Showing posts with label Niephew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Niephew. Show all posts

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Niephew is a NEPHEW!

It's a BOY!



Samuel Jeffrey Turner was born at 4:15 am on Feb. 13 @ 8 oz. 10 lbs & 20 in. via c-section after THIRTY HOURS and FORTY FIVE minutes of labor. My sister is a saint.

He's perfect and precious and I simply could not love him more.

And also? Alex totally got it right:


Sorry it's sideways. FB won't let me rotate it for some reason.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Friday, February 11, 2011

NIEPHEW WATCH: DAY 5.

Still no baby. Oye.

I didn't vom in the hospital, though I did get that tingly feeling in my cheeks - you know, when your saliva starts to go crazy and you know you're seconds from vomming but you just have to hold it in because seriously everyone on the floor is actually like life threateningly sick and for me to vom would just be confirmation that I am a wuss and people would laugh, point and stare? Yeah, that.

Winding down the day with some afternoon wine with the Momma. I did it mostly to get her to sleep, because she hasn't done that in like, oh, 17 days. It worked.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

NIEPHEW WATCH: DAY 4.

Stiiiilllll no baby. In fact, Kelli had a Dr. appointment yesterday and was told "no bueno" on any progress whatsoever. Well, I'm sure they used more appropriate medical terms, but you get it.

Actually, I think Niephew is already wise beyond his/her months. You see, Momma has a bit of the yuck right now, so I think (s)he's waiting until Kelli is 100% to make the grand entrance.

And only because it rains when it pours when my family is involved, my Grandfather (Mom's Dad) has taken one step forward and 432,678 steps back in terms of his health. I'm actually taking tomorrow off work to go home to see/be with him. As a general rule, I don't "do" hospitals (unless for the happy occasion of births) mostly because I find them to be smelly, cold, dark and quite frankly, the biggest Debbie Downer of all time. So, please give a little shout out in your prayers today that 1) Gramps will start to make progress and begin to heal; 2) I don't vomit whilst in the hospital visiting him; 3) Baby Niephew continues to wait patiently for both Mommy and Great Gramps to get better; 4) Alex doesn't try to eat the hand sanitizer at the hospital. I'm sure at some point he will also attempt to use the urine tray as a toy, but we'll burn that bridge when we get there.

Thanks, peeps.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

NIEPHEW WATCH: DAY 3.

Still no baby. Still twiddling.

Let's pass the time today with something else I do when I'm impatient...cooking!

Last night I made a recipe shared by a coworker, called "Sour Cream Chicken." Since you marinate it overnight, it's easy-peasy to make. & it was YUM! Alex the little piggy even ate an entire chicken breast. (Note: I halved the recipe.)

Ingredients:
6 chicken breasts
2 cups sour cream
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
4 teaspoons celery salt
2 teaspoons paprika
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 teaspoons kosher salt (Next time I would omit the salt - the Worcestershire & celery salt are enough.)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 3/4 cups dry breadcrumbs
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup olive oil

Directions:
1. Cut chicken breasts in half and wipe dry with a paper towel.
2. In a large bowl, combine sour cream with lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt, paprika, garlic, salt and pepper.
3. Add the chicken to the sour cream mixture, coating each piece well.
4. Cover in the refrigerator overnight or at least one hour. I marinated them overnight.
5. Preheat over to 350°F.
6. Remove chicken and roll in the bread crumbs.
7. Arrange in a single layer in a shallow baking dish.
8. Melt butter and oil.
9. Spoon half over the chicken.
10. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes.
11. Remove from over and spoon the rest of the butter mixture over the chicken.
12. Bake for another 10-15 minutes or until tender and brown.
13. Serve & enjoy!

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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

NIEPHEW WATCH: DAY 2.

Still nothing. Still waiting. Still twiddling.

To pass the time, let's partake in an activity that I do when I'm nervous, shall we? Listmaking!

Things that suck:
  • Tube socks. I prefer anklets.
  • Christina Aguilera's memory.
  • Winter paleness. I seriously could be in the cast of Twilight right about now.

