on a roll

Tristan has changed so much in his seventh month! The biggest development is that he is cutting three teeth....THREE. Now I'm just waiting on that fourth one to poke through, won't that be fun? Actually he is doing really well with teething and is just a little grumpy. Tristan is also saying "mama" but will only say it when he is tired or upset. He can also self feed now, yesterday he was sitting happy as a clam in his high chair eating yogurt bites all by himself! As I write this he is trying to climb up the stairs and yesterday he started pulling up on things and climbing onto anything within reach. He can push himself into a sitting position but will not crawl yet. I guess he is so efficient at scooting that he doesn't see the need to crawl. It is kind of funny to see him with teeth and pulling up on things when he hasn't crawled yet. Maybe crawling will come during the 8th month :)

A Lesson in Faith

Sometimes you feel like you are never going to get a break. Sometimes life gets harder instead of easier and sometimes you feel like you want to just give up. But, somehow it always seems like when these moments come God nudges me and reminds me to have faith. He has always taken care of us and we have never wanted for the essentials. We have never resorted to fighting and bickering with each other or with family because of the stress. God has kept us together as a family unit to get through tough times together and our extended family has always been a bigger blessing to us than they will ever know. I had to tell myself earlier this week to take a leap of faith. Our apartment HAS to be sublet and Jake HAS to start his job in South Carolina on the 22nd. So, we took the leap knowing that God would provide and rented a storage unit, moving van, and paid the deposit on an apartment. A guy is coming today to fill out the application to take our lease. Us moving depends on him passing the application process. But, even though it is all up in the air I know in my heart that if for some reason he doesn't pass the application that it will be okay and someone WILL come along to take our lease. Even if we don't move this weekend I feel like I have learned a valuable lesson. I know that when I get stressed out and feel like there is no hope I am just being silly. God doesn't leave His people, He takes care of them even if taking care of them means teaching us to rely on him by giving us hard situations to get through.

moving on

Thats right, soon we will be moving! Our destination will be Greenville, SC and I am excited to find a new place to call home. Of course it will be sad leaving family and friends and we are moving further away from my parents, but the opportunity really is too good to pass up. As a family we have prayed that God would give Jake a job that would take us to a better place financially and also a job that would help advance Jake's career and give him more opportunities. After many many months a position in Greenville opened up at the PD and they really like Jake and have offered him the job. Can't say how excited we all are as a family! Jakes dad does live in Greenville and of course my brother and sister in law are near Charlotte so they will be close by. I will probably try to blog a little bit more in order to keep grandparents and friends updated once we move out of town and of course there will always be lots of pictures of Tristan on facebook for you all to see him grow. We are going apartment shopping this weekend and if we can get someone to lease our apartment in Durham then we will be moving around the end of this month!