! We had family weekend - as Shawn put it - "I'm not letting any of you out of my sight all weekend." And we did it! We started out on Saturday morning with a trip to Science City - the kids' absolute favorite place. We have a great time there - and Saturday mornings rock - no one is there but the Turners! We played all morning into the afternoon and then finally came home. Shawn and the kids got the yard cleaned up, leaves raked and grass mowed. Shawn has put a ton of work into the yard this year and it is looking awesome. I'm kind of sad to see everything dying off with winter starting here. After church on Sunday we headed out to the Legends to the coolest McD's for breakfast and playing on the playground. I got some Christmas shopping done and picked out fabric with my mom for all new family stockings!! Very excited about this project...I'm sure mom is home stitching away as I type. Shawn and I's favorite show is 24 - and they had a 2 hour movie/episode last night - so cool. The new season doesn't start til January - this got us pretty excited for it! Now we are gearing up for Thanksgiving - we are headed to the farm on Thursday for some turkey and then the in-laws are keeping all the kids so Shawn and I can SHOP all day Friday!! YIPEE! Black Friday might be my favorite day of the year - not counting Christmas Eve, my b-day and the day I got married, and of course the days my kids were born...but anyway - I love Black Friday - I love getting up at 3:30 in the morning to head out to shop! I love the excitement and I love the crazy mean people throwing elbows in the aisles. Can you think of anything more fun?!?!? And the bestest part is that I get to spend the whole day with my husband. I am sooo looking forward to it - so in advance, thanks so much Ed and Norma!! We love you!!
I think that's about all I have to report for now - well, last week was a bit rough - Austin was having some...uhhh...discipline "issues"? Not sure how to state that. Anyway, had to go back and do some reading - read some love and logic books and some other parenting books and seem to have him back on track - well, as much on track as a 4 year old boy can be!
Hope you are having the time of your life!
ST
ps - eat up some good home cooked turkey this week!

11 days?

I feel like I just blogged yesterday, but apparently it's been 11 days already. That means I am a week and a half closer to baby 4! That would be 43 days - wow. Last week kind of flew by - I had such a great week - my wonderful, amazing in-laws took the girls to the farm for the whole week! So, that left me and Austin to fend for ourselves - it was such a welcome break and I think Austin enjoyed being king of the hill for a week too. The girls are still talking about the fun they had at the farm. I love that they get to spend so much time with their grandparents. Then reality came back on Friday and I was once again a prego mother of three...ahhhh, the break was nice though. As for this week it won't be quite as exciting. The kids and I are just ready for daddy to turn in (and win) his bid that is due Friday. He has been working round the clock so say a little prayer that it all goes well on Friday! We are all looking forward to next week with a few days off and Shawn and I get to go shopping all day on Black Friday (one of my favorite days of the year) with NO kids! Hip Hop Hooray!! And if the lines get too long, I'll just fake some labor pains - we should be done by noon! ha ha
I better go look for my three kids - things are exceptionally quiet for 8:06am...
Hope you are having the time of your life!
st

My tricks and treats

Alright, in my defense, I have tried several times to post in the last week and something has been wrong with google, or my computer, not sure which one. Well, maybe I am sure...my computer keeps randomly shutting off when I have been trying to get pics on my blog. Anyway, enough excuses. Here's some pics - First (totally out of order as this was the day after Halloween) Shawn and I took the kids on a nature hike. Austin is obsessed with finding nature. He will see a leaf and scream at the top of his lungs, "NATURE, MOM!!". Gotta love it.

And now some Halloween pics. Shawn loves to dress up for Halloween, although he always wears one of two outfits. This year he chose the baby blue jogging suit that is exactly 7 sizes too small. Step away, ladies, he is ALL mine. We also have the cutest clown on the block in the homemade clown costume (thanks to Grandma Peg). It's become a family tradition that each kid HAS to wear the clown outfit at least once. My brother Craig was the first to wear it, I wore it, my sister wore it, Austin, Ashlyn and now Gabriella. Look out Baby T4 - you're next!

And of course, carving the pumpkins. We did this on Halloween night - wouldn't want to do it earlier - just in time. I can't believe Ashlyn is in a skirt and flipflops and Austin is shirtless (is there any other way to carve a pumpkin?) It was very unseasonably warm that day. I don't think I remember ever having good weather on Halloween night - it was awesome!

And a shot with grandma and papa settle! Everyone is FULL of sugar - I'm pretty sure the kids don't even know where they are right now...

And then there's me and my belly, or my belly and I - 30 weeks along! And don't be jealous of that attractive thing on my wrist. It's my professional bowling brace as my OB likes to call it. It's for my horrible case of carpal tunnel. Very sexy.

Austin is constantly (along with his sisters) blowing bubbles in his milk. This is very annoying when we are trying to get breakfast done and cleaned up and off to school in the morning. Friday he started the usual bubble blowing so I (to my surprise) told him if he would eat his breakfast so we could get to school that he could blow as many bubbles as he wanted when he got home. Well, he doesn't forget a promise! Here he is in all his milk-bubble-blowing glory. The kid was in heaven for a good 10 minutes. Ahhhh to be 4 again.


I can't believe we are going to be 32 weeks along tomorrow - time is flying! Shawn has been working a ton - although it has proven to be worth it as he just landed a huge job - Arrowhead stadium!! So cool!! Now he's working on phase 2 of it. Luckily it should all be done before Thanksgiving. Way to go Shawn!!
As for me, I'm trying to stay awake, starting to get more uncomfortable, don't get a lot of sleep at night, but feeling pretty good too. I'm definitely looking forward to the holidays - I went to the mall today and it was completely decked out in Christmas, including Christmas music, Santa Claus and all - seriously, can't we eat our turkey first???
Hope you are having the time of your life!
ST