A few weeks ago I moved Molly and Hank and all their beds and stuff into our room, the biggest room, to see how it would go.... It didn't. Haha! Hank napped and the whole time he was asleep Molly begged me to be able to go in and play with her toys. Well, of course she couldn't as I cherish Hank's nap so much and that would certainly have woken him up. And at night they just kind of fed off of each other's energy and took WAY longer than usual to settle down and sleep. So although I was excited to have a little nursery for new baby boy of his own, it just didn't work, and Molly is in back in her own little room, Hank back in his own little room, and I've carved out a corner in our room for Luke to have his crib and changing table, and it will just work! Honestly, the amount of time John and I (don't) spend in our room during the day, it basically makes it a perfect space for Luke to have. SO, small house problems aside, everything is just cozy and perfect and we're almost ready for his arrival!
My sweet, sweet friends from church and small group are hosting a baby shower for us in november and I can't wait to celebrate little Luke's impending arrival with them all! After our first baby, I've always felt like baby showers for all other kids might be seen as extravagant or unnecessary, but all of my friends have told me, nonsense! If loved ones want to throw a shower and give gifts and eat yummy treats and laugh and chat about a new baby to come, then so be it! Bask in it! Babies are worth the fuss:) I do truly feel blessed by God with the friends he has placed in my life this past year through joining our new church.
John is gearing the farm up for winter...come Novemeber we will be selling all our calves that we recently weaned from their mamas, and that will leave us with our herd of pregnant mamas to care for over the winter. And then they have their babies in the cozy east Texas spring. So things are going as planned and all the rain we just had will certainly green up the farm and make for a lovely fall.
Here's our October so far in a recap of photos.... there were a lot of summer vibes still going strong, hence Hank in the castle sucking on a popsicle! And we ushered in fall by buying mums and pumpkins. We had two really fun fall festivals, one in downtown MV and one in Atlanta that we attended with all of John's family.
