Tuesday, June 30, 2015

This pregnancy...

I feel like this time around there hasn't been time to document anything!!  So I thought I would write it all down in one post to make sure that this baby doesn't feel neglected. :)

Well I found out the day before New Years Eve that I was pregnant with baby #2!  And then surprised LT with the news on NYE.  The next morning we were all heading down to California to celebrate my Aunt Carolee's 70th with a ton of family.  I thought it was going to be hard to keep a secret but I did it! (except I told my cousins Carlee and Mark! Couldn't help it...Carlee was prying :) ) 

The first month and a half I was fine as long as I had a snack with me.  Then the nauseas set in!  I was nauseous all day every day but no throwing up...just sick.  That lasted until a couple of weeks into my 2nd trimester.  It was awful!  At about 12 weeks we found out that we were having another girl!!

The 2nd trimester I got the headaches again and was constantly tired.  I also got a cold that lasted for what felt like 2 months!

Now that I am in the final haul I just feel big and uncomfortable.  The weather has been incredible in Seattle which would be awesome any other summer but for me being preggers and not being able to enjoy an ice cold beer is torture!  My hips are starting to hurt more, sleeping is becoming more difficult and I feel like the skin on my belly is going to separate from all the stretching this baby does!  She sure is a mover. 

August 24, 2015 is the scheduled C-section date and I hope that she stays in there until then, because there is a ton of stuff I need to get done in the next couple of months!!! 

Can't wait to meet you sweet little baby girl.  I hope we can figure out a name for you soon!!  We love you already and you big sister is the sweetest.  She gives you kisses, sings to you and talks about you all the time.  You two will be besties!!

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Oh hey blog...you there?

Haven't blogged in forever!!!  A couple housekeeping things to cover...

  • We flew to California for my Aunt Carolee's 70th birthday on New Years Day.
  • At the end of January Sienna cracked her elbow and we had our first ER visit.
  • Sienna started basketball!
  • Sienna started soccer!
  • We went to Arizona for spring break.
  • Oh yeah...and I am pregnant, having another girl and she will be born on August 24th.
Bring on Summer!!  We will soon be a family of 4.

Saturday, December 6, 2014

2014 in review

January

We brought in the New Year with friends and sunny weather. 


Washington State Cougs went to their first bowl game in 10 years and looked like they were going to win and then...Coug'd it!

Seattle was buzzing with Seahawk playoff games and Seahawk pride all over the city!
February

SEAHAWKS win the Super Bowl 43-8 against the Denver Broncos!! 


Super Bowl parade was an amazingly cold day.  Almost 1 million people flooded the streets of downtown Seattle and Amanda was one of them (LT had to work).  It was a great day for Seattle.

We had our first snow of the year!


Sienna is potty trained!  3 day boot camp worked wonderfully. 

March

Sienna turns 2 with a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party!



Poppa O retires!



April

Spring Break in Cannon Beach


 

Sienna is obsessed with bubbles! (like everyday is bubble day until August)

Tulip Festival in Mount Vernon



Easter time!


May

We started off with a HOT springtime!  Which meant lots of pool, sprinkler and neighborhood kids playtime.
start out in a bathing suit

end up without one

Amanda celebrated her birthday!
Pub crawl around Ballard with these other birthday kids!
Mother's Day on Bainbridge Island

June

Seattle weather continues to be fabulous!!

Went to our good friend Kat and Collin's Wedding in West Seattle

Father's Day M's game


LT got a new car after 10 years!
LT is done with teaching for the summer and gets to spend the summer with Sienna!

July

Trip to Piedmont for the 4th of July - Blog here

Sienna started ballet and LOVES it!

August

Annual Cannon Beach trip - Blog of the trip here

Sienna started swim lessons at Peter Kirk pool with her friends Briggs and Case


Day trip to Gig Harbor to visit family



Labor day in Los Angeles and a beautiful wedding for our friends Ashley and Aaron in Temecula
 
 
September

We lost my dear cousin Katie.  She was an amazing person, with a gentle heart and a kind smile.  We are all so heartbroken that she is no longer with us but it made me really think at how blessed I was to have had her in my life as a cousin.  She will truly be missed and we will carry her spirit with us forever.
Katie (bottom left) and the Davies cousins
Sienna started the 55th St. School!  We are so happy to have her going to Grandma O's school as Amanda went there when she was little.  Wow how time flies!

LT's Birthday!

October

Pumpkin patch at Fox Hollow with the Houtrouws

We headed back down to California for Halloween and our good friends Robyn and Emmett's wedding in San Francisco
November

We kicked off November with Robyn and Emmett's wedding.  Amanda was a bridesmaid.


Thanksgiving with the Turners' side

December

We plan to go and see Santa and spend time with friends and family over the month of December.  It will be a fun Christmas season for Sienna!

We hope to see many of you this coming year and make more amazing memories!  Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.  We hope that 2015 is the best one yet! 

Much love,

The Turner Family
LT, Amanda and Sienna (2.5 years old)