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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

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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!


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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!

36 Weeks

We are in the final stretch and can't wait to see our little guy. We had a minor scare on Friday when I hadn't felt him move is a day. I got very upset and called the doctor who sent us to the hospital to be checked out. When they hooked me up to the monitor I was completely relieved to hear his heart beating away! After watching him for a while they determined that either.....1) he is running out of room in there. or 2) He doesn't like the cold weather! haha Either way he is healthy and growing out of control. This week he is a crenshaw melon and about 6 pounds. We go back to the doctor this Thursday and will have more info. then.

33 Week Ultrasound

Yesterday we went for a follow up ultrasound. It seems that at our last ultrasound the doctor found that he had right renal pyelectisis. Come to find out that is a very fancy way of saying: The tube that connects to his right kidney was dilated slightly. At this ultrasound his kidney tube was still dilated a bit so the doctor will monitor it and is recommending that after Davis is born he should have an ultrasound to check on his kidney.This apparently is extremely common in boys and should correct itself before Davis is born. So we are relieved that there is nothing seriously wrong with our baby.

He is weighing in at 4 pounds 12 ounces. The ultrasound tech. called his head "Very Sizable" haha and his feet are 7 cm long! At this ultrasound he measuring about 11 days early...putting him due Feb. 2 and estimated to be about 9-ish pounds. Currently he is breech but they assure me there should be time to turn....I hope he does because he is stepping all over my bladder with those big feet! :) I'll keep you updated on our little kidney issue.

The photos are of his face all smashed up in my ribs! Since he is breech most of the fluid is at this feet making it difficult to get a good picture of his face.

Davis is 3 pounds of cabbage!

The past five weeks I've tried to be very careful about what I eat and do a lot of walking so that I do not gain unwanted weight. With that being said, I had a rather hostile parent conference...that ended with the parent saying "When are you due?" I replied back, "February". She said, "Wow, you are really big for how far along you are!" For the first time in my life I was speechless. In fact it took a while for it to even sink in. I walked over to my team partner and said..."Did she just call me fat?!?!" Cari said "I think so!" UGH- Nevertheless, I went to the doctor that afternoon for a check up and was extremely anxious about getting on the scale. I mean what if this woman was right? Needless to say I had only gained 1 pound in 5 weeks so I felt MUCH better. In fact I wanted to call the parent and let her know that I was not FAT!

As for Davis, he is healthy and growing bigger everyday! He weighs about 3 pounds this week and is laying across my stomach kicking my ribs. I will be going to the doctor every 2 weeks through December and then begin every week in January until he arrives. I can't wait to see him!