Things that are awesome:
  • "Imported from Detroit" Chrysler commercial.
  • Mascara.
  • 7-11 nachos. Which I had for dinner last night. Mom of the Year, right here.
  • Giveaways.

Monday, February 7, 2011

NIEPHEW WATCH: 2011

Oh, hai there. How is everyone doing today? Mmm hmmm. Ok. Everyone good? Good.

WELL THEN.

Let's cut to the meat and potatoes of today's topic, shall we? Today marks ONE WEEK from Niephew's due date. And if Niephew is anything like his/her cousin Alex, TODAY is the day. But, since I haven't received a text or phone call alerting me otherwise, I'll just continue to wait very impatiently. Le sigh.

Twiddles thumbs.

While we wait, why not have a giveaway?

Throws confetti.

The fine peeps over at CSN stores are sending their love to ABM3 readers yet again. And as if I haven't raved about their product offerings again and again...they have everything from backyard swing sets to cutlery. Yes, cutlery. I think it's a fun word. Seriously. Say it like 10 times fast. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery. Cutlery.

In honor of my precious Niephew's pending arrival, one lucky ABM3 reader will win $55 to use on ANYTHING from csnstores.com. Yippee!

To enter: 1) You must be a public follower. 2) Leave a comment here predicting Niephew's gender and birthday. Cinchy!

The winner will be selected using random.org on Niephew's due date, Feb. 14.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Knee deep.

I'm up to my armpits over here! Literally with Snomageddon 2011 and figuratively with life/work shenanigans. In fact, I had to stay at a hotel close to work on Tuesday night to ensure that I could be at the office on Wednesday. Props to Joe for being superdad this week...

The blog will likely be intensely boring until sometime next week when I will officially launch NIEPHEW WATCH: 2011. He or she will be arriving any day now...Monday marks one week before Kelli's due date, which is exactly when I delivered Alex. As soon as I get the call I'm on the first plane outta here!!! C'MON, NIEPHEW!!!!

Thursday, January 6, 2011

If Hard Work Were Really A Virtue, Then Mules Would Be Saints.

Do you know those days when it feels like you can conquer the world and you work like a bumblebee with roid rage getting what seems like everything but world peace solved? And then at the end of the day you look proudly at what you've accomplished and your to-do list is actually longer than when the day began? Yeah. I'm having one of those days weeks.

But in the spirit of happiness and Red Bull and sunshine and Cheez-its (all things that make me happy), I would like to introduce you to two of the newer loves of my life, one of which you haven't seen for awhile, and the other you will meet for the first time today!

It's Niephew!!!! Look how big (s)he's getting! Kelli's ultrasound yesterday predicted a holycrapgiantwhopperbaby at 6 lbs. 12 oz. ALREADY. Start praying for her girl parts, like, now.

And this adorable little bun in the oven is Jackson David, aka Alex's bff. His Momma, Lindsay, is a fab friend from college and I am SO PUMPED that she and her hubby are spawning a boy into the world. Jack and Alex will be bffs in college and have every class together and be giant study nerds, just like their Mommas. Hopefully they'll raise some hell along the way, too...because what's college without a few shenanigans?

The moral of today's story is that working hard eventually pays off. In the case of Kelli and Lindsay, their 9 months of basically the hardest work that exists (growing a human being from scratch) will be paying off very, very soon. Kelli in February and Lindsay in March.

As for me? Well, my hard work is mostly a work in progress. But cheers (Red Bull, vodka optional) to a productive weekend!

Monday, December 20, 2010

Alex Loves His Cousin.

"Is the baby in here, Aunt Kelli?"

"Listen here, baby. You might be the newest,
but I'll always be the first!"

Oh, and Caitlin, Jamie and Holly: please pardon the U of M jammies. They were a gift. Also, we like to weave "Michigan" into Kelli and David's subconscious as much as possible. You can't blame me for that!

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Showered With Love.

Mom, Jill and I hosted Kelli and David's baby shower the weekend of Thanksgiving. And for a girl that loves themed events, this might have been one of my best yet.

