Our New Family Member...."Mr. Noodle"

A little over a month ago, I reluctantly brought home a stray kitten found in a tree at my school. Due to the fact that we already have a houseful of furry creatures, we tried very hard to find a home for this little fella. However, not many people like cats, and do not want to take one in.....so, what's an animal loving family to do? We have become attached to this little guy, and Tessa walks around the house calling him "Baby". If we were to be approached by a loving family who was willing to take this guy in, we would be more then happy to hand him over. However, we do not see that happening, so it looks like he will be the newest member of the Turley family.




If you are familiar with the Sesame Street segment "Elmo's World", you will know where this little guy got his name. Officially, his name is "Mr. Noodle's Brother, Mr. Noodle", but for short we call him Mr. Noodle. (I know, this is Adam's humor shining through!) Elmo has become one of Tessa's favorite characters, so it was pretty obvious where this little guy would get his big name.




He likes to act like he is a hunter, catching Tessa's Beanie Babies and dragging them around. All the other animals seem to have taken to him as well. Oh well, the more the merrier...right?

A Special Present from Aunt Kamie!

I am so excited that I am going to be a big sister! The other day, we got to celebrate my mommy and soon-to-be baby brother and they got all kinds of presents. Well, I got a special present too! My Aunt Kamie made me a special purse. It was so pretty. My favorite part was when I opened it up inside and found one of my favorite things inside....a picture of a TURTLE! Boy, did I like that turtle. Thank you Aunt Kamie for thinking of me and making me something so special. I wish I could come visit you in Hawaii and see the Big Turtles you guys have on the beach!







Love, Tessa

More Cute Easter Photos!

We had previously posted a blog about Easter, but only were able to use the photos from our Aunt Shelby's camera. Well, we finally found the cord that connects our computer and camera and found some additional cute ones once they were uploaded, and we couldn't pass up posting them.








Here are some more at Grammy and Papa's House!

Deliriously Cute Tessa

Ok, I know we haven't posted in a while. Our family has been very preoccupied preparing for the arrival of our son. Before he gets here, we are going to try to squeeze in a few blogs about what the Turleys have been up to since Easter.

The last week of school in May, our sweet Tessa caught Roseola. She had four days straight of high grade fevers, and then developed the rash a few days later. She seemed to find some comfort sleeping in Mommy and Daddy's bed during this rough patch. Although, Daddy decided to see what "Delirious" Tessa could do, even when she was feverish and half asleep. She is so cute, it hurts. Enjoy! More posts to come...hopefully!

Sick Tessa from rebturley on Vimeo.

Easter...a few weeks late!

Our blog updates have been pretty scarce lately due to our busy happenings at the Turley House. We are getting settled into our new home, which Adam calls Turley House 2.0, and are ready to start rejoining the world of blogs. The only problem is, our cord that uploads our photos from our cameras is in box that has not been located yet. I am sure we will find them, but until them we will have to just steal some pictures from our family. These lovely photos were taken by Aunt Shelby. Thanks for sharing! AS you can see she has captured some really cute ones. I just love this altered one of my Dad and Tessa. It looks so precious!

Here are the cousins all decked out in their Easter attire ready for church!




After church we had fun having our first family Easter Egg Hunt! Mia, Tessa, and even Krosby all got to participate.





The girls seemed to really enjoy finding their eggs!




I wonder what cousins will be able to join us for next year's hunt?

A Few Months Overdue!

The last few months, our family has been really busy. We have been able to keep up with a few of our most important events but have left out many of the cute monthly photos we typically post. So here is a bunch of photos taken over the past few months. Enjoy!

Tessa 15 - 19 Months from rebturley on Vimeo.

Baby Jacob is here!

Last night at 12:37 AM, my sister Meredith and her family welcomed their son, Jacob Curtis Morgan into the world. He was 8 lbs 11 oz and 21 inches long. We are so glad that he made it here safely and already love him to pieces. We wish we weren't so far away, otherwise we would be squeezing those chunking cheeks. Congrats Mer, Jeff, Luke, Ben and Gracie! We love you all!