A Date Night Home Tonight!

Sometimes I just forget how Awesome the small things are!!.. Patrick has been home everyday this week around 4pm, instead of 7-8pm when football was still going on.. I haven't even stopped to think how awesome that has been until writing my blog tonight!.. I love supporting my Husband and love Football season, but I def. love the off season as well, and the time I get to spend with him!!

Tonight is one of those night I am so THANKFUL for.. We enjoyed a wonderful meal together and then sat and enjoyed a game of SCRABBLE!! I didn't realize until we started playing, we haven't played since this Spring! It was so much fun!!  Then we sat in the living room with a warm fire in the fireplace and enjoyed time together.. I need to actually enjoy these moments and days.. We are so excited to have Bralyn come into our lives, but in a few months these nights of it just being "us" will no longer be!!

Thank you Lord for your blessings and small things that we should take in and enjoy daily!!

~The Turners~

I feel so BLESSED tonight!!

WOW 1 Year Anniversary!

I can't believe we are going to be married 1 year already on Sunday!  It has been a FULL year for sure. When I sit back and recall the last year, it is crazy everything that has happened in our life.. Of course the blog tells more, as I went back and looked at our posts!!... 

We got married, moved to Charleston,SC. Found wonderful friends and great church there!!.. Enjoyed our 1st snow married and 1st snow in years in CHARLESTON of all places!!... We celebrated birthdays, spring time, and all the amazing things Charleston has to offer.  Patrick became the head coach of JV Softball at James Island (first time ever..haha) and it was a fun time!..
Then our lives changed again, as Patrick took his 1st Head Football Coaching Job in NC at Harnett Central High School and we began our move to NC, we bought our 1st home, found out we were Expecting our 1st child and settled in for a great 1st season here at HCHS.. The team went 7-4 and then 1st round of playoffs and we found out we were HAVING A GIRL, Bralyn Nicole Turner!... 
And now we are about to celebrate our 1st Thanksgiving together, and our 1st Anniversary before the Christmas holidays begin!!  

Wow I am tired just typing all of it, and that is just the highlights of the big EVENTS!.. 
Thank you everyone for your prayers and encouragement with all this 1st year had to bring!! I am so truly blessed to have such a WONDERFUL Husband and Best Friend!!.. I can't wait for many more anniversaries to come!!

~The Turners~

22 Weeks

 

.22 Weeks.

Forget about ounces this week, Bralyn is a whopping 1 pound and 12 inches length! (wow a foot long). She is the size of a small doll or the weight of a Papaya!.. She has developing senses, including touch, sight, hearing and taste. What is Bralyn touching? She might be grabbing the umbilical cord to practice the strong grip that soon will be clutching our fingers or pulling mommy's hair! :) .. What could she be seeing? Well although it's dark in the uterine cocoon, the fetuses at this age can perceive light and dark, and if I shine a flashlight over my belly, I can see if she reacts or not, by turning or flipping to get away from the bright light. What is she hearing? The sound of mine and Patrick's voice, my heart beating, the whoosh-whoosh of my blood circulating through my body, Princess barking, sirens and the Loud football on TV :).  And what could she be tasting? She can taste everything now that I am eating!! :) 
She is also now settling into her sleep cycle and is sleeping 12-14 hours and now showing me the time when she wakes and sleeps, I just follow the kicks. (of course she is waking me up at night around 2am so I am guessing that is something I need to get used to already! haha).

She is growing GREAT and at her 22 week appointment Friday her heartbeat was 145 again and kicking and tumbling like crazy!

~The Turners~

Football Season Comes to an End :(

Harnett Central Congratulations on a good season!.. They ended the regular season 7-4 and went into the 1st round of playoffs last night Friday, November 12th.


They had a rematch vs. SE Raleigh High School. It was a very COLD night to say the least, and the Trojans fought hard. 
The Trojans took the lead 7-0 and keep the lead through half time at 20 - 7. However, as the clock went out in the 4th, the final was Raleigh 35, Trojans 20. 
 Good Job on a good season Trojans!

Proud of my  Husband and sad to see the season and football in our house come to an end. But ready to see what next year holds and what exciting things are about to take place in our HOME in the next few months!

Christmas and then BRALYN!.. 
And next year she will be here to see her daddy coach and cheer on the TROJANS!

