Introducing Turner Kail Boone

Cornbread has finally arrived!

Turner was born on September 23 at 2:38 in the afternoon. He weighed 6 lbs and 6 oz and was 19" long. Both he and his mother came through the labor process very well and are happy and healthy.

We spent a couple of days in the hospital and of course had lots of family come by.

Turner in the arms of Poppop. Turner really likes his pacifier.

Turner at three days old.

Mom and baby recovering the day after delivery.

We were all able to return home on Thursday and have been resting and staying up nights since!

The nursery

This is the big unveiling of our newly finished nursery. We are only three weeks away from the big event and now his room is ready. K's doctor visit this week was again encouraging. Everybody is healthy, but there is no activity to indicate that the baby is coming yet. My guess is that we will have to wait at least the full three weeks. (K doesnt want to hear that!)

The house exterior

Continuing on with our new-ish house:

Here's the front

This is the garage. I am proud of the fact that I built the workbench, pegboard, and shelving that you see.And finally, here's the backyard.

The house

I had a request to put up some pictures of the house that we moved into in June.

The living room

The dining room

The kitchen Heading upstairs, the master bedroomThe master bath

The spare bedroom

And the bonus room

Another crazy Wednesday night

Yep, real crazy. Our major activities were walking the dog and eating some fake chicken.

We only have five weeks left and K's doctor visit went well this week. She starts going every week now. They think that the baby's head is in the down position and all of the moving that he is doing is a good sign. For Turner. It's pretty annoying for K.

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Chloe says hello. Please come out and play.

Why Cornbread Nation?

We have been asked why the blog is labeled Cornbread Nation. The best answer is that we really like cornbread. The reality is that "Cornbread" is the name that my dad gave to our baby many months ago (it was going to be "Cornmuffin" if he was a girl). So at this point Cornbread and Turner are pretty much interchangeable in the Boone household.

If you look up "Cornbread Nation" in a search engine you will find that there is a book by that name and a CD. We like those products too and recommend them to all of our friends.

Welcome once again to Cornbread Nation.

Turner's newest cousin, Bailey

THIS IS NOT OUR BABY.

With that out of the way, here are pictures of our newest niece, Bailey Kathryn Yang. She was born on August 22 to Kristen's sister, Lauren, and her husband, Nathan. We were excited to go to Concord and meet the newest addition to the family this past Saturday.

Kristen getting some practice.

Poppop, the proud new great grandfather. This makes ten great grandkids for him, with Turner on the way!