New fresh start-- Leviticus 13:58

Monday night as I was talking to my momma about God and "getting right" with him, I got chills and a warm cozy feeling.. I knew it was God telling me to "get right" too. That night I talked to Curt about it and how I basically had no choice, I was going to get right with God. I've talked about it on here before but once again- there can be excuses every Wednesday and Sunday as to why not go to church. Don't feel good? Tired? Only day off? Just gonna go next Sunday?

What if you KNEW God was going to come to earth on Tuesday morning and call people to heaven or send some to hell, would you go to church this Sunday? Of course you would! But in reality you don't know when God is going to come back. No one does. Now is the best time to start fresh.

In life its pretty hard to find someone who is willing to wipe a slate completely clean, start over brand new, forget every bad thing you've ever done. That's why God is God, not Sam, Joe or Susie. He forgives you completely! No matter what you've done. All you have to do is repent, mean it.

As me and Curt prayed together tonight, I realized he starts out every prayer by saying "God please forgive us for our sins..."- not that I'm trying to tell anyone how to pray but it bothered me that he does it every prayer. Don't ask God to forgive you unless you plan on trying to do better with your life. He'll forgive you for sure, he promises that but mean it.

God loves everyone regardless of their sin and every sin is equal in Gods eyes. Lying, killing, cussing, drugs, cheating, etc.. He loves each one of us the same, even the evilest of people have God on their side if they'd just go to him.

After you wash & dry clothes, don't you love that fresh,. warm, soft feeling? Imagine that feeling on yourself when you sincerely repent & seek Gods forgiveness.  A new, fresh, warm start on life! Gets me re-excited just thinking about it! haha :)

That was mine and Curts bible study tonight by the way! Thought I'd share :)

Getting healthy!

As most of you know if you follow my facebook and twitter updates, I had an aunt pass away Saturday morning after a few short months of battling cancer. She was told that she had two weeks to live on Thursday and by Saturday 3:35am she passed away. Words can't describe how much I hate this. She was so funny, sweet and would say anything! I did and always will love her SO much! All this got me thinking how short life really is. You never know when it's your time to meet God face to face. Lifes too short to be anything but happy and feel absolutely the best you can!

 

No matter how slow you go, you're still lapping everybody on  the couch.

 Monday 7/15/13 I decided to start working out again, starting slow definitely. OH MY GOSH, DO I FEEL BETTER! 

10 set-ups

15 crunches

20 leg lifts 

10 push ups 

15 squats

Running in place (bringing knee's to chest) for atleast 15 mins 

May not be the technical names for the exercises but you get my point! I'm definitely not trying to lose weight, I'm happy with my weight (119) but I feel so much better, better about myself and I'd like to tone up of course. I did just have a 7lbs, almost 8lbs baby- 8 weeks ago. I need all the calories I can get since I lose so much through my skin but I can consume calories in a healthier way AND I'm trying to drink more water.. I'm cutting WAY back on coke and Dr.Pepper but I refuse to give up sweet tea! One step at a time, right? ;) 

How can I not blog?

How could I quit blogging? I have so much to say!
Since I'm writting a book soon I'm not going to give much medical detail anymore or anything like that, yall will have to wait ;) but I will keep updating about Willie and the family. I have so many readers that are almost like family, I can't hardly just quit ya! 
So here's a little update- 
Willie is 7 weeks old, 8 weeks Saturday :(. Time is flying entirely too fast! At 6 weeks he was 10lbs 14oz and 22 inches. Hims a big boy like his daddy. He's eating like a horse and such a happy baby. His likes and dislikes consist of... 
Likes; 
Riding
Outside
Fourwheelers
Trees
Snuggling
Being sang/talked to
All the attention
Swinging 
Tummy time
Music (especially Hank Wiliams Jr. & Led Zepplin)
His paci 
MILK! (Formula)
Dislikes;
Pooping

So as you can see, hes a pretty happy baby! He wakes up one time in the night about 3-4am and sleeps till 7 and will sleep pretty much however long I let him lol. I'm pretty sure he's hitting a growth spurt because he's sleeping SO much more than usual, never seems to be full anymore and is growing like a weed. 

Other exciting news- 
WE MET THE WESTLAKE FAMILY TODAY! 
Since they vaca near two hours from Arkansas during the summer, they stopped in to visit on the way back home. Meeting Brenna was amazing! She definately shocked me at how active she was and how she had such a big personality, shes so sweet! I'm not really sure what I expected though? She was definately a mommy & daddys girl and woudn't even think about letting me or Curt hold her but hey, can ya blame a girl?! Atleast she aint gonna go to a stranger! haha 

I was SO nervous all night last night and this morning. Possibly more nervous than on my wedding day. Ridiculous, huh? Everything went great though! Evan and Courtney are so down to earth and Connor was PRECIOUS! Taught me that the "stool" next to the chair was an autimin NOT a stool, that Curt could NOT fit in his sandels and that he's give us Brenna if we'd let him have a toy truck (fair trade, right?). He made me laugh so much! We even went outside and played catch while Brenna took a bath! 

I hated them leaving and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna work on convincing them to move to Arkansas. Worth a try! hahaha. We figured out Illinios is only 6hrs away from here so we'll definately go see them soon. I doooo love road trips!  Brenna and Willie LOVED each other, Brenna would try to hold Wills hand and willie would smiiiiile big. Thinking SOMEONE has a crush (Willie)!

Willie Curtis-Drake; 7weeks 

I'm a mommy now!

I've been MIA  for a little over a month thaaaaats because I'm a mommy now!

Thursday May 23, 2013 I was admitted into UAMS to be induced at almost 41 weeks. After being in labor for 3 days I had my perfect baby boy; William Curtis-Drake Turner! At 19 3/4 inches long, 7lbs 10oz he was healthy as could be. Perfect tan complexion, head full of dark hair and big beautiful eyes.

They started the Pitocin Thursday afternoon but I wasn't dilating near as fast as they wanted and when they upped the speed of the drops coming out of my IV Willies heart-rate dropped so they kept having to slow it down then gradually speed it up. I got an epidural when my contractions started getting rough but it was only working on one side; whichever side I was laying on & it was very uncomfortable to lay on my back.

After three days and doing everything possible to have a vaginal delivery we had to do a c-section because I was too narrow. I had to be put to sleep instead of using the epidural because it was only numbing my right side. Luckily, by the grace of God everything came out great for everyone!

Seeing as how I'm planning to start writing a book here pretty soon, I doubt I'll be blogging too much. However, I plan on vlogging alot more from now on on my YouTube channel. Capturing our familys life on video will be so sweet to look back on, I still watch the first video Curt & I made together! :)

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