Home Sweet Home

Praise the Lord we arrived back home to Botswana on Saturday, October 23. Our passport arrived quicker than we had expected which was such a blessing. Here are some great friends we had at the guest house as we awaited Bradyn’s arrival.

There were 5 of us ladies waiting to deliver. The first 3 of us have all  had our babies, the last 2 are still waiting until early to mid-November. We were called “The Big 5”

Taylor and her friend Judah

Taylor and her friend Abigail making brownies

Bradyn Hunter Turner

Our beautiful baby boy, Bradyn Hunter Turner, arrived on October 12 at 1:30pm weighing 8lbs 4oz and 19 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing well and were able to come home from the hospital on Friday.

Our humble abode

We are currently in Johannesburg, South Africa awaiting the soon soon soon arrival of our little one. We thought we’d give you a glimpse into where we are staying for about a month as we deliver the baby and wait on all of the necessary paperwork. We have 2 bedrooms with a kitchenette connecting the bedrooms. Taylor calls this our “vacation house” and loves life right now because there is a playground right outside of our door.

This is the view as you walk into our front door with the kitchenette and the 2 bedrooms off of that. A little tight, but it works :)

The view from our front door. Yep, a playground, every childs dream!

The playground

Taylor has mastered climbing to the top of the slide by herself and sliding down. She has quite a few friends to play with here too, so that has been so nice.

Funny faces with Daddy

As we were waiting for lunch the other day, Taylor and Daddy decided to get the camera out and do some funny faces to pass the time away. Thought they were too cute to not show off.

Montecasino

As we wait for baby boy’s arrival, we have been trying to do some things that are not available where we live in Botswana. We have been able to eat at McDonald’s (the closest one to us in Botswana is about 3 hours away), take Taylor to some fun play parks, and yesterday we visited a place called the Montecasino. This place looks sort of like a castle and has shopping, eating, an arcade, and a really fun bird arena. We all have had so much fun the last few days as we’ve been passing the time waiting patiently.

Brent and Taylor with an African Grey bird

Feeding the birds sweet nectar

This is part of the grounds at the Montecasino in the bird area that we could walk through

Red Ibis bird

Playing at the arcade. Taylor had such a blast as you can see from her face.

Delivery date

We have finally made it to Johannesburg, South Africa and are awaiting the arrival of our little guy. We visited the doctor yesterday and he set the c-section date for Tuesday, October 12. We are so excited to meet him! The doctor said that he is already about 7 lbs 11oz and that he looks to be very healthy. Please pray for us in our last few days of trying to get things together and for mommy, daddy, and Taylor as we get ready to adjust to the newest member of the family. We’ll keep you updated on any new news!