Giggles!!

James has been spending his evenings after dinner running and laughing with Jonathan. It's quite entertaining.

Splish Splash!!

We got James a pool for the summer. He took to it right away, and really enjoyed all the features, and splashing in the water. He was sad when it was time to go inside and dry off. He'll just have to wait until the next time.

Move Day

We managed to get ourselves moved from Hastings to the Dahlberg's quited smoothly and efficiently. We were very blessed to have so much help on the day of our move. We had about fifteen people helping us unload the house and load the truck. They were also great because they helped to clean the house out too, which saved me some time. We sent James to a friends house for the morning because he was helping too much.

Here is our house filled with our things.

Ruth busy vacuuming. It was taking her a very long time to vacuum because it was moving easily. After she was almost finished we realized it was on the wrong setting.

Here are most of our helpers. They look like they are working really hard.

Here are few that are working.

Lunch time.

Saying bye to some friends.

Goodbye house.

Hello temporary home. We have all our boxes in the basement and the rest of our furniture in a storage unit. We are pretty settled now, and have all adjusted to our new home. Its been a smooth transition. James enjoys seeing his grandparents daily, and now gets very excited when they've been away, and return. They are also great babysitters! They watched him so we could go out for our anniversary the other night. We are enjoying our temporary home.

15 Months.

Not to much here, just pics of James playing. He is getting settled in his new home and is starting to sleep better again. He is busy trying to say new things. His latest word is baby. He also finds it lots of fun to drop or throw something and say uh-oh.

Fun at the Park

James has been having lots of fun this spring at the park with his friends. He enjoys running everywhere and exploring. He has no sense of fear or edges and tries to climb on and off of everything.

Going down the slide is always big fun!

This is James with his buddy Eli.

These are all 6 babies at our church in Hastings that are 1. There is Silas, Sophia, John Andrew, Jesse, James, and Eli. They are fun bunch of kids that enjoy chasing each other and climbing.

My Own Chair

James has been climbing on the furniture like a little monkey so he can sit. So we decided it was time for him to have something his own size.

We found him this recliner. He loves to climb in and out, up and down, and really enjoys sitting in it.
Now he can enjoy his own seat, complete with a cup holder. He can be ready for football season, and to kick back and relax.

SOLD!!!

We did it!! We survived our first home sale. After cleaning, staging, and trying to get everything ready for showings, setting up times for showings we sold our house after 3 days!! We had only two showings, but others set up. Of the two showings we got an offer. We countered, they accepted! Sold at 9:00pm last night.

God is good! His hand definitely played a part in all this to have our home sell so quickly. Its all in His timing and hands. What an answer to prayers, and a relief that we will not have to worry about selling our home as Jonathan starts his new job. We will certainly miss our first home, but I pray that God will lead us to another that will suit us just as well!

Preparation

Closets organized.

Toys picked up.

Fresh paint and everything in its place.

A 'For Sale' sign in the front yard.


Now all we need is the buyer. Everything has been prepared. Now we just need to be prepared to move and say goodbye when the time comes.

Easter

Easter this year was a wonderful day. It was a beautiful day filled with food, family, eggs and presents. The sun was shining and there was no wind. It was a great day to spend outside. James had fun with his new wagon and soccerball. It was nice to have both sets of grandparents here, and I managed to make my first holiday dinner. It came out pretty good!

First rides in the new wagon after his nap.

Here James is hunting for his eggs. He found two more the day after Easter, and was ready to eat the contents immediately.

James had fun outside in his Easter outfit.

I see a future soccer star in our midst!

Milk and Cookies

James was lucky enough too have his first oreo. He really enjoyed it. He seems to like oreos better than cake.

It was a lot of fun to dunk them in milk and fish out the pieces. It was also a good way to get him drinking some more milk. Now we just need to get him to drink it without cookies.