What a talker......

It is as if someone flipped a switch on our boy a few days ago.... he now repeats everything we say. We anticipated the day he started talking, we may live to regret that wish for now he talks non-stop. Granted a lot of his words are still only recognizable to mom and dad but honestly the change is remarkable. Here are a few recent pictures, one is of Turner and Gus hanging out in his new play tent. The other is of Turner feeding himself yogurt and the other is of Turner playing in the abundance of fall leaves in our backyard.

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BabyGroup Story

A slide show of the Evergreen Hospital baby group Turner and I are are lucky enough to be a part of. Pictures of our kids from newborn to toddlers.

New Nickname... Dr. Evil

The picture of Turner solo is when he is obviously deep in thought, hatching a plan to escape from the Pea Patch Playground today during our weekly playgroup. The picture of two litle behinds is Turner with his friend Leo. Leo met Turner at the gate to help him with his escape. Needless to say, the escape did not go as planned. Instead the boys were stuck hanging out with their moms. The group pictue is of all the moms (minus one who could not attend) and our toddlers, we used to be able to post them for group pictures, now the only way to get a group photo is for the moms to join in. They move way too fast these days!

Mr. Crazy aka Tantrum Boy

Our new nicknames for Turner, he is a nut! He has such weird likes right now, loves utensils, keys, the steel plate for the dog door, jumping on the bed (well I guess that one is normal territory for any 16 month old). The other day he was so mad at me because he wanted my keys, I was driving. Needless to say, I won that argument. His new favorite game is the pillow game. Just put a pillow down anywhere on the floor and he dives into it. He is loving our dog (we adopted him from my sister and her family since they could not take him with them to Taipei), Gus brings him much joy. I promise to post a picture of the two of them soon. That's all for now. This pic was taken at an indoor playspace. He loved running around in the big room!

Rare, quiet moment with Turner

So we apologize, we are bad parents and have not posted a blog in months. All I can say is that we are exhausted at the end of the day. I am guess that having a 15 month old is most likely the culprit. He most certainly keeps us on our toes, it seems we are constantly chasing after the sprinter. He continues to amaze us each day, he now knows many signs; milk, more, eat, bath, night, night, all done and his favorite food and sign, apple. He is also getting very vocal, he can say duck (du), quack, quack (twa, twa), dog (do), daddy, mom, done, and his favorite word and thing to do with dad is grill (grl). This picture was snapped during a quiet moment. I am surprised when we get any pictures of him standing still. More to come soon......

A view from up high

With out a doubt, our boy has a favorite mode of transportation, Dads shoulders...(moms will do in a pinch). We have let the stroller and backpack collect dust for we have discovered that he is happiest when he has a birds eye view of his surroundings. Over the past weekend we went to the University of Washington (do Dawgs) street fair. For about two hours he sat on top of our shoulders and talked to pretty much everyone we passed. He only complained when he was thirsty or hungry. I prefer Neal to carry him for as you will see by the pictures, when he rides on my shoulders, the first thing he does is remove my hair clips!

Turning 1

Neal and I can hardly believe that an entire year has past with our little boy. He is now almost 13 months old and is nearing his original May 27th due date. So much has happened in his development over the past year, we just can't begin to expand on how in awe of our son we are! He loves his blanket (we call him Linus), loves his binky, adores his yellow duck, and has even learned a few signs (milk and all done). He is the reason we work so hard and the reason we play so hard. He keeps us on our toes, keeps us laughing and learning. We were a bit baffled when on his birthday he refused his cake, he just liked playing with the frosting as you can clearly see. A Schrepfer not liking cake is unheard of, however just when we doubted his blood line..... we took him to the spring fair in puyallup and he loved his first bite of a funnel cake. Definitely our son!

This kid can fall asleep anywhere!

Today Turner, Isabella (his six month old friend), and I took a morning walk in an attempt to get both of them down for their naps. I decided to walk to the nearest espresso stand neglecting to remember that the steep hill I went down, I would have to climb back up. With two kids in a very large, heavy stroller and a very precious tall nonfat vanilla latte in hand this would be no small task. By the time we made it back home, Turner was crashed and Isabella was rejuvinated by the wonderful weather. Like Turner, I too needed a nap. Thank goodness for caffeine!

What a strange kid

Sometimes I wonder .... What the ? He is fascinated by laundry and enthralled with the dishwasher so much that when he hears it open (and somehow he hears it) he crawls as fast as he can to try to get in it.
the only thing I can say is take a look and see he is truly my son....... He shares my eating habits.

Loves the Camera

These pictures were taken when Turner was just about 8 months old. I was a bit worried when I took him to get them taken as he had been pretty grumpy all morning and he slept all the way to the photographers. Little did I know all the photographer would have to do is show our little man the camera and he was all giggles and smiles. He is such a happy boy!

Turners toothy grin... update a bit late!

Well our little man cut his first teeth in late October, the first one came in on the 29th and the 2nd one came in on the 31st. Those days were a bit blurry with the lack of sleep but we survived. I have heard that some children breeze through the teething stage, Turner was not in that category. The second set of teeth were even worse, he cut his upper two teeth on January 10th. They came together and Turner let us know, Turner became a fan of his teething tablets, teething gel and especially Tylenol. While I miss the gummy smile of infancy, I love the toothy smile as it is alwasy accompanied by and incredible laugh or giggle. He is just so dang adorable.

The only honest thing that happened on superbowl Sunday

I realize that it has been a while since I blogged here...But anyway.
A few days ago Turner, jen and myself hunkered down with chips and pizza to watch the seahawks in the superbowl. While it was not the game I had hoped for it was nice to unwind with the two of them with nothing more on my mind than a great day just hanging out together. We took some great pics of turner in my hawks hat, he loved wearing it.

Turner also has finally gotten the hang of food. We took him out the other night to a Chinese buffet. He ate so much I thought they were going to charge us for his meal. He ate peaches, white rice, peas, green beans, carrots, and some cake for desert. Also lately he has been going to starbucks with jen and while she gets a mocha, he gets banana bread and eats almost half a slice... What a little muncher. I will have to get some pics of him at starbucks.

later