A Milestone for Eban

Eban's stitches took a lot longer to heal, in fact, they came out so it was a big sore for a long while. On the one month anniversary of his surgery, the cone finally came off! Freedom!

9 Months!

Taylor is now 9 1/2 months and is growing so fast! She had her check up 2 weeks ago and weighs 18 1/2 pounds (45%) and is 28 inches long (65%). She has 2 big teeth coming in up top making it 4 in total. She eats like a champ - anything you give her she'll try. She laughs and jabbers ma ma, da da, ba ba. She still adores her dog and loves her big brothers. She has yet to give up her army crawl, here is an example of it. SHe's been doing it for about 3-4 weeks now!

A Little Culture

We had a fun field trip enjoying Houston culture and fabulous desserts at Ruggles Cafe in Rice VillageThe Menil Collection - a great collection of contemporary art that is always free and located in the Montrose area.

I love this picture - the boys had lined up for fun so I quickly grabbed my camera. The security woman was watching so I asked if I could take a picture and she said if I did it quickly!

The lawn at the Menil CollectionOutside of the Rothko Chapel

A little tap dance at the Museum of Fine Arts

Happy 5th of July

Sunday before church

And here is a recap of the rest of the 4th:
Ready for our swim!
Mason is modeling his recent gift from the Middle East...Chilling with Jordan

Can I have any more attention?!?!Little Princess
You should have heard the squeal Taylor made when she saw Jordan when he came back from being at EFY in San Antonio for a week!
Celebrating our freedom!

Happy 4th of July!!

We headed over to the neighborhood parade in the morning. Even though we missed most of it, it was fun to see the kids with their bikes decorated. We tried to get into the spirit of it too!
Here is little Taylor's 4th of July outfit - and check out her cute bloomers from KelleyAnne at Pineapple Hill Designs - isn't she so creative?! We love them!!!!

Great Giggles!

Taylor surely does love Johnathan's tickling!

Chicago...is my kind of town! (Part 1)

We had a fun family trip to Chicago last week. I was there for the National Plastics Exhibition (NPE) - the largest NA Plastics show that is every 3 years and a big event for Dow. Knowing I'd be gone for at least 4 days, John, the boys & Taylor came up to play towards the end of my trip. We stayed through the weekend and loved our time together in Chicagoland. I have always loved this city and it did not let us down!

It is amazing what the city has developed throughout Millenium Park. It has so many fabulous features to explore and enjoy! Here are the boys at the "bean".
Looking up under the bean.

A little family picture

Taylor exploring her reflection

Looking at the Pritzker Pavillion - a mariachi band was warming up for a free concert that evening

The Sky Bridge between the Institute of Art & Millenium

The spitting fountains are so fun -tons of children are playing in the splash parkTaylor joins in on the fun

The bus stop was advertising the pirate exhibit at the Field Museum

Inside the original Marshall Fields

It worked out perfectly that my dad & sister Michelle flew to Chicago for the day to visit my sister Marilyn & brother-in-law, Joe, and to see my new neice, Amelia Jane. It was so fun that they all came into the city and played for a few hours. We had yummy deep dish pizza and went to the new wing of the Chicago Institute of Art.

Granddad & Taylor
Taylor meeting her new cousin, AmeliaTaylor getting some assistance on her High 5

Yum!Uncle JoeChecking out her new cousin
Michelle, Marilyn & I at the new modern wing

Goofball

The blinking game continues....

Sisters Retreat

Every year the Turner sisters and Mom have a sisters retreat where they escape for a few days together. Usually they rent a cabin in the mountains in Utah, but this year they headed south and came to Houston! We had 6 of the 7 sisters and Mom Turner here for 4 days and it was so fun. We loved spending time with them and Taylor loved all the attention!

I did not do the best job of documenting the weekend, but here are some pictures. Unfortunately I did not get pictures of Taylor with each aunt, but a few! Of course, food was a key activity, and we took them to some favorite restaurants (Ruggles, Los Cucos, Spring Creek, Ritters) as well as made some fabulous recipes at home. We also spent time shopping in Old Town Spring, visited the Holocaust Museum & Rice Village, shopped & shopped, did pedicures and did a craft. We packed it in and topped it off with long talks at late at night and lots of laughs (until they all cry, its a Turner thing!).

Lunch at Spring Creek BBQJohn & Jodie & Taylor at Ruggles Cafe (Fabulous desserts!!!)

Shellie & Heather

Pedicure time! Taylor loved getting her toes painted!

Julie & Taylor

Jodie & Taylor in the morning sun

Grandma Turner & Taylor - she loved sitting on her lap!

The Waterwall in the Galleria district

The gang!

Tonia & Taylor

John still has the juice from his childhood!