May 22, 2012 •

Summer vacation!

Charlie and I are en route to Arkansas!  This will be Mr. C’s first plane rides (because of course there are no direct flights to Little Rock), so please think happy thoughts for us both. :)  We’ll be there for almost two weeks, and we’d love to see all our friends in the natural state.  Please give me an email or call if you’ll be around!  Everyone’s always welcome to come visit Casa Turpen.

From Arkansas, we’ll be headed up to Chicago to see friends and celebrate Andy’s advisor’s retirement.  It’ll be a short trip, but we are so looking forward to it!

Not sure how much I’ll be posting while we’re gone, but I’ll be sure to take lots of pictures!

May 21, 2012 •
Charlie “Bear” Wehrman.  (He’s wrestling a bear…while next to a bear.  Pretty tough.) p.s. Aunt Pearl, he sure loves this bear you gave him!  He LUNGES for it any time he sees it!

Charlie “Bear” Wehrman.  (He’s wrestling a bear…while next to a bear.  Pretty tough.)

p.s. Aunt Pearl, he sure loves this bear you gave him!  He LUNGES for it any time he sees it!

May 19, 2012 • 3 notes •
(nearly) naked (baby) on a (teddy) bear skin rug.  :)  thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!  We can’t wait until you visit again! p.s. Sorry this is blurry… I’m still working out the kinks with this new camera that Charlie gave me for Mother’s Day!  Isn’t he thoughtful? 

(nearly) naked (baby) on a (teddy) bear skin rug.  :)  thanks, Grandma and Grandpa!  We can’t wait until you visit again!

p.s. Sorry this is blurry… I’m still working out the kinks with this new camera that Charlie gave me for Mother’s Day!  Isn’t he thoughtful? 

May 18, 2012 • 2 notes •

Charlie went to his first Marietta College baseball game yesterday!  He enjoyed looking around and jumped up and down every time the crowd clapped and cheered.  Yes, Charlie, they’re all clapping for you.  (haha)  Unfortunately, it seems we may have been a jinx.  Hoping the Pios win this morning since we won’t be in attendance.  :)

May 17, 2012 •

When not wanting to be held*, Charlie is really trying to figure all this moving around business out.  If he’s not standing, he’s lunging after something from sitting position or twirling around on the floor after something. We also had to move the exersaucer up to its tallest setting. He hasn’t pulled up on an object by himself yet, but he is getting awfully close. Hmm, I should probably go lower the crib while I’m thinking about it!  OH!  And in the last 24 hours, he’s gone from stomach to sitting up a few times, too, whee! 

*Even when we’re holding him, he’s turning around and around and climbing over us.  Quite the workout!

May 16, 2012 • 1 note •
Aww, snuggly baby.  We thought he was teething a couple weeks ago, but we’re pretty sure it’s in full force now, as he is cranky and has wanted to be held most of the time for the last two days (hence the lack of posts).  Oh, and the drool… I almost forgot about you. (p.s. please don’t look at my hair… going to salon on Friday, probably a week past a week late, such is life.) (oh, and p.p.s. for DBuns…yes, that is the MONSTERS shirt.  Hope you are still rocking yours!

Aww, snuggly baby.  We thought he was teething a couple weeks ago, but we’re pretty sure it’s in full force now, as he is cranky and has wanted to be held most of the time for the last two days (hence the lack of posts).  Oh, and the drool… I almost forgot about you.

(p.s. please don’t look at my hair… going to salon on Friday, probably a week past a week late, such is life.)

(oh, and p.p.s. for DBuns…yes, that is the MONSTERS shirt.  Hope you are still rocking yours!

May 14, 2012 •
something cracked him up.  hi, happy baby!

something cracked him up.  hi, happy baby!

May 13, 2012 • • blingee.com
BABY AMERICA! For our international readers, it’s Mother’s Day here in the US.  Bea sent Charlie an adorable sailor suit in which to take pictures…and I’m kicking it up a notch on an outtake photo. For our American readers, you’re welcome.  Charlie and that eagle are giving the terrorists a serious mean eye. For our mothers, and Charlie’s grandmothers, Happy Mother’s Day!  You’ll have real, non-glittery Charlie photos in the mail soon.  We love you!  Thanks for loving us back even though we’re a bit ridiculous.  :)

BABY AMERICA!

For our international readers, it’s Mother’s Day here in the US.  Bea sent Charlie an adorable sailor suit in which to take pictures…and I’m kicking it up a notch on an outtake photo.

For our American readers, you’re welcome.  Charlie and that eagle are giving the terrorists a serious mean eye.

For our mothers, and Charlie’s grandmothers, Happy Mother’s Day!  You’ll have real, non-glittery Charlie photos in the mail soon.  We love you!  Thanks for loving us back even though we’re a bit ridiculous.  :)

May 12, 2012 • 2 notes •

This is graduation time for so many of our friends and family!  Congratulations to all of you B.A., B.S., M.Ed., M.S.H.R., & Ph.D. obtainers!  Charlie salutes you, and as you can see, he is very sad he cannot be at all of your ceremonies. Sorry we don’t have t-shirts in the appropriate size to represent all our alma maters and yours, but we are thinking about all of you at Arkansas, Northwestern, Marietta, Hendrix, Yale, Henderson, IIT, and Loyola! 

edited to add: Henderson (yay, Dan!), IIT (hey, y’all!), and M.S.H.R. (yay, Jana!).  …if anyone else is missing, let me know!

May 11, 2012 • 1 note •

Here is a Mother’s Day preview… Tiny Baby America!