August and September Days

This September started out quite warm, which I was happy about. There were days in the high 90's. I love warm weather. It has finally started to cool off, which is sad, but that's life. 

We'll start with this weirdly edited photo. I kind of like how it looks though. 

Judah's one month picture. 

I grew a lot of orange cosmos this year, and I have really enjoyed their bright blossoms. 

Judah had real bad baby acne at first. It's mostly cleared up now.

I drew another picture with a Bic pen.

This might be my favorite; although, I really like the horse picture. 

If you look straight into our backyard, you might think we live in the woods. Sadly they are all gone now because of cold nights, but I loved hearing all the cicadas out here in the summer. 

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One Month with Judah

Well, I was going to make this post for August 28th, but I clearly didn't. Here are some pictures since Judah has been with us.

One of the hardest things about postpartum for me is missing out on dance parties. I love to dance with my family.

Micah just loves holding his baby brother. 

A family picture. Hehe!

The Night Before Judah was Born

The afternoon before Judah was born, we headed to the creek for the evening. I was not in labor at all. No contractions or nothin.' We had a great time like usual, and I never suspected anything would happen. A couple hours after getting home and getting the kids to bed, my water broke. That had never happened to me before, so it was very weird, and I still wasn't sure if I was in labor. I still had no contractions for at least another hour and a half. Finally they started up, and we decided to go to the hospital. After dropping the kids off with some friends, we headed to the hospital. Judah was born speedily. It was a total of five hours from when my water broke to when Judah was born. I am very thankful for that. 

Anyway, here are the pictures I took on our last creek trip before Judah was born. 

Jacob and I built this dam/wading pool. Picking up lots of heavy rocks may have helped things start up.

Some Pictures from Before Judah was Born

Garden flowers

Taliya and Jacob on a walk in our neighborhood. 

Taliya's 4th birthday.

Jacob took this picture

And this picture. : )

My grandma got Taliya Duplos for her birthday. Both of the kids have loved them. 

Our backyard does not drain well. 

I love my flowers.

My last solo trip to the creek. It was beautiful.