Shiba mind control.

This is the face of a boy who wants something...

We like to say he uses Shiba mind control to get us to do what he wants!

How can you say no to this face?!

This is his "I want to play and zoom around the house" face!

Wrestling on the bed is a favorite!

I am trying to get him to high five and his face makes me laugh! It looks like he is making sure Matt is getting it on camera!

Smart boy!

I thought my feelings could change after having a baby but I seriously still love this dog just as much as I did before! I just love Preslee more, but Romeo doesn't have to know that! :)

Happy Valentines day!

It's Preslee's first Valentines day!! And we woke up to a sweet surprise from daddy!

She thought our roses were very pretty!

And she loved reading her card from her daddy!

What a sweet surprise from Matt! Roses, candy, cards and a recordable book for Preslee!

On this day of Love, I can't even begin to describe how much I LOVE this little girl!

Matt is always so wonderful about getting cards for every occasion and writing such sweet words inside! This year he even got a card for Romeo to me. I just had to share it because it is so funny!

How appropriate, huh?! He wrote in "I do have a twitter account though"! :)

Thank you Matt for being my Valentine for 11 years and for loving Preslee, Romeo and me so much!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentines day!

Best Friends.

Jillian Kate is absolutely the sweetest thing ever! She LOVES Preslee so much! I have never seen anything like it. She wants to hold her anytime we are together and when we aren't, she loves to look at her pictures!

I hope they grow up being good friends like their mommas!

AND Happy Birthday to Jillian's momma and my best friend, Jennifer!!

Mid week randoms

Not much has been going on around the Turner house this last week. Just the normal, nursing, changing diapers and napping when I can! Preslee has been sleeping great at night but her naps have been sporadic and short! :)

We had 2 visitors this past weekend. My friend Stefan came up from LR to see Preslee. We have been trying to get together since the week that P was born so it was long over due! I am so sad that I didn't take any pics during her short visit! :(

Then, my cousin Alex came by on Saturday! This visit was long overdue too! Alex is in law school in LR and has been really busy so I am excited that she finally got to come up and meet P!

The pictures this week have been scarce since we haven't been doing much but I thought these two were cute from last week!

My little piglet!

This sweet girl is giving us lots of smiles these days and we LOVE it!!

Happy Wednesday everybody!

Favorite baby items

A tiny human uses a lot of stuff!! And I feel like my house has been overtaken by everything a baby might ever need! :) I wanted to share 6 of my favorite items that aren't the basics!

-MIRACLE BLANKET- It's a swaddle blanket that is seriously a miracle worker! I really think I have a good sleeper because of this blanket! I swaddle her in it during all naps and bedtime. We tried other ways of swaddling and this one is by far the best, in my opinion! Read more about the Miracle blanket HERE.

-MY BREAST FRIEND nursing pillow- This was wonderful for me when learning how to nurse a newborn! It was so hard for me to get comfortable and the boppy just wasn't doing it for me. I got it at Babies R Us for around $50 and even though I don't use it anymore, I think it's worth it for the first months of nursing!
-MOTOROLA VIDEO MONITOR- We were given this particular monitor as a gift and I LOVE it!! Not only does it have night vision, pans & zooms, it has a microphone to be able to talk to the baby. And it also has the temperature of the room which we have loved knowing. No matter what the brand, I think a video monitor is a necessity! :)
- NAP NANNY- We were also given this as a gift. I had heard great things about it, but little did I know that my child wouldn't sleep anywhere but in it!! With a reflux baby, the incline is amazing! For us, it is worth every penny!
- WIPE WARMER- My mom bought this and I told her it was not necessary and I didn't think I wanted one. She made me put it out and try it and of course now I love it!! I think Preslee appreciates the warm wipes too! :)
-Fisher Price Discover 'N Grow Kick & Play piano gym- I didn't think Preslee would be big enough at 2 months to play with this but she absolutely loves it!! When she kicks the piano keys, it plays music. She will lay on it and play for 20-30 min sometimes! This is such a fun play mat!!

Playing with new toys!

This weekend, we broke out some new toys for Preslee to play with! I think we may have had more fun than she did! :)

Matt's aunts got her this PRECIOUS pink car walker! Obviously, she can't use it as a walker yet but she sat up in it and looked so big! This is going to be such a fun toy!

This picture cracks me up!! She wasn't sure what to think the first time in the bumbo!

Achievement of the week= napping in the swing! Oh and loving on her baby doll! :)

She was trying out her first cell phone and purse before we went shopping yesterday!

She also tested out her jumperoo! I think this will be a really fun thing for her very soon! Right now she just sat and looked at us! ha!

This outfit is her first 0-3 month to wear! And she wore size 1 diapers today! She looked SO cute but who knew I would be sad about these 2 things?! I love that we have more outfits to wear but it makes me so sad that I am already packing away her newborn clothes!

