Pedal!

Today we were in the driveway playing and the neighbor boys came over (Jackson and Taylor). Sophia and James love playing with the boys. They had their bikes today. Sophia was watching the boys ride their bikes. She told us she wanted her tricycle so we got it out for her and she hopped on and with a little push, she started pedaling!!! She pedaled all around the driveway. We were very excited. She's funny though because as soon as the boys left, she went back to using her feet to push it along. Silly girl.

Housing update: things are going smoothly. I don't remember is I updated everyone but we bought a new house. It has plenty of bedrooms (5-6 - any visitors?), a playroom for the kids, full basement with pool table, poker table, and bar, exercise room, etc. The kitchen has lots of room and two seperate sinks (one for vegetables at one area of the kitchen and then one double regular sink by the window) so I am excited for that. Inspections are done and they went well. Expected repairs are needed on our current house, no surprises were reported. Our new house had a good inspection too with a few things that won't take long to get fixed by an electrician or plumber. We still have to negotiate on those items but I do not anticipate it being too bad. Let's pray that everything keeps going smoothly. I have lists galore of things to do. I even have a list of plants that I liked here at our current house so I can buy new and plant them at the new house. Can you believe that there are no maple trees planted at the new house?! I believe they have all River Birch and White Pines. I am going to need a maple tree that blooms yellow in the fall and a Colorado Blue Spruce.

Jim is working a lot this month. I hope he is getting enough rest. He had to do a lot of trades to be off dates in August and it just so happened that they all fell in July. He is doing well so far. Jim seems to have a good attitude most of the time and he hasn't lost it yet. I hope that doesn't change by the time he is finished working all of his shifts.

Let's see, James is the only one I haven't updated. He is cute and rotten at the same time :) He loves his school bus and if you try to play with him with it he will scowl at you. He is walking and climbing very well. He signs 'more' and 'want' when he needs something. He says daily: done, down, up, hi, Dad, high, no, yeah. He is started to get a better accuracy with pointing to pictures and is attempted to name pictures or say parts of a story now. He's so cute. Mostly though he is spoiled and Mama's/Sophia's Boy. What more can you ask for!