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Saturday was an eventful day.

My dear friend, Jean Marie, came over for most of the day to take our family/maternity

pictures.  We had such a great time.  We just chilled around the house, experimenting with

different photo ideas.  We even took a nap!  Then we headed to our local train station for

some outdoor pictures, got rained out, and headed to dinner.

After dinner, Jean went home, and then everything changed.

I went to the bathroom and noticed some spotting.  After texting with my midwife some,

and spotting a little more, we decided it would be best if we went to the hospital.  We'd much

rather be safe than sorry.

Long story-short: I was dehydrated, causing contractions, which likely caused irritation to

my cervix, which caused the spotting.  My water had not broken (praise the Lord) and Phoenix

was totally fine.  I convinced them I could drink enough water and they didn't feel the need

to give me an IV (if you know me, you know how happy that made me, and how willing I was

to CHUG water if necessary).  They gave me some meds to stop the contractions, and after

about 3 hours of being there I was free to go home!

So now, as you can imagine, I'm keeping track of my water intake and watching my caffeine

intake as well.  I absolutely do not want to go through that again.  I'm looking forward to at

least 3 more weeks with this baby inside me!!  Hopefully longer, if that's what she needs.

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Jean has been posting pictures on her facebook photography page, and I will definitely

be sharing more on my blog when I have them!!!

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Remember me working on a sweater for Phoenix's little friend?  Well that's

it pictured above!  With Georgia's current favorite book.  That was our gift

to bring for Leah's baby shower.  I love personal gifts, and seeing as I made

the sweater, and that's G's favorite book, this one felt very personal and it

meant a lot that Leah liked it!

Leah's baby is due just 15 days before Phoenix, that's why I call her Phoenix's

little friend :D it's so fun to be pregnant with a friend!  I've been blessed with

someone close in due date through both of my pregnancies.

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Sweet little girlies, having a blast at Serenity's party!

Georgia is exactly 10 months older than Serenity (in the mint suit), and

Serenity is almost a month older than Maddie (Georgia's cousin).  Such

precious girls!  Can you tell Georgia and Maddie had been enjoying their

cake just before this? ;)

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Smiling baby Wolf.  I did his newborn pictures on Tuesday and

it went really well!  Probably the easiest newborn shoot I've had.

He was very content and easy.  And his family is just wonderful.

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We had a great "first day of summer" this year!!

Back in May, I had mentioned to Ben that I really wanted to plan a surprise

something for Jean's birthday, but since I had time, I didn't act on it right away.

Not even 2 weeks later, Becca messages me with the exact same idea.  Fantastic!

So, we got to planning... and long story-short, we pulled it off!  We surprised Jean

with some of her best friends at the beach, went for pizza, went back to the beach,

and then got ice cream to top it all off.  It really was a great day.

I fully intended on getting a lot more pictures, but the water and conditions were

so perfect, I just had to get in.  And I don't normally get in the water.  It was great

to enjoy the (very unusually-flat) ocean with our friends.

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Leah and I are only 2 weeks apart!  She's due with their first baby (also a girl)

15 days before I'm due with Phoenix.  It has been fun being pregnant with friends

through both of my pregnancies so far!  I can't wait to see Phoenix and their baby

grow up together.  Too fun!!

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Thankfully, Jean asked to get a picture before we ALL went home (we really

should've gotten a group shot earlier).  I just adore these girls and had so much

fun planning this whole thing with Becca!!!  LtoR: me, Jean Marie and Becca

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Ben had another fight on Saturday!  We have an awesome group of

friends (like-family) and family that came out to support Ben and our

friend, Calli, who was also fighting!  We're all so proud of them!

Many thanks to Calli's dad for these two pictures!

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Georgia and I picked up Ben from work so that he could go to his weigh-in for

his fight the next day!  It was nice to be able to spend some extra time with Daddy.

We had to wait a little while at the weigh-in, so Miss Calli was letting Georgia play

on her phone :)  Georgia was starting to go a little stir crazy :P

I didn't have my camera with me on Friday, so these were all taken with Ben's phone.

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Our second day at the music festival consisted of much nicer weather.

A little chilly, actually!  I wore my jacket at least half of the day.

Georgia loved watching and talking to the chickens and peacocks.

In the first pic she's saying "Hi bah!" (hi bird)

Bottom pic is the three of our "group" that are currently pregnant!

32 weeks, 13 weeks and 11 weeks! :)

We have more pregnant friends, but they weren't there this year.

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We had a great time at Ashlynn's 3rd birthday party!

It was extremely windy that day.  I even lost my balance a few times.

Georgia loved the Hudson's new doggy :)

She also thoroughly enjoyed her yummy cupcake!

Happy birthday, Ashlynn!

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I am so behind in my posting!

Ben and I shot a wedding this weekend... ^ their wedding, to be exact ;)

Andrew and Anna were a really wonderful couple to work with.

Anyways, I was completely exhausted afterwards, then we had our nieces

birthday party the next day, and I've just stayed behind in posting since.  BUT, I've

got a photo for each day.  I just have to post them all :)  Very soon, I promise!

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Some child friends of ours (including Ben's 6 younger siblings) put on a play

of Pilgrim's Progress all on their own, and on Saturday, we got to see it!

We were very impressed with everyone's performance, they did a wonderful job!

Afterwards, Georgia thoroughly enjoyed playing with her Aunt Provi and Aunt Beri.

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Saturday was David's 2nd birthday!  We celebrated with family by taking a train ride and

enjoying a picnic at the park!  It was a fun day and I think David had a wonderful birthday.

Next to David are his "state" cousins, Virginia and Georgia :)

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I have been craving cheese grits from Aunt Catfish's for a couple weeks

now. Due to various reasons, I really thought I was going to die yesterday if I

didn't get some.  So, my Dad texted me and offered to take Georgia and I for

lunch the today, and we invited Jean to come along with us!

We ate lots of cheese grits, saw dolphins and birds, and enjoyed the rather brisk

air and one another's company today.  I'm so thankful for my family and friends!

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Georgia's already trying to be a little mat rat.  She gets on the mat

whenever I'm not watching and loves to watch everyone roll.

She sat on the mat, and Mr. Mark came over to sit near her to make

sure she wouldn't get hit, and then she saw him and scooted closer to

him :) she is such a good listener and loves to hear people speak!

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I attended Anna's bridal shower yesterday, after meeting with her about shooting her wedding next

month!  I am so excited for her and super stoked to shoot her wedding.

Here we have the bride-to-be, her grandmother, and her 6 week old niece.

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Yesterday was Grandad Brower's funeral, so I really didn't have my camera on me to get

pictures. But, I did snap this one with Ben's phone of Georgia and her friend, Serenity (who is

exactly 10 months younger than Georgia), who unintentionally matched yesterday!