Fall swims, car trips and folding laundry

I'm on the ball with my post this week. :) Last Thursday, I snapped a few photos while James, Tania and I showed our rebellious side by swimming on the first official day of fall! (For those of you who might be worried that it was too cold for James... the water was only a little cooler than it's been all summer.)

Friday evening we drove to Spartanburg, SC to spend the weekend checking out the area and to start looking for neighborhoods where we might want to rent/buy. It was a very productive weekend. Jim's new boss and his wife spent most of their Saturday giving us a personal driving tour of Spartanburg and the surrounding area, which really helped us get a bettter feel for the area. After this trip, I feel much more at peace about the move. It's definitely different than what we're used to, so it may take some getting used to before it feels like home, but I reminded myself that Michigan was different at first too, and we ended meeting some of our best friends up there. So God has a plan for this season too.

In James' news, I forgot to share last time that he is officially sitting up on his own now! It happened all of a sudden. For the last month and a half, he's been getting stronger and stronger, and we'd noticed that he had decent stability front-to-back, but his lateral stability was a little shaky. Then I took him to his 6 month checkup (he was actually closer to 7 months then), and she asked me if he could sit on his own or if he still needed minimal support. I told her that he still needed very minimal support, and then when she was examining him, she let him sit alone for a few seconds just to see how he could do, and to my surprise, he sat steadily completely on his own! (I was thinking... "when did you learn to do that, James?"!! Haha!)

As of last Sunday, he's offically 7 months old, and I can hardly believe how fast the time is flying. People are already asking me when we'll be thinking about number 2! Oh dear! Let me have at least a year with my boy before I start thinking about another one!! Ultimately the timing is up to God.

Well... that's all for now folks. Enjoy the photos!

Jim, Ally & James

Sleeping in the car on the way to Spartanburg. He loves to sleep with his neck cocked like that. I would have the biggest crick in my neck!

Helping mommy fold the laundry.

A Baby Divided...

So, today's title will make more sense as you scroll through the pictures. (No, we're not pulling a King Solomon and cutting James in half so each Grandmother gets a piece.)

Well... it's been a month and a half since my last post. I know... I know... those of you who've been waiting for pictures were in suspense for weeks. But the wait is finally over! I'm so behind on posting pictures that this time I decided to make collages with all of them so I didn't have to upload 25 individual photos!

The last month has been crazy... we've had our ups... and our downs, but mostly ups! :) The house showing is going... well... it's going. We went through a slump of about 3 weeks where we didn't have a single buyer look at it. This last week it finally picked back up a little, we had showing last Friday and another one on Monday, so there's hope.

In the midst of it all, we've been busy! We helped move Uncle Tim into his new place in Auburn (wow... I'm getting old!). We had a Labor Day visit from Pa G., Nana, Aunt Lauren, Aunt Ginny and a surprise guest (see photos below). James went to his first pre-game experience at Tech complete with lunch at the Varsity and a walk down by the Stadium (craziness!). James and I went to Tallahassee for a very overdue rest for this worn out mommy and got to see BigDad, Grandmom and Aunt Sara. We visited his Granny (my Grandmama) on the way down. Then We stopped by Auburn on the way home to take uncle Tim and cousin Chelsey out to lunch at- you guessed it- Momma Goldberg's, and I didn't miss the opportunity to finally get James some AU attire! (WAR EAGLE!) Last Saturday he spent the morning in his GT onsie and the evening in his AU jersey and cap.

This weekend we're headed to Spartanburg, SC to look around, get familiar with the area, and look at housing options. Please continue to pray for us as we seek God's will for us in this relocation.

Thanks so much for your prayers and support.

Love from us all,

Jim, Ally & James

And now... the moment you've all been waiting for... NEW PHOTOS OF JAMES!!!!