Until next season, GO TROJANS and GREAT JOB!

~The Turners~

21 Weeks

.21 Weeks.

Wow I can't believe we are already 21 weeks and 5 1/2 months into the Pregnancy!.. Cray to think, it seems we had just found out we were expecting on July 11th. But I am so thankful we are more then half way through, and we get to meet our sweet baby girl in about 16-19 weeks!! :) We can't wait!!

Update for 21 Weeks:

Baby is about 8-9 inches this week in length which is about the size of a Large Banana stretched out. She is 10.5 ounces as well in weight.  At the end of this week she will be around 16.5 ounces.. WOW!..  Now the amniotic fluid is being swallowed daily by her for hydration, nutrition and also to just practice swallowing. So each thing I eat gives her a chance to like or not like a taste for it. (there is still a few times I get sick on some things, like today haha, when she just doesn't like something!!) 
Her arms and legs are finally in proportion, neurons are now connected between the brain and muscles, and the cartilage through-out her body is now BONE. Which means that when she is making movements, they are much more coordinated this week, and no more jerky twitches!

~What a big girl she is getting to be!!... My 22 Week Appointment is this Friday the 12th.. I can't wait to hear her sweet heartbeat again and check on how she is doing and growing!~

TROJAN FOOTBALL UPDATE: WEEK 11

This week was the last week of Regular Season for the Harnett Central Trojans! They played away at Garner High School. In the first quarter we lost our quarterback to a shoulder injury and he is now out for 4-6 weeks, also several starters were benched for other reasons. So needless to say it was a long game, and quickly was 21-0 in the early  part of the second quarter. The final was 42-0. But it was a great SEASON overall.. 7-4 was their ending record, and they are now playing in the first round of playoffs with a 7th pick and will play SouthEast Raleigh again! They played them in week 10 of the regular season!!

GO TROJANS! So excited to see what will happens at PLAYOFFS and wish everyone the best of LUCK!

~The Turners~

20 Weeks

.20 Weeks.

Bralyn is now the size of a small Cantaloupe, in my melon-sized belly this week! She is about 10 ounces and 7 1/2 inches. She has lots of room in this Melon size belly and is doing twisting, turning, kicking, punching, and even an occasional somersault!.. I have been feeling her more and more daily! She is one active little one! ;) 

We are half way through the 40 week pregnancy, but 38 weeks is considered full term! So we have somewhere between 18-20 weeks left unless she comes a week or two earlier then that!!

~The Turners~

22 week appointment is on Nov. 12th`

Trojan Football Update Week 9 and 10

TROJAN FOOTBALL

Week 9, we played SSS after a bye week!  It was very COLD!! ok extremely COLD and my feet were frozen!! haha.
Trojans did a great job after a week off, and SSS although in the past a good program, are having an not so great year. Anyway We WON :) 41-8. It was a great fun game for sure.. 
That making us 7-2 going into our last home game and Week 10!

Week 10, was our last home game this past Friday night! It was once again Cold, but this time I didn't freeze as bad. :) I did make it out to the game despite being sick all week!
We played the 2nd place team in the conference (Southeast Raleigh), it was a another sad hard week for the Trojans! There is always could have's and should have's and I could write all day of how we were the better team the first half and could have won easily, but the final score and the outcome is all that matters! 
Trojans lost 43-6. :(  Making us 7-3 as we enter the final regular season game this coming Friday away vs Garner (number 1 team in the conference). 

Great year though TROJANS! :) 

~The Turners~

Playoff bound and it all starts over soon!

19 Weeks

So I am very behind, and Sunday will be 20 weeks, but better late then never!!

 

 .19 Weeks.

This week Bralyn is hitting the growth charts at 6-7 inches long and a full half a pound in weight! What fruit this week? Bralyn is about the size of a large Mango. A mango dipped in greasy cheese, actually! Vernix caseosa- a greasy white protective substance- that now covers her sensitive skin, protecting it from the surrounding amniotic fluid. Whitout that protection, she would look very wrinkled at birth.  This coating does shed as delivery approaches!  

She is very active now, and I can feel Bralyn after every time I eat! :) I love that feeling!

~The Turners~

We will be 20 weeks and half way through the pregnancy on Sunday!! Can't wait!