Happy Three Months!

Emma is three months old today! She is getting bigger and cuter all of the time. This last month has been so fun with her because she is starting to interact so much more with Mom and Dad. She smiles to us a lot, especially when we put her in front of a mirror or we hold her up in the air. She has also shown us her little opinionated personality. She definitely wants what she wants when she wants it! But she's just so cute that she gets away with it. Emma is also starting to reach for her toys and loves to watch them and listen to the rattles. She does not like to be on her belly on the floor, but she has learned to hold her head up in this position nonetheless. Since she doesn't like being on her stomach, she has learned to roll back over onto her back if she's only part way on her belly or side. She can't roll all of the way yet, but she's working at it. Emma also talks...A LOT! She loves to make noises and tell us her baby joys and woes. It's so fun and cute to hear her! She's starting to get little laughs out every now and then, but we have yet to hear her truly laugh. One of her favorite activities is her bath. She loves to splash around and gets really mad at me when I take her out. Here she is enjoying her bathtime. She's kind of got the "deer in the headlights" look because of the camera flash, but she really was enjoying the bath!:


I also took some pictures of her in a couple of my favorite outfits. I couldn't really get her to smile big because she's been kind of grumpy today. Changing her and doing a photo shoot wasn't in her plans for the day apparently...lol. I got a few cute pictures, though, so it wasn't all a lost cause. :)





We love our cute little Emma! Happy three months sweet pea!

In other news, Nate and I have both received new callings in our ward. Nate is now 1st Counselor in the Young Men's and I am an Activity Days leader. We're both pretty excited about our callings and are happy to be working with the youth and primary. We're also both going to be busy. Nate will be working with the Teachers and they do a lot of camping and scouting. There's already a camping trip planned for November. I guess on those weekends I'll have to spend time with the in-laws or with girl friends! But girl time is totally fine with me! We've also been assigned to put together the Nativity program for our Ward Christmas Party this year. It will depict the Christmas story in both Judea and in the Americas. The youth and primary kids are playing the parts and singing the songs. It's going to be so great and we're pretty excited about it! Doing this project with Nate has been so fun and I've gotten to see his "artistic director" side. He has so many good ideas it's a wonder that he doesn't direct movies or something...lol.

As for our house, it's coming along very well. Inside it looks like all of the walls are done and the light fixtures are in. The finish date is coming up on the 23rd of November so just a few more weeks!! Then a week after that we close and move in! We're so excited about it! We've already bought our washer, dryer,
and refrigerator (they're being stored at the warehouse until we move in). It's loads of fun getting ready for a new home!