4 and 6

Oh my goodness I seriously cannot believe that my baby is 4. She brings so much joy and happiness in our lives. Charly loves everything girly and is full of spirit and spunk, we love her more than words can express. Charly was so excited for her birthday, that was all she could talk about for weeks now, so when the big day finally came it was so much fun. We started with a party and Grandmas with all our cousins the Sunday before her birthday. The morning of her birthday she awoke to decorations, balloons, and her favorite, a donut for breakfast. Then she got sick :(. So we spent the day having a movie party and drinking sprite. So the next day when she was filling better we ended her 4 day birthday celebration with a trip to Chuck E Cheese!! She had so much fun, and I think that we had even more fun than her seeing how excited she got over everything. Nothing brings us more joy in life than to bring happiness into Charlys life.

The Birthday Princess all ready for her party

Charly and Ike at Chuck E Cheese

Opening presents at Grandmas

Charly needed a little help getting the ball to the top

Birthdays are so much fun

Not only did Charly celebrate her birthday but my mind cannot comprehend the fact that "Bug" turned
the big 6. It has been 6 years since I placed that beautiful baby boy into the arms of his parents. We have been so blessed to be a part of his life and the life of his family, we love them and hold that special relationship very close to our hearts.

Meeting Bug for the 1st time

Charly, Me and Bug

ADOPTION

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"For me, adoption is not second best because I know that sometimes God doesn't give us what we want immediately because He has something so much greater in store, even if we can't yet see it."

Kelly Swindell
Waiting Adoptive Parent

Summer can't really be over??

The final days of summer are upon us we enjoyed every minute. Our summer can pretty much be summed up in one word, RIVER! Us Turner girls spent every moment we could soaking up the rays, and letting the kids make memories with their cousins, that would last a lifetime. So with summer coming to an end we spent our Labor Day weekend at........ you guessed it, the RIVER!!

Charly and mommy, ready for fun

 The kids love to ride the jet ski's 

Cousins make the best friends

Crazy Drivers!!

Couldn't get these crazy kids off the tube

Here come the boat!!

Aunt Hailey taking the girls out

Charly had her first day of Pre-school, and lets just say that it did not go over well. It broke my heart to have to leave her crying, I wanted to stay, make sure she made friends, make sure that kids were nice. But like every mom has to, I had to giver her a kiss, reassure her that she would love it, and leave the room.

We had tears before we even left the house

How do you leave, when she's giving you that look??

Thankfully by the time I picked her up, her outlook on Pre-school changed. She loved it, they had puzzles, they colored and they even sang songs. By the next day she was a pro. and had no issues!!

Adoption:

As promised here is some information to catch you up on where we are. We were able to meet with our case worker and get farther along in the process. We are about done with the paper work, and just waiting on our background checks to clear (which can take up to 3 weeks gggggrrrr) then our caseworker will come and do our home study. We are so excited to get this done so we can create our profile and officially be up and running!!