The New Quests of The Turetzky Family

For Halloween weekend we went to Colorado for a wedding of one of Darren's cousins. The wedding was a costume party, so it gave us an excuse to dress up! I went as Little Bo Peep and Lila was my little sheep (the cutest sheep ever, I might add!). Before the wedding we went over to one of Darren's aunt and uncle's farm. Lila LOVED seeing all the animals. I wish we would've taken more pictures there, but we only took a couple. Some of the other pictures include Darren's brother Kyle and his fiancee Whitney, who were dressed as a sailor and a nurse (inspired by the famous kiss picture). Darren's niece Emalia was Pocahontas, Darren's mom went as Cruella de Vil, and we teased Darren's grandpa that he went as James Bond since he was wearing a suit. Darren and his dad didn't make their way into very many pictures because they were the ones behind the camera, but Darren also wore a suit so we said he was a CIA agent and his dad dressed as Indiana Jones. W...

This picture was taken at an OB/GYN women's center in Provo. I found this on an acquaintances blog and wanted to briefly put in my two cents on the matter. It is very disappointing to me that medical professionals around here are not interested in letting women have their babies naturally. The facts are out there (see gentlebirth.org)--birth outside of the hospital is safer than birth at the hospital (at least for the average low-risk pregnancy). Maybe you think I'm a little biased, but it's true! I am so glad I did not have to deal with all the negativity at the hospital and I was able to have the beautiful birth experience that I desired. I just hope that anyone I know who at some point wants to try a natural birth at the hospital does not go to the doctors office pictured above! For anyone out there who is interested in natural birth (especially outside of a hospital), feel free to get in touch with me and I will gladly share my experience. You can also check out my post...

After church (and nap time!) last Sunday, we went and had a photo shoot with Lila on BYU campus. We knew the weather would be changing this week, so while it was warm we took advantage of it! Darren's parents came and helped us, which is why you'll see a pic of Darren's mom in the slideshow. Darren took all of these photos (except for the family pic, obviously). I think he did a really nice job, although of course he his critical of his work. For an amateur, I think they look great! My favorite ones are the ones that are really close up. Of course we have lots more ideas now for the next photo shoot and how to get even better pictures. I hope you enjoy them! By the way, Lila is now 10 months old.

Darren and I have a new hobby. Learning how to use his dad's Nikon D60. We had some fun trying to learn how to take a good natural light picture with it, and these are a few pics from our first attempts. The photos from the "real" photo shoot will come later this week, and let me assure you that they are much better than these! The bottom three pics I took, and you can tell that Darren is the better photographer (and I'm the better stylist!).

I can't believe I have neglected my blog for so long! Well, on second thought, maybe I can believe it. Although I got to play the role of full time stay at home mom over the summer, I found that did not equate to extra free time for blogging. And honestly, the summer just wasn't that interesting! Most days were the same: play with Lila, change Lila's diapers, feed Lila, take Lila for a walk (or 3!), bake bread, and make and plan the meals for my highly allergic husband. I do have some more pics from the summer to post here, but I first have to find them...My laptop crashed right after I got home from Arkansas, so I have to see if Darren can somehow retrieve them for me. Here's a quick update on the last month: - We arrived back in Utah just in time for the start of fall semester at BYU. Darren is taking 16 units, I'm taking 10 units, and Lila is spending several hours a week hanging out with her grandma. - We are in the process of purchasing a town home! We probably...

Lila is 8 months old today!! The time sure is flying by! Lila is not crawling yet, but she loves to roll around and scoot a little. She says "mama" and "dada", clicks her tongue, blows bubbles, and does lip trills (my future vocalist!). She loves the swimming pool and the bath tub, as well as going for rides in the stroller to the library. She is a mama's girl, which should come as no surprise since the two of us are practically inseparable! I love my beautiful baby girl! On Sunday we gave Lila her first taste of rice cereal. I know 8 months old may seem late to start her on food, but I gave it a lot of thought and felt it was best (I will perhaps elaborate in a future post). We took some video and I will post it soon! Also, I didn't post pictures at 6 or 7 months, so here pics from the last couple of months. She pretty much looks the same at 6, 7, and 8 months. 8 months 7 months 6 months

After 3 long years of putting up with my crummy Samsung phone, Darren convinced me to get the new iPhone. It has only been about a week since I picked it up, and I am already in love! The first day I had it I was already using it in the car as a GPS. And of course I was downloading apps by day two! I downloaded the scriptures (as well as the R.S. manual and hymns), Pandora, and the All Recipes app. I having been using the notepad to make my to do lists and shopping lists, so basically pen and paper are a thing of the past! Of course it also works beautifully as a phone and an iPod, and today I finally used it to record some videos of Lila!! The videos are especially for Lila's grandparents and aunties and uncles who don't get to see this little girl very often. Sorry if they are a little boring, but hopefully you'll get the picture from the videos that this baby is one cute girl :o)