My heart may explode! I seriously love her more every day!

Preslee's 2nd month

Happy 2 months Preslee Bell Turner!

Things to remember about Preslee's second month:

• You weigh 9 pounds this week! You are now gaining about an ounce a day!
• You are still wearing newborn diapers and newborn clothes.
• You are breastfeeding exclusively and doing much better. You take a bottle of breast milk very easily if we are out and about!
• You are nursing for 45 min- every 3 hours during the day and but started sleeping 5-6 hour stretches in the 2nd month. And the week you turned 8 weeks you are only waking once in a 12 hour period at night! Momma is loving the sleep at night!
• After you nurse, you are SO sweet!! You are talking so much and love to raise your eyebrows and try to make the noises we are making to you!
• The day you turned 5 weeks old, we moved you to your crib! You still sleep on the nap nanny (incline) but inside the crib.
• You are swaddled in the miracle blanket every time you sleep in the crib! You fight it for a few minutes but it helps keep you asleep since your arms like to be in the air!
• You were diagnosed with reflux at 5 weeks and have been on 15mg of Prevacid a day.
• We give you mylicon for gas, mylanta for reflux and gripe water for hiccups! You take all of it very well!
• Your still fussy when your tired but I think your painful fussiness is a little better now!
• You still don't always love the swing but you have taken a few naps in it. You really like your bright pink bouncy seat/rocker that has hanging toys. And you still LOVE laying on your changing pad! Thats where we do all our talking!
• You try to swat/reach for toys on your bouncer and activity mat.
• We still try to give you a pacifier but you just don't suck hard enough to keep it in your mouth.
• At 7 weeks, you rolled over from your belly to your back! Nanny and Pop were here and LiLi just happened to be on FaceTime so everyone got to see it! Special moment!
• You are getting to be so alert during the day and noticing so many things!
• You have great neck control and hold your head up so well!
• Your hair is growing and so far you haven't lost any!
• You found your hands and have started to suck on your fist! I wish you would suck your thumb since you still don't love the paci!
• You don't normally love your carseat but at 7 weeks old, you slept all the way to Arkadelphia and back!
• You have found the living room big tv and will watch it for long periods of time!
• You really enjoy your bath and sleep so good after your bedtime bath!
• You have started to really smile at mommy and daddy! You recognize our voices and we just love when you talk to us!
• Your 2 month doctors appt. was this week and you cried harder than I have ever seen when you got your shots but were quickly settled down by immediately nursing! I gave you tylenol every 4 hours and thankfully you had no side effects from the shots!

Cute ruffle booty and really crazy hair! :)

Preslee- This month has been so much easier for mommy! I have loved every day with you, even the fussy ones! You are my little doll and I love dressing you up even when we have no where to go! I love you more than words can say!

My two babies.

Weekend with family!

This past weekend, we traveled home to our parents house! Matt's grandparents got the stomach bug at Christmas so we didn't get to spend any time with them. They, along with the rest of our family, were dying to see Preslee again

I was worried about the car ride since its 3.5hrs but she did great!! We didn't leave until Matt got off work on Friday night so I gave her a bath at 11pm then nursed her at 11:30. She went straight to sleep before we got on the interstate and slept the WHOLE car ride home! Praise the Lord! :)

I got this precious outfit at a consignment store. I LOVE it and thought she looked so freaking cute in it!

I could eat her up!

Matt's G-dad was trying to hold her but she was a little cranky!

Sweet gram rocked her while she slept!

We all just sat around and stared at her all weekend!

She talked to G-dad and Gram before her bath!

Laying in the cradle that I slept in when I was her age!

Sweet girl loves her momma!

Blaise, Cabb and Jill Batson came over to meet Preslee!

We had so much fun seeing our family and friends in Arkadelphia! I am sure there will be many more trips home for everyone to see our baby girl!

January Birthdays

Matt turned 32 on January 8th! His mom, brother and brother's fiancé came up to help celebrate. We grilled out and had a cute NBC news strawberry cake!

Preslee helped her daddy blow out the candles! I think she will enjoy his birthday much more by next year. :)

Then our nephew, Seth turned 2 on January 15th! He had a cutest cowboy themed birthday party!

Preslee got dressed up like a cowgirl to go to the party!

Love this pic of my brother and me with our babies!

Rachel does an amazing job with party planning! All the decor and food was too cute!

Pretty cowgirl trying to stay awake during the party!

Birthday boy blowing out his candle!

My mom found Preslee this cute horseshoe jacket and boots at a local farm supply store! Nanny to the rescue for cowgirl attire! :)

Seth had real ponies at his party for all the kids to ride! It was such a fun party!

Seth got this cute grocery cart for his birthday and it was small enough for Preslee to ride in it! Too funny!

Seth tried to push her in it! haha!

I foresee lots of fun birthday parties with Seth and Preslee growing up together!