Herbs..

Sunday afternoon I spent harvesting my herbs. They have grown like weeds :0 and gotten so big that I got out my clippers and chop chop went the herbs.
My home smells very herby..:)

and after being washed and bundled we hung them up to dry...

and a few left over pieces and loose leaves I dry on drying racks..

Herbs are my favorite part of gardening and bringing in the harvest!!

   

Diapers...

This post will be all about cloth diapers and plastic pants...with a few added things..

They are just the cutest things on baby bums..

 We have various plastic pants or covers here..
The green colored one above is a wrap style and the one above that is a plastic pants made locally.. .I LOVE them!!
Here is what they look like when they aren't on baby..

Here is a front view of them on baby..

I LOVE my kissaluv cloth diapers too!! They are snap diapers and so soft...and they look so cute on Kian Adley..

Kian Adley's diaper stash..

Micah and Gabby made peanutbutter cookies this past week and had fun doing some fun things with the dough..

This is baby Kian..

and my sweety baby..much cuter than his cookie..:):)

Kian Adley is 16 days old...
Often after he eats even after I have burped him he gets squirmy and fussy and acts like he needs burped again. He does this off and on all night and thruout the day..
He just isn't a happy baby boy..
Does anyone have any ideas on things I can try?? 
If i remember right with one of our other babies we gave them some drops that were for gassy babies and it seemed to help a bit. Could try that again..

Would love any tips any of you have??

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a nice Memorial Day Weekend. Saturday we ran some errands and hit a few garage sales. Sunday we went to home fellowship. It was nice coming back after awhile of being gone..
After we arrived home on Sunday afternoon the children had alot of fun running through the sprinkler..

ZaraLayna suntanning on the porch...

Monday we spent our day at a state park here in IN. We are exploring this great state every chance we get! We really do LOVE it here and want to see all the beautiful places it has to offer.

The lake..it was beautiful...

Josiah holding Kian Adley .....

Gabby is king..er..queen of the table...:)

My muddy big baby JaidenNoah...(we call them little baby; Kian Adley & big baby; JaidenNoah..)

My loverboy!! :)

Zeke teasing JaidenNoah....

The children swimming and having lots of fun...:)

Other recent pics...
Kian Adley nursing...

JaidenNoah posing for the camera...he is just so stinkin cute!!:)

One above is my dd Morgan-Britney who is 18 and is graduating this month..this is her casual graduation pic..She is a beautiful young lady inside and out!

   

Postpartum musings..

13 days postpartum today...for the last few nights as I lay in bed I can literally feel the spirit of despair come...this "thing" would love to be my friend but as I feel it I pray and I just do not allow myself to give in. I go over in my mind all the good things and why there is no good reason to feel this way or allow this to overtake me.
This is familiar to me..after my infant dd RuthAnne died despair visited me for the better part of two years. It was my friend and my enemy...but through it all I held onto the L-rd's hand and was able through His power and His word to push despair away and back where it came from.

I know the baby blues and know its normal after birth.. but I also know the tendency I could have to sink into a much deeper place and that's just not something Yeshua wants for me or that I want for myself!

Not just hormonal baby blues but the pain I have physically; the hurt caused by someone meant to help my body heal, and feeling so alone; all of it could easily drag me down into a pit..a pit too deep to climb out of for a good long time..

It means I have grown that I can recognize the enemy in all its forms..it means I am more His than I was..that I can know victory over defeat.. It means that I am no longer bound...I am unshackled..

Growth sneaks up on me until its smacking me right in the face and I see how obviously I have changed! I am different..that new man comes shining through...I am more content; more at peace; I trust more and have many new experiences in my experience box to draw from during times of testing and trial..experiences that prove my Saviour is true and faithful! Trials that show His goodness and that he alone provides..

Who is this woman? This is me; a new creature; the old is gone and now?? All things have become new!!

 

My sweety baby...

New pics of Kian Adley:

after his first bath..don't you just love his hair?? :)

his cord fell off at 3 days old..fast this time..

Our day on the trail!

We spent this past Sunday at a state park we had not been too! We were in the mood for exploring and getting to know more about the great state of Indiana!


We decided to walk one of the many trails. It was so beautiful and yes steep! It was hard walking up the steep hills 42 weeks pg..:) But we (I) did and it was so energizing and fun!
Here our some pics of the trail....

A lake on the trail..

JaidenNoah and the flowers the children picked..

another small lake on the trail..

an old schoolhouse..

Morgan at the play area in the park..

the children enjoyed rolling down the hill..:)

Zaralayna bringing her worm to show me..

and the big lake in the park; Sand Lake which we plan to swim at later this summer..

It was such a great day! I LOVE my family! There is nowhere I would rather be then with them!