Baby Nate is Three!

On Sunday, our little Nater Gater turned three. It is hard to imagine that only three short years ago, we heard his sweet cry and smelt his sweet head for the first time. The unknown that surrounded him, made every moment that much more precious. 

We recently had a checkup at the kidney doctor with blood work. His kidneys are doing well. One of his medications had to be adjusted because of him growing out of the dosage. We just keep taking one day at a time and pray his little kidneys inside of him last for many more birthdays! 

Nate's favorite things include trains, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, classic old time Disney cartoons and impressing lifeguards during his swim class with his little fishy skills. He also LOVES to cook with me. HE is full of life and questions. We have come to accept that Nate is a charmer! Everyone that meets him falls in love with him. His most recent swim teacher wrote a note to explain how special he was. 

"Nate is my favorite! He makes me laugh every day! He is going to be an AWESOME swimmer someday and I would love to have him in my class again."

We are so happy that we were blessed to be your parents! You truly are our "gift from God"! 

Nate's 3rd from rebturley on Vimeo.

Good-bye Uncle Matt!

Last week we said good-bye to our Uncle Matt! He is heading to Pittsburgh, PA to begin his doctoral internship. We are proud of him and know he will do a good job. 

We wish he could have stayed closer to us, but wish him good luck with his new position!

We will miss you Uncle Matt!

Catch Up Post #1-Easter

Our blog has had little activity lately. There was a combination of reasons for our absence, but those reasons have been remedied. We will now attempt to play "catch up" with all the Turley moments we missed.

 

First off: Easter!

 

We got the chance to celebrate three different Easter celebrations with our family. First was a special Easter brunch and Easter Egg hunt at the Wigwam with Grandpa and Grandma Turley.

 

 

There were a lot of people there, but we had a blast!

 

Second, Easter dinner with Grammy, Papa and cousins...along with another Easter egg hunt. 

 

Easter morning finding their baskets!

Lastly, egg dying and hunt with our Mimi. Tessa seemed to be the only one with the patience to dye eggs. (And Daddy and Mimi of course)

Nate was too busy "cleaning" the pool.

 He is always so fascinated by it!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter celebrating the resurrection of our Savior!

Happy 4th!

I know I am very far behind in sharing all the current Turley happenings around here. But I wanted to take quick second to wish everyone a Happy 4th! 

 We are so happy to have increased the American population by one this year! 

PS: I promise I will update all our summer happenings soon! 

Just A Dress

A while ago I came across a very special picture. The pictures were of a little girl wearing her mother's wedding dress. It was such a precious picture. I knew that if I was ever blessed with a daughter, I was going to recreate that special picture myself. 

A few years later, I am now the mother of a spunky little four year old. She is so precious in so many ways...I know, I might be a little bias. 

So I decided to give it a try...and here are the results!

 I heard one person suggest to keep these pictures secret until your daughter's wedding day....but how could I keep these secret???

 I'm not sure if my Big T will ever choose to where my dress on her special day, but I will always have such a sweet remembrance of her in my dress with these photos. 

Thank you for giving me these priceless pictures Tessa!

Thanks also goes to the photographer, Emily, who did a fantastic job! 

A New Cousin

Last week, my sister welcomed her 6th precious life into this world. We are happy to introduce our newest cousin, Isaac Samuel Morgan!

We wish we could squeeze you!

Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

Happy World Down Syndrome Day!

We are so lucky to get to love this little guy, who is rockin' his extra chromosome!