I am writing, and determined to remain a frequent update...r, and begin writing for fun again. It's ridiculous that I write so little nowadays.
So, some updates!
August: Alex decided to move to Ohio. As many probably know, getting a job here is pretty difficult. Yeah. Everything kept falling through and it was getting a little frustrating. I prayed that if God wanted Alex out here that He would open the doors the should be opened and shut the ones that should be shut. I just kept seeing a lot of doors being shut :( But then, while visiting him at his moms in Indiana, we began to talk about the police academy. We all got excited about the idea, and he decided to look into it - right then. Within a day he had his short application in, and by the end of the week had his physical, background check, etc. all turned in. My man was on top of things! He came here in the beginning of the month and we found an apartment (where he will live for now, and Em and I will live after the wedding.) We found an apartment that weekend and he got it right away.
The same weekend we found the apartment a tree fell on our house (moms house)! So me, mom, and Emmy are now living in a hotel, where we will be for an estimated 30 more days.
Alex moved out here by the 15th of August :) Now, I must mention that Alex and I, by ourselves, loaded ALL of his stuff from his storage unit into a moving truck and moved it out to Ohio. Thankfully Justin helped out once we got home - but my goodness, who knew this little girl had such strong muscles!? I think it's all the toddler lifting I do on a daily basis.
Having Alex here has been amazing. Emery knows that he is "special" and is already calling him daddy... well, "Dabby," "Dada," or "Dappy." It's the most adorable thing. Whenever she hears someone outside of the hotel door she asks, "Dabby? Dabby?" like she is always expecting him to come through the door. So sweet. Alex has also watched Emmy a lot so that I can get wedding shopping done, get my hair done, etc. It's so different and so wonderful having a partner with Emery, and a leader for our little family. He is already an amazing poppa bear :)
As for my beautiful daughter, here are some quick updates:
1) she now has 8 teeth!!! Four up top in the front, two bottom front, and one up/one down molars on the right side of her mouth. CUTE!
2) she is begging to put words and ideas together VERY well. This past week she has started repeating so many things. She knows so much too. For instance, while Alex was watching her, she walked over to her bookcase and said, "Bible," as she pulled out her Baby Bible from the shelf. She also says "Boobie"... yeah. I'm still nursing her. This was especially interesting when we were meeting with a caterer and she was sleepy. She climbed up on my lap, pulled my shirt, and cried, "Mommy! Boobie! Boobie mommy, boobie, boobie, boobie!" over and over and over. I actually blushed. It was so clear! Sigh. She's still my princess though :) And she also likes saying "Bubble" for her bubbles of course, and "Nah nah nah" when she wants to see a horse.
3) She climbs. This child gives me about 30 heart attacks a day. At one of the hotels we stayed at she climbed up a chair and onto a table in the time it took me to brush my hair, and was eating skittles (ummm, choking hazard much?!)
4) she loves opening drawers and hiding in closets. She also enjoys finding razors and bringing them to me. And finding a butcher knife and holding it towards me. I've had some terrifying moments with this tiny little person.
5) she has began to love sleeping and snuggling with me again. She went through a very indepedent phase where she didn't want me to snuggle her to sleep. I mean, she refused to sleep in bed with me. If she woke up at 3am and I brought her into bed with me she would just sit there for an house talking to me. The second I would take her to her room she would pass out. But not anymore!!! She wraps her little arms around me in bed and snuggles up to me. She actually pulls my hand and holds it under her chin. Oh. My. Goodness. Best moments :)
6) she kisses everything, and air kisses the things she knows she probably shouldn't kiss (like bugs.) She kisses the pictures in her books, she kisses the couch, her stuffed animals, any toy she is playing with, her food, nothingness. Her kisses are the sweetest most wonderful things in the world!
7) She loves holding hands! When me, alex, and her were at Target walking around (she was holding my hand) she pulled me over to Alex and began fussing. We couldn't figure out what she wanted until Alex lowered his hand and she took it. She wanted to hold both of our hands at the same time and walk in the middle of us :) AHHH! So sweet! THEN! We, plus my mom, were eating dinner. She reached over and took my hand, reached over and took Alex's hand, the looked at Grammy, fussed, thought about the situation, took Alex's finger in the hand that was holding mine, and then reached for Grammy. She figured out how to hold all 3 of our hands at once! Oh how I love her!
I have to sleep now, I'm exhausted! Luke Elkins and Audrey got married today/yesterday. It was beautiful and wonderful, and made me cry! Love them, love marriage, and love love!
Goodnight world :)
