Week 18

Diary from Baby Turner (week 18),

Can you believe that I've been growing for 18 weeks already!?!?! I'm really getting big this week, 5 1/2 in. long, about the size of a boneless chicken breast! Funny tidbit, I found out my cousin Reece doesn't even like chicken! That's what Uncle Blake told me when he and Aunt Carlin and Cousin Reece surprised us with a visit the past couple days, he's more of steak kind of boy I guess! It's been a blast have Reece around, I can't wait to play with him, he's so much fun, and he's wanting everyone to help walk him all around the house, I wish I could hurry up and grow so I could walk around with him!

The rest of this week I get to see Aunt Lauren because she's back in the states and Great-Grandma and Grandpa Turner and Fortney! They are all coming this week, it will be so fun to see them and hear them talk! I'm working on all my tricks before they take my picture with the sonogram next week, so that hopefully I can show off my amazing yawning skills, twists, rolls, kicks and punches! I'm trying to kick as hard as I can, but mama still isn't sure she feels me yet. I'll have to kick harder this week!

My nervous system is really shaping up this week too. And my senses, touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing are really developing because of it! I can hear even better now! Please keep praying for me that all the complex connections forming in my nervous system this week are done perfectly by God so that I can out a big, strong, healthy baby!

Love you all and so happy I get to see some of you this week!!

Love, your boneless chicken breast :)

Week 17

Diary of Baby Turner (week 17):

Life is so good! I'm seeing light, hearing noises, moving my eyes from side-to-side, getting better and better every day at my sucking and swallowing! This week my mama says that I've really grown! She said that she can really tell by her tummy that I'm getting to be a big boy/girl!

My bones are getting harder and my umbilical cord is really getting strong. And I'm not so skinny anymore, there's getting to be more and more fat on me that will be great for lots of kisses from my family!

Only 2 more weeks and the doctor will take a sonogram picture of me to show all of you! If you all are really nice and love on me tons, maybe I'll let them be able to tell if I'm a boy or a girl. :) In the meantime, mommy seems to think that I will and it would be fun to have a "baby gender revealing party" to tell you all if I'm a boy or a girl....so keep the weekend of March 26-28th free and mommy and daddy will be sending you an invitation to my party sometime that weekend!

I attached a picture of mommy and me at 17 weeks!

Love, your open hand! :)

Week 16

Diary of Baby Turner (Week 16),

Ah, what a great week it has been! I got to show off my strong heartbeat at the doctor's appointment and it was beating 155 beats/min! Dr. Bradley said that was still faster than the average. I've been working on making my backbone and back muscles stronger, so now I'm straightening my head and neck even more. My incredibly good looking face has both eyebrows and eyelashes now. And I do have skin, but you can see through it! It's so cool to look at all my blood vessels under here, wish you could see it.

And the most exciting part of the week, is that I can HEAR! It's been so fun to hear my mommy and daddy's voices and the music they listen to and everything they say!

Last night Grandpa and Grandma T took me out to eat at a really yummy restaurant! It was so great to finally hear their voices and be with them again, they told me last night that they've even got a pack-n-play for me already! They must really love me. :)

Mommy told me that she's really noticing me pushing out more this week, I guess I'm just growing and growing and getting bigger! Thankfully Auntie Carlin has given mama some maternity clothes, it's going to really come in handy now.

Well, better get growin!

Love, your big avocado!

Week 15

Diary of Baby Turner (week 15!),

Family! I'm getting SO BIG! I'm the size of a large orange already! My ears are moving to the side of my head and eyes to the front of my face, I've got to be honest, I'm getting to be one really good looking kid! I bet you all are so curious if I'll have the notch in my ears like the Turner boys or if I'll inherit my Uncle Blake's cool ears that stick out! Guess you'll have to wait 6 months to find out! I've been practicing up on all my breathing, sucking and swallowing and I think I'm really getting the hang of it. I've been doing all sorts of moving around, with all this space I've got in here. I'm trying to get my mama's attention, but I don't think she has any idea that I'm even moving at all in here. Maybe I'll try to kick harder, that way I can practice and maybe someday be able to kick the soccer ball even farther than my daddy ever did! :)

With all this work I've been doing in here this week, my mama has sure made it hard! She just keeps getting sick! I'm beginning to think she's always sick! She got the flu really bad this weekend and I hardly got any food for about 3 days straight! Thankfully Grandma B is looking out for me and made her some stew that thankfully tasted good to her and so I got some yummy food last night. Hopefully she'll start feeling better, it's been a rough few days for the two of us.

