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| On Dec 24, we added our newest Derby Family member, Paul Robert Derby! | | | |
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Our children all seem to look the same when they come out! Can you guess which baby is which?
I think that the blue gives away the third one! They are actually in order of birth. The first picture is Hope, the second picture is Grace and the third one is Paul. Their daddy sure has enjoyed them! (So has their Mommy). The big sisters are enjoying their new brother as well. Hope always wants to hold him. Grace looks at him and says, "Baby cying." Translation: baby crying. She must think that babies only cry, even though he doesn't cry that much!
The birth went pretty well. Paul was positioned poorly so it took a ton of energy to push him out. Still it was only a 7 hour labor (it would have been 4 if he was positioned right!). He was my first home birth and it went very well. The midwives were great and helped a ton! John got our room ready in the farmhouse and did an awesome job. It was my own birth suite. We have been on hold for the past few weeks with work on the house as we waited for the baby. Now John will finish mudding and sanding and we are just about ready for a painting party! We are hoping to get a bunch of people together to prime and paint the whole house (or at least paint all the ceilings...I may not have all the colors picked out for all the walls yet). After that we will most likely be having our cabinet maker get started on the kitchen. After that we need to get flooring down and we should be in the house! It all depends on finances now as we are committed to doing this project all on cash. John is out job searching so keep us in your prayers that he would get a job that is a blessing to him, to us, and to the company/person.
