Turner and his cousin Josie

I just had to post this picture of Turner and Josie, they were having so much fun eating lunch outside on the picnic table. Too cute!

Almost three months old already.....

The girls are getting so big... Marley who was the little one has surpassed her sister in weight and height. She weighed 10.12 at their last appointment and Morgan weighed 10.5. They have almost doubled their birth weights! They are both smiling and cooing and are so alert. Big brother Turner has accepted them as permanent members of the house, this does not mean however that he adores them... just not yet. Life in the Schrepfer house is crazy but we are enjoying each minute... they get so big so fast!

Marley Joy and Morgan Rae Schrepfer

At 36 weeks 6 days gestation (long enough for mommy), our twins arrived healthy via cesarean section. Marley was first and weighed in at 5 pounds 5 ounces. Her sister, Morgan was born one minute later and weighed in at 5 pounds 15 ounces. They were 18 and 19 inches long respectively. Neal and I were thrilled when the doctor announced that we could take the girls back to the room with us, we got to skip the NICU! Quite amazing really! The first few days were rough, the girls woke up often to feed and the nurses were in frequently to check our vitals. After four days at the hospital we were all released to go home! We are all adjusting to life with a full house! Big brother Turner is not too sure what to think of the babies, he is dealing with the change like any two year old.... for the most part he is being a trooper! More pictures to come soon... when we have time?!

Few days till the other two arrive

Well, the big event is only a few days away... the arrival of the Schrepfer twin girls. It seemed unreal until this point. Jenny is about to pop and we have just about everything ready; the room, the stuff, the diapers... Our families and I have some time off work to tackle what should be a crazy transition.
Turner seems a little oblivoius to all the hulabaloo surrounding the two new members of the family. Between tackling me at the front door, sweet talking me into grilling hot dogs and watching mickey or pooh; he is blissfully two.
I took this picture of Turner on Alki beach a few days ago, while throwing rocks.... a must do activity for any toddler.
Not all that exciting..... just throwing rocks and waiting for the twins.

Gotta wear shades

Just a fun picture of Turner at Folk Life Festival. For whatever reason, that was the day that he decided it was cool to wear sunglasses. Up until that day he refused to wear them. We had a blast and he loved eating our lunch on the blanket, probably our first picnic since last summer!

Mickey, Pluto and Duck

Most kids Turners age love Barney or the Wiggles, our kiddo loves anything Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. For his 2nd Birthday dad took him to the Walt Disney Store in Lynwood for his special present. He picked out three plush animals, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Pluto. If they would have had the rest of the characters in stock I am sure dad would have purchased them as well. It has been over a month since his birthday shopping trip and he is still in love with his Mickey characters. He sleeps with them every night and when we let him, Pluto is always the lucky one that gets to go on car rides with us. This is a picture we took the night he got them.

Turner the future space traveler....

This is a recent picture of Turner (21 months) with his version of a hat. He loves putting tupperware on his head and he insisits we do the same. Our almost two year old is cracking us up daily. From his incredible imaginative play, to his somewhat bossy nature, to his rapidly expanding vocabulary... he continues to amaze us.

The Schrepfer Twin..... Girls?!?!

We had a 16 week ultrasound yesterday and the doctor surprised us with the news that our twins are girls. Who knew? Neither Neal or I had predicted girls, of course we are thrilled as they appear to be growing well and are healthy. Sorry Conner and Turner, looks like you two will have to deal with a lot of nieces! The first picture is of their two heads and the second one is a side view of one of the girls. More pictures coming in four weeks. Side note: there is a 30% chance the girls are identical but more than likely they are fraternal. Also the doctor said there is a small margin of error predicting the sex at 16 weeks, he however, was fairly confident in his prediction. A second side note: We already had two boys names picked out.. Hudson William and Carson George, now back to the drawing board.

Baby brothers, sisters, or one of each?

So we are just over a week or so away from the big ultrasound. Hopefully the kiddos cooperate and give us a sneak peak at what we are having. It honestly does not matter, but it will be nice to know so that we can get the nursery ready. Big brother Turner has no idea what is coming... So what is your guess?

By the way this is a picture taken right after Turner had his first haircut. I think the picture can tell you what he thought of the experience. Let's just say I hope his hair grows slowly as I am not eager to go for the 2nd haircut.

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.