The Photo Shoot-

Saturday we had a photographer come to the house to take Davis' newborn pictures. I was having a lot of anxiety about how he would handle this. Since he falls asleep EVERY TIME he eats I thought it would be good to feed him right before the shoot. Well, for some strange reason the meal woke him up completely for the first hour or so. It was a struggle to get him to open BOTH eyes. Davis likes to give us the one-eyed pirate look! Jennifer assured me that she got some two-eyed photos. By the 2nd hour he was worn out and just fell asleep. It was good timing since I really wanted a (sleeping) naked baby picture! However, Davis didn't understand that we only wanted to see his rear end! He felt the need to show us EVERYTHING! He finally cooperated and we got our cute bottom shot. In the meantime, Davis tinkled on every blanket the photographer brought! haha! All in all I would say that he did really well! We should have some pictures soon!

More Visitors

Meet Aunt Sadie

Meet Leah's hand and Brad! Haha...unfortunately when they came Davis was in the NICU and couldn't be held. We will have to get a better one!

Meet Grandma Turner

Meet Gam

Meet Papa

Meet Mommy Dot

Meet Denise

Meet Natalie

Meet Cari

Meet Aunt Kelly

Meet Aunt Sandra

Visitors!

We are so grateful for all the family and friends who came to visit us in the hospital and at home! Here are some photos of Davis meeting everyone!

Meet Mommy and Daddy!


Meet the Chief!

Meet Nana

Meet MiMi

Meet Granddad!

He's Here!

Davis Boyd Turner made his grand debut February 13, 2010! I decided about 1:00 am Saturday morning that I was either dieing or I was in labor! Steve drove me to the hospital (running a few red lights) haha. Once we got checked into triage (the place you have to prove you are in labor!) the nurse checked me and said "Yup, you're staying!"- I was already dilated 5cm. They started my IV....Steve started to get a little light headed so the doctor rushed to get him gram crackers and juice! They took us down to our room and called the epidural man (my new best friend!). Once I had the drugs flowing it was about 3:30 am. We pushed for 3o minutes and out he came! Davis weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was 20 inches long. They noticed that he was breathing very fast and had swallowed some amniotic fluid. They let me hold him for a few seconds and then took him to the NICU. He stayed there for the first day and half. No one could have prepared me for that. It was so weird having the whole family sitting in my room with no baby to look at. What was even stranger was having to listen to the family talk about how Davis looked so much like Steve and had huge feet and blue eyes....and I hadn't even seen him to confirm any of this. Once the epidural wore off and I could walk again, Steve wheeled me down to the NICU to see my baby. When I first saw him I noticed his wild hair! It made me smile....but then I saw all the monitors and wires hooked up to my sweet baby and I was just overwhelmed! All I wanted to do was hold him but I couldn't. Saturday night we went back to visit him and they had taken his oxygen helmet off and let us hold him. This was still challenging due to all the wires hanging off of him. As if a newborn isn't delicate enough, we were so afraid we were going to unplug him! We sat there for hours just staring at him. The family was right....he does look like a carbon copy of Steve....his feet and hands are ENORMOUS!....his eyes are navy blue...and he has the cutest hair ever! The next afternoon they released him from the NICU and we had our first real taste of parenthood....and sleepless nights!
When we got home, Davis was getting his days and nights mixed up. However, now 10 days old, he is sleeping 3-4 hours at a time and doing so in the pack-in-play! We couldn't be happier!

39ish Weeks

We are in the final days! Each night has become more restless. I have experienced REAL contractions (which feel awful) the last two nights. Steve is exhausted from staying up all night to time my contractions only to find that they are regular for several hours and then slow about 4:30 or 5. We went to the doctor yesterday and she said that I was 70% effaced and 2cm dilated. She did agree to induce this coming Monday if he doesn't come by then. I was relieved to hear that! She also thought that he would probably come before then. *I'll believe it when I see it! :) Until then we will keep our fingers crossed that this cold snap will bring on labor!