Where will we be?

As a lot of you know, match day is coming ! This means that in one week from today we will know where we will be living for the next 3 years! This is both an exciting and sad time! I am trying to look ahead, but can't help my aching heart when I think about leaving Des Moines! I have been so blessed to have met the girls I met here, and to have entered motherhood with them, I will never forget this time! My eyes are FILLED with tears just writing about them!
Onto topic number two, my sister and I decided to start a little side business....I am so excited about it, and I can't wait to show everyone what we have been working on! For those of you in Des Moines I will be having a little home show/ open house sometime soon, and I will keep you posted on a date!
Our children....Eliza is a little over 3 and doing wonderful, she is full of energy, and growing like a weed! This is something we are not used to, in fact at her 3 year check she was on the charts (her first time since she was born) she was in the 4th percentile! Adeline is really showing us more of her fiesty personality everyday, it is quite funny, but can also be quite trying! We love both of them to pieces and are so blessed to have them! Landry, despite being sick for the last month, is also doing wonderful! He is loving life more and more as he learns new things and figures this world out! I will hopefully be posting some new pics soon, once our internet gets a little quicker! As for now, just a quick update!

a little glimpse....

I cannot begin to fill everyone in on the Judd's last few months......crazyness is really all I can say! I feel like we haven't stopped, and then when we do we are just thinking and discussing all of the things that need to take place in the next 6 months! Overwhelming to say the least, but God is good! Simple as that!

Soooo, our summer! In May we went to Indiana for a month, for Dan's rotation in emergency medicine. We had a wonderful visit, and Dan realized that he found a new love for medicine, and it was not family practice(prior to this, he was planning on family practice, but disliked it when he did it!) Since then he has changed his career path, and is now pursuing emergency medicine, which is wonderful, and I am so happy that he is happy, but also puts a spin on things to say the least! Now, as I write this, Dan is fixing things in the house, painting, cleaning, decluttering, etc.......and the list goes on, b/c our house is going on the market! There are no emergency programs in Des Moines, and we won't know where we are headed until Feb! We are also leaving in two days for another month to Indiana. Dan will be dropping me and the girls off at my sister's, and he will continue on a few more hours to do another audition at a hospital in Kalamazoo, MI! I am excited to see family, and spend time with them, and I know that the girls are excited to have constant playmates! In addition, my cousin Rachel is getting married on Septmeber 10th! We are so happy for her and Nathan, and cannot wait to celebrate this wonderful occasion!

This is a random collection of pics from this summer, and some of our festivities, although I have to admit, I have not been the greatest at taking pics this summer!

# 3 is on the way to the Judd house!

We are officially going to be a family of 5! We couldn't be happier that God decided to bless us again! Psalm 127 : 3-5 says, Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children are a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate.

My life applications says: Too often children are seen as liabilites rather than assets. But the Bible calls children a heritage from the Lord, a reward. We can learn valuable lessons from their inquisitive minds and trusting spirits. Those who view children as a distraction or a nuisance should instead see them as an opportunity to shape the future. We dare not treat children as an inconvenience when God values them so highly. I JUST LOVE THIS!! SO TRUE!!

The baby will be due the end of October!

Ice skating with Daddy!

Eliza LOVED this! Dan was going a little fast for me, but she just wanted more! Now she runs from one end of the house to the other, and goes,"almost fast!" Maybe next year she can get some skates of her own!

Eliza has another new favorite...driving, although this has caused a tantrum every time I put her in her carseat! She wants to drive all the time, even when we are really driving! I told her today that she can't drive until she is 16 years old, and she yelled back at me, "but Liza's 2 olds!" I said exactly....so you can't drive yet! The next two pics are at wee worship, a music class we go to every wednesday! Eliza and Adeline really like it, and I love getting to share time with other moms, we both get a lot out of it!

Cookies for Daddy!

Eliza really just liked to eat the sprinkles and icing.....big surprise! She decorated one, and at it just as fast! She also shared all of her goods with Bauer of course, no wonder he loves her so much!

Winter fun.....clothes basket rides!

Taking rides in the clothes basket is becoming a favorite for both of the girls....and a workout for me! Honestly at this point anytime I can find something to keep them happy indoors, I am happy! I also will be happy when this snow slows down and melts! As you can see Adeline is learning to fight back to her big sister! I think people think I am crazy for saying this, but I cannot wait until she fights back all the time! I would rather be disciplining two girls than worried about one getting tackled allll the time!