Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Going Home!


Sydney is dressed and ready to go home from the hospital! And she's awake!



... and now she's asleep! We think she looks like an angel!


Sydney is laying on the hand-knit blanket that her Daddy was wrapped in when he left the hospital. And she's wearing the dress that Mommy wore home from the hospital... and Mommy wore the crochet booties, too. Madeline wore the same dress, booties, and blanket home from the hospital almost two years ago.




Pretty girl!

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Sydney Jo Turner


Sydney Jo Turner
July 20, 2007... 7:19 am...
9 lbs 7 oz, 20.5 in.
A beautiful baby girl!


Sydney followed Maddie's example and arrived "transverse breech"- aka sideways, and back down... which made her hard to get out... It was a two person job! But surgery went off smoothly, less than an hour from the first cut to recovery. Our Dr. and Q agreed that Sydney had a big head... and the OR staff predicted she was a "nine pounder." She's got 2 ounces on her big sister, but wasn't QUITE as tall. She's very strong and can already lift her head up.


Snoozing in the baby bassinet.


Mommy and Sydney cuddling.



Daddy and his precious little girl... He's wrapped around her little fingers already.

Maddie's a BIG SISTER!


Maddie is proving to be great big sister! "See her? Hold her?" and she calls her "My baby... Baby Sydney." Today she came in during Syd's diaper change - she was fussing a bit- and Maddie said "Baby Sydney crying... Sydney's hungry."


She loves to hold her... for a minute or two, at least... and she giggles and smiles.


She climbed right up into bed with Mommy and Sydney the first time she met her. Very curious, and she tries to be gentle around Mommy. "Mommy got a bo-boo... Kiss it? Make it all better?" Such a sweetie!

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

God Bless America


Mommy pushed Maddie's Star-Spangled Little Tykes Car in the Annual neighborhood parade! There was a real police escort! ... Then we shared a blue popsicle... and then we had to launder her American flag shirt! Gotta love the Fourth of July!

New Yoplait Spokesperson






Maddie would be a great poster child for their Whips! Yogurt, don't you think?

I'm wondering if the Whips make for a good facial? And what about a hair treatment? We'll let you know!

Needless to say, she ate this container of yogurt all by herself! No "mommy help" at all!

Saturday, June 30, 2007

Maddie's Tunnel





Maddie loves crawling in her new tunnel!

Monday, June 25, 2007

Summer Fun!

Maddie's having LOTS of fun this summer!

"Maddie wear Mommy's gloves."


"I workin'...I go get dirt. "


We go to the pool! "Jump on daddy!"

Daddy and Maddie share a love for Curious George. Here they are watching the movie together... again... "Watch Carrie [Curious] George on T.V? Ok. Yes... Watch Man in Yellow Hat? Man in Yellow Hat funny! What's man doing?" and when the movie ends... "An-gin [again] please, mommy. Watch Carrie [Curious] George again? yes. ok." all while nodding her sweet little pig-tailed head!


Maddie has a flair for the arts, just like her mommy! She loves to color... and now that she's had a loaded paintbrush in her little hands, she's always ready to paint! We'll let you know how "washable" washable art supplies REALLY are!

Easter 2007

Graceful, eh... very ladylike, indeed. We're raising a flasher!


We went to a neighborhood Easter Egg hunt. Maddie was not too keen about meeting the Easter Bunny, although she asked about him the rest of the weekend after we left!

Maddie found an egg, figured out there was candy inside and sat down, "open, open." The other parents made their kids give Maddie eggs cause she only had one after the time was up... but she wasn't unhappy. She was eating m&m's!

Chattanooga Aquarium- March 2007

Publish Post
The Turners!


Maddie met some butterflies at the top of the Saltwater Tank Building.


Maddie said:
"Butterfly hurt you?! Hold you, Mommy, hold you... It's ok, it's alright"


If you click on the picture and enlarge it you can actually see the teeny-tiny jellyfish glowing in the tank. I love the reflection of Maddie and Daddy on the glass.

Fun at the Water Rocks- Botanical Gardens


All smiles. This girl L-o-v-e-s playing in water... dog bowls, puddles, fountains, baby pools, faucets... you name it, we've gotten wet from it! "Maddie wet... Get mommy wet? yes?"

"I eat it!"

Sunday, June 24, 2007

Dogwood - April 2007


Madeline and Daddy
Maddie, Mommy (and Baby Sydney under construction)

When I was visibly pregnant with Maddie in 2005 Q and I visited the 100-year-old Dogwood tree inside the Huntsville Botanical Gardens. We had some pictures taken. Then we went back the next year with Maddie and took more pictures. So this year we continued the tradition and went to have pictures taken again! I was, of course, pregnant with Sydney then. It is neat to have the yearly pictures against the natural backdrop, and we plan to do it every year so we can watch our family grow and change. The tree itself is magnificent. It was transplanted a few years ago... and it was quite a big deal.

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Christmas Greeting

Big News

Sorry it has been sooooo long since we posted pictures! I know that there are only a few people who are TRULY interested in the site... and I'm sorry to leave you all hanging!

We have big news to share, and hopefully you've already heard.. but if not...

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Petting Zoo!





What fun we had. All three of us went to the petting zoo with our neighbors! Maddie met a big bull, a baby deer, many pygmie goats, two deft raccoons, a hungry llama, one lazy, stinky pig, many birds- peacocks, roosters, pheasants, and chickens, one bitty baby squirrel, a horse, a donley, a sheep... some capybaras, two dogs, and some black swans. (to name a few!) She got VERY excited when she saw any kind of bird... hmmm... but she told us how cows go "mooo." and dogs go "ruh ruh" and cats say "meow" (there was a lynx, too- but not to pet!) and tigers say "rraaarrrggh!" We didn't see any monkeys, but she would have told us that thay say "ooh ooh ooh."

Did I mention Bunnies? There were bunnies to hold, and even buy... but we didn't.


I even had a pygmie goat try to eat my hair...

Sunday, October 01, 2006

WAAAAAAR EAGLE!

Dancing Maddie



We have a hard time catching her in motion, but Maddie LOVES to dance. She had a ball listening to my MP3 plater after a walk one day. She was grooving to the music.

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Big shoes to fill


Maddie's got a wonderful Daddy! We'll be lucky if she turns out like him! Of course, she has got big shoes to fill!



Happy Birthday!
Maddie turned one on July 27, 2006.
We celebrated big time!