Peace in the Wilderness

Happy, Happy Birthday! This week my baby turned one, soon he won't want to be called baby anymore! This post I will be writing about JT's fist year and all the things he has learned as well as what I look forward to seeing him learn and our plans for the coming year. James is one, in the past year he has mastered crawling and learned to walk, he is pretty much running now, he mastered climbing the stairs and getting off the couch. He loves his blanky with the monsters on it, it goes everywhere.... He loves his morning snuggles and story time, he is learning to pick up his toys and he sometimes gets me a diaper when he needs it to be changed. He asks to be picked up and is trying to say words, he can sign please, more, and all done, he has also made his own sign for asking for something he wants (a play on the sign for want). He eats just about anything and drinks from a sippy cup. He has the cutest smile and belly laugh, he loves it when you chase him around, play peek-a-bo...

This week has been BUSY!   And when I say busy I mean; moving, planing a get-together for the weekend, harvesting, processing and canning about 50 quarts of apples (plus the many that we ate and didn't count) , processing the harvest of tomatoes, peppers, and some of the squash, truck troubles, adopting the dog from my in-laws, and taking care of my sickly baby. Moving- We have been blessed with the opportunity to take a job in a small town (just over an hour from our previous residence) , we spent about three days packing and moving stuff trying to unpack with each load we brought. Mixed into moving we realized that neglecting the garden would not be an option for the week. So, we harvested, we also picked the apples at the lake when we were there for labor day. So we are packing and moving and I have to process two milk crates of tomatoes and peppers, and two of cucumbers (thankfully I was able to give most of the cucumbers and some of the apples away!), and I ...