I sure am excited for Friday! I get to show off my strong beating heart to my mama at the doctor's office!

Does anyone have any guesses if I'm a girl or a boy? I'll have mommy and daddy do some of the old wives tales tricks predicting the gender and let you know what they come up with. See if that helps anyone's predictions!! We'll find out at the doctor on Friday for sure, but I think in just 4 short weeks from now, the doctor might be able to tell mommy and daddy if I'm a girl or a boy! It's coming soon!

Love, your big orange!

Week 14

Diary of Baby Turner (Week 14!):

Well these weeks are just moving right along! Can you all believe that I'm a 1/3rd of the way done growing and ready to come out and meet you all?!?! The next 6 months are going to fly by! While I wait here, I'm going to keep working on my swimming strokes, maybe I'll be the next Michael Phelps. My mama's thinking about starting to swim more for exercise, maybe she can teach me some strokes. I've also been working on my posture, maybe to get ready for my ballerina classes, with all those cute little tutus and leotards!

I think I have my daddy to thank for this, but you wouldn't believe all this hair all over my body! As my daddy so affectionately has called me, I'm one cute hairy little monkey!

I wish you guys could check this out, I can wiggle my fingers and toes, clench my fist and suck my thumb! These hands will come in great for all that basketball playing & tractor driving, or maybe for all the nail painting I'm going to do with my mama!!

Talk to you next week!! Oh and mommy attached a picture that daddy took of me and her this last weekend...you can start to see me, so exciting!!

Love, your little fist :)

Week 13

Diary of Baby Turner (Week 13),

Well, I'm getting so big now! That's right, I'm already the size of a peach! And it's so exciting, my vocal chords are really developing now, I really wonder if I'll love to sing like mommy and daddy! My body is starting to catch up to my very large head and these intestines that were growing inside my umbilical cord are now moving into my tummy! Wow, this is so cool, I can't wait to see what will happen next!

I've been doing so much growing this week, that mommy has been very tired, but I don't think it's all my fault, they moved into a new house and they've been working hard unpacking and cleaning and organizing, hopefully we can start to relax a little this weekend now that a lot of the hard work is done! It was sure fun to have all 4 of my grandparents around this weekend! I know mommy and daddy sure liked having them there to help move! I sure wish I could see my Aunts and Uncles more!!

It sounds like Funcle Brett and Aunt Kavia aren't sure if my new cousin will be a boy or a girl. The doctor couldn't tell them for sure, but thought maybe it was a girl. Aunt Kavia is very sure it will be a girl! How fun would that be for me to have a girl cousin AND a boy cousin! What do you think cousin Reece? Do you think your 2 new cousins will be a girls or boys?

I love you all!!

-Your little peach

Week 12

Diary of Baby Turner (or otherwise affectionately know as "Herman Turner" from Great Grandpa Turner),

Well hello family! This week has been filled with so much excitement! My mama and daddy are telling EVERYONE about me now, and it's so much fun! This past weekend I got to meet all of my great-grandparents and they got to meet me, they are great, I can't wait to come out and play with them.

I went to the doctor last week too, and I was hoping that they would take a picture of me so I could see my mommy and daddy again, but they didn't, but they did listen to my fast beating heart! I think they were all very excited and impressed with how good it sounded. It was beating at 165 bpm the doctor said. Mama and daddy are trying to guess if I'm a boy or girl and they heard somewhere that girls have faster heartbeats than boys, and 165 bpm is pretty fast I guess, so they think I might be a girl....hmmmm.

One thing is for sure, I can't WAIT for this Saturday when I found out if my cousin is going to be a girl or boy. Aunt Kavia and Funcle Brett get to find out at their doctor appointment this Saturday and I can't wait to see if their baby is a girl like me.....or maybe I'm a boy......hmmmm....maybe all 3 of us 1st born cousins are boys...... Guess you'll have to keep waiting a couple more months! :) My mommy told me that Aunt Kavia's belly is growing and my cousins eyes are moving side to side and can start to see light even though his/her eyelids are still closed. I can't wait for that to happen to me in another month or so! Funcle Brett should take more pictures of my cousin so we can all see how much he/she and Aunt Kavia are growing!

Well, even though I can hear mommy's digestive track gurgling all the time and I hear her talk about how it's not working so well right now, mine is really starting to take off! All my digestive muscles are practicing for all the hard work of eating I have ahead of me. And my white blood cells are forming which will help me not get sick when I come out in the real world.

Well, I've got a lot more growing to get to, better go!

Love, your extra large Plum!