Miracle Transition

Before

After...

An army of paint brushes and ladders from the Paper Mill Ward

attacked the house for about 8 hours and transformed it!

As you can see, we moved the entryway to the bottom floor.

Last minute sorting, packing and rearranging...

We tucked extra things into corners for photo ops.

The completely flabbergasted realtor.We call this 3 women, ten minutes. Reva was shocked.

The Thevenins painted the bedroom for FHE. Reva sorted and packed with help.

Reva also sorted and packed toys, clothes and baby things with help.

And it's done on time!!!!

Movers come today.

We will sure miss them...

June in Atlanta

We have our own issues!

Lots of last chance babysitting...

cousin fun

7 months pregnant

A major fixer upper project!!

New Jersey

While I was waiting for the baby in New Jersey, I took advantage of being there and did some of my mother's genealogy. Didn't find anything spectacular, except for the farm of an ancestor, and the plaque mentioned in a previous blog.
I took pictures of books with my digital camera to use for future reference if needed.

And I played with Eli!!!!!

Grandma Goo

Here he is - # 8 grandchild! Are we ever blessed.

10 lbs. 2 oz.

Women stopped me in the hall to comment on me being the grandmother of the 10# baby.

'Thank you mama.'

Family of 4 now...

OK, so I teach Buddhism and they say that the Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, had the signs on him that denoted he would be either a great world leader or a great religious leader. One sign was that he had this circular, hat-like lump on his head, and I noticed that our baby had that too. It went away in a couple of hours.

Will our baby be a great leader?

Another sign was long earlopes and a wheel on his flat feet (creases?)
What sign does our baby have - other than gynormous feet for a baby?

And gynormous hands!

So sweet...

What great grandparent does he look like in this picture?

Yawn... All this talk is boring me.

Most typical view.

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And Nana can't wait to see him again!

Pre-funeral family fun

Levi enjoyed being able to move his hands and legs - perfect baby holder!

Michael hung out with his big boy cousins for a day. They played on a slip and slide and even taught him how to spit.

They are killing fire ants in this pic.

Jimbo found them a box turtle. Elisabeth named him Herman.


Peace.
The mode of transport.

It cuts grass too.

The better mode of transport. But watch out for crazy driving!

We checked out the new path in the woods.

The big room was for kids.

We managed to get everyone presentable for the funeral!

...continued in the post funeral post ->