Rattlesnake Creek – On the Horizon Line

Parenting, Pregnancy, Reflections on Life

Meet Talon Randall Roberts

Talon Randall Roberts reached into the world with a hand wide open, ready to catch his parents’ hearts. Our little dude arrived on August 14th at 12:44 pm, weighing in at 6.9 lbs and 19.5 inches long after a 12-hour labor at the Missoula Birth Center. Although his passport won’t show it, Talon has already visited Tonga, New Zealand, Thailand, Myanmar and several choice spots in the Pacific Northwest. Check him out:

Day 3: Talon’s first visit to Rattlesnake Creek.
Day 1: Being born ain’t no picnic. Day 6: Still a tiny peanut.

Day 4: Just chillin’.Day 7: A week-old birthday party with his new friends, Everett and Dawson.
A lot of sleeping to celebrate their first play date.The carseat that swallows Mr. T. Day 2: Daddy is comfy. Day 2: Figuring life out.Day 3: Welcome to Montana, kiddo.

Pregnancy

Belly Love – Photo Montage of the Baby Bump by a Creek

Uncertain abundance. The phrase kept repeating itself in the cobwebs between sleep and wake last night. It captures our summer so aptly: ripe and potent, tenuous and vague. Sands shifting beneath our feet. Waves of love lapping at our toes.

Uncertain abundance. This last month of pregnancy is ringed with the unknown. The baby could come today, tomorrow, in three weeks. His eyes and ears and fingers and toes will uncover us in ways we can’t yet understand.

Uncertain abundance. A belly rising above the water. A baby in a garden of glacial rocks. A mound of life growing near trees, mountains, and green streams.

Photos taken by Rob Roberts at Rattlesnake Creek in Missoula.

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