The Turner Times: November Family Update and Anna Ruth is 3 Months Old!

Let's start with some mommy honesty!

3 kids is way more difficult than 2...why did I think that may not be the case? I mean, it's been a beautifully refining three months but three kids is HARD. I know we signed up for this and it can be difficult to appreciate how much we have to be grateful for between sicknesses, exhaustion, lack of patience, and feuds. Then there is this moment each night when Jimmy and I go to check in on the kids and give "sleeping kisses" to them and those moments refuel my heart after long days...looking at them sleeping is just so precious.

We are grateful for so much support from friends and family and most importantly our Lord and Savior! This advent season is proving to be especially powerful as we read through our Jesse Advent Tree devotions and see the curiosity in our older kids. Having a baby this time of year is so special as it really puts things into perspective...Jesus was baby for heaven's sake! It's easy to think of Jesus as an adult but we often forget how little he once was. Thank you Lord for your providence in our lives and we pray that our children will know Him one day!

Anna Ruth is 3 months old and you know I have some comparison pictures :)

Anna Ruth

Grace @ 3months

Wesley @ 3 months

Anna Ruth @ 3 months in Wesley's Christmas jammies

Wesley @ 3 months

Anna Ruth @ 3 months in the bath

Grace @ 3 months in the bath

Wesley @ 3 months in the bath

Extended Thanksgiving in Columbia

We spent Thanksgiving in Rock Hill and then the kids and I traveled to Columbia for a few days.

Home Depot project with Pepere

Riverbanks Zoo with Memere!

New exhibit for us

My attempt at being artsy ;)

Fighting "caught on camera" haha.

Their favorite part!

Mommy can be a kid, too :)

Lights at Saluda Shoals!

Ice cream with Memere and Pepere

Family Pictures 2016

Thank you aunt Lulu for your blessing of taking family pictures of us! This happened in October but I haven't posted them on the blog yet.

5.5 years old and such a little lady

3 years old and a complete gentleman

Real life :)

Daddy snuggles

Fort time

Sibling love

*Flashback: Grace and Wesley (he was 3 months old...she was a little over 2.5)

I love catching them sleeping...such sweetness!

Cheeks for weeks, this one!

Wesley stood in line with me to vote early! Grace went with Jimmy. Anna babysat herself at home. I'm kidding :)

Goodness she's so squishy!

Ice cream with mommy

3 year check up and everything checked out great!

Children's Museum fun (Dr. Grace Turner wants to be a Vet and a fairy when she grows up)

Dr. Turner

Matching jammies!

"I fixin it!"

Chick Fil A for breakfast

Dropping off our shoeboxes! First gifts of Christmas...these are dropped off in November so they can be shipped in time. Grace and Wesley picked children their ages and we went to the store to choose special things to put inside the boxes. Wesley had a hard time understanding a few meltdowns in the store but this was just more evidence of WHY we should put others first and give to others not just during the holidays, but always.

What kid doesn't love a good leaf pile at the park?

Grace was snuggling with Anna Ruth one morning when little lady was having a hard time napping. I kept checking in and noticed Grace fell asleep with her for a little bit. Just precious! Don't you worry people...Anna sleeps on her back...this was tummy time gone right and I just made sure to keep watching.