K & D had a bird theme at their wedding, so I took the graphic from their invitations (created by the incredibly talented Jackie at blue soleil design) and added a little nest to it. INSTANT THEME.

"The Turners are expanding their nest!"



Mom took the rest and ran with it to create the perfect "shabby chic" look we were going for. We lined the tables with brown paper and cute green and white polka dot wrapping paper and placed crayons around so our guests could doodle on the paper.



We also placed "tweet" bags at each place setting filled with birdseed for guests to take home for the birdies in their neck of the woods. The menu was soup in bread bowls, so the spoons were placed in a glass canning jar at each table.


Some of the tables had canning jars filled with birdseed with twig branches coming out of them. On the branches we hung small glass bird ornaments, also for the guests to take home.



On the appetizer and dessert table we had some yummy snacks and cuppycakes with toasted coconut and M&Ms on top to look like little bird nests. Oh, and look closely at the plates - can you BELIEVE we found those to match everything? Hobby Lobby rules.

We also placed white onesies at each table in varying sizes with fabric markers. Each table got artistic and created special and unique onesies for lil' niephew. It turned out to be a lovely day and niephew got LOADS of new stuff. (S)he is very loved!

And if you ever needed a reason to not hire Joe and me to bake the desserts for your next function...


Tuesday, November 16, 2010

A Fun Comparison.

As you may recall from a recent announcement, my sister is expecting my first niephew (niece+nephew because they are not finding out the sex) on or around Feb. 14, 2011. She's 27 weeks as of now, so I thought it might be fun to see me at 27 weeks with WIP and her at 27 weeks with niephew.

Kelli is a shortie pants, so I think she's carrying niephew much higher than I carried WIP. What do you think?

 Me 'n WIP.

Kelli 'n niephew.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Como Say Whaaa?

Yesterday, I heard the following words/phrases uttered from some of the most brilliant minds in the industry:
  • Reduplicate.
  • Over redundant.
For real. And no, I don't work in the Department of Redundancy Department. But I do think it's fun to reduplicate some over redundancies on le blog. It makes me feel smart, if nothing else.

In unrelated news, today is the day Kelli and David COULD find out le sex of my niephew. But they are electing not to, which is absolutely going to be the death of me. I do not understand how anyone could possibly NOT find out. I'm a planner. A know-er. A do-er. A re-duplicater.

Oh, and their baby shower? I'm attempting to top the greatest wedding shower/bachelorette party of all time, but I'm not sure if it will be possible. Mostly because I can't obsess over all things blue or pink for an over-the-top theme. This gender neutral stuff is really for the birds. A hint, perhaps?

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Listen Up!

I have an announcement to make: I'm expecting!











...a niece or nephew!

Bwaaahahaha. That was a mean trick, no?

Anyway, on or around February 14, Kelli will birth little "Baby Valentine" and make my Mom the happiest woman in the galaxy with grandbaby #2. Seriously. I think the woman was born to be a Grandma. For the record, I am what one could call over le moon about this news...except for one peeny, weeny detail that is may-jah-ly getting in my way: the entire state of Connecticut.

CT is not MI. And thusly, I cannot see my sister every day. I cannot rub her belly whenever I want. I cannot pick her up randomly one night to go on an adventure to Meijer to curb her latest cheesy poof craving. I cannot leave work and show up at the hospital 10 minutes after her water breaks in a state of panic/elation. I cannot visit her every single day after the baby is born and laugh as she hooks herself up to the "milking machine." Basically, I can't do all the amazing things she did for me while I was pregnant. And it sucks. A great, great deal.

But, the upside of this is that I'M GETTING A NIEPHEW! That's what I've nicknamed le babe. They will not find out the sex, so I can't specifically say 'neice' or 'nephew'. And so, I combined the two words and made up my own. Niece + Nephew = Niephew! In related news, I always get the i-e arrangement in niece wrong. Thank you, schpellchek.

Now, it's time to plan a shower with Mom and Jill!!