Wow! It's been forever. We're all alive and loving our new house. Someday I'll post pictures or a video tour or something of the house, but for now, words will have to do because I know if I start trying to add photos I will get all distracted.
Emma updates:
-officially pacifier free since the week we moved into our house. She lost her last remaining pacifier a few days after we moved and I refused to buy any more. While she was sleeping we looked frantically for it so we could just throw it away but didn't find it for about a week--Emma had put it in Grandma's jacket pocket while they were on a walk and Grandma just didn't wear her jacket. Eventually it was discovered (by Grandma) and disposed of at the grocery store trash can (so Emma would find it in the trash). She used to ask for it ALL the time, but now she really only mentions it at bedtime in her prayers "help me sleep no paci, paci all gone"
-has broadened her movie repertoire. She used to only watch Frozen, but now we've added Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and Cars to her acceptable list. We're hoping to add more Pixar movies soon. She's also willing to watch more than just Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood!!! Somewhere she was introduced to Mickey Mouse so she loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and then discovered Octonauts and Doc Mcstuffens. She only watches those three shows on the Disney Jr App on our Apple TV, so she only gets about 3-5 episode options a week and several of the shows are super old (like, 2008) so I'm not even sure if those shows still are airing... but she loves them.
-Emma LOVES to be a helper. She gets upset if we do things that she knows to do-like setting the table. She loves to put the plates and forks on the table and is always upset if we do that job. She is GREAT at cleaning up and sings "clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere, clean up, clean up everybody everywhere" over and over again!
-she's FINALLY doing well in nursery again! She had a really hard time adjusting to our new ward. After being there a few weeks they *finally* split it into two nurseries which made things SO much better. There had been upwards of 20 kids in nursery and it was so chaotic. Now there are less than 10 kids in her class each week and it is so nice. We've also discovered it is great if Chris drops her off!
-similarly, she is doing great when I drop her off at the childcare at the gym. The week of the move I dropped her off at so many friends houses that she got really really clingy and had a hard time being left anywhere. She had a rough time the first few weeks back to the gym, but she is doing great now and gets excited and happy to see her friends and teachers there.
Other updates:
I got a calling at church this past week- I teach Relief Society once a month. Right now I'm on the schedule to teach 4th Sunday which is the "Teaching for our Time" lesson aka, a General Conference talk. They are also short a 3rd Sunday teacher, so I could be switched to that lesson depending on what the other teacher they end up calling is more comfortable with. Doesn't really matter to me much.
We LOVE our house! We're pretty much settled but my craft room is still an empty room (with lots of craft stuff in the closet). I think I finally picked out what craft table I want, so now I just have to decide if it really is what I want, and then order it!
We're getting settled into our new routines. We found a new library to go to for story time, and the few times we've been now we have LOVED. Emma got a certificate and free book for completing the San Antonio Public Library Summer Reading Challenge! She was one of the first kids to turn her reading log in so we got to pick a great book! We're also LOVING the new grocery store we go to-it's bigger and has a great selection of stuff
