I am extremely excited to officially announce that we are moving to Eau Claire, Wisconsin! Chad was offered the position of Assistant Operations Controller at the corporate office of Menards. We are both thrilled. It is more stable hours so Chad can spend more time with Emily. It is around the same amount of pay but with a lower cost of living. It is a long-term position so we could even buy a house if we wanted to! It is closer to both of our families, which is the most exciting to me. The only down-side is that instead of giving us a moving company, they are giving us a u-haul truck so we will have to pack and unpack ourselves. This will prove to be a challenge now that we have a baby! Torque is excited to be a Wisconsinite again (that is where he was born). It is kind of sad that Emy won't remember Michigan at all, however Chad and I both agree that it is time for a change. I am definitely going to miss the ladies (and the 1 gentleman) in my bookclub and I will also miss my coworkers from Walgreens!
On to Emily: She has truly grown up over the past month! She is becoming quite the little lady. She has a boyfriend now (Jeffrey) that she met at her Baby Time group. Although it's pretty serious, it will be interesting to see if it works out as a long-distance relationship! ;)
She is eating a wider variety of solid foods now. Her favorites include: applesauce, bananas, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas and pears. I have been making the vast majority of her baby food: it is cheaper, doesn't take too long to make and it is nice knowing exactly what is in her food. I have built up quite the stock-pile of food for her. We also switched her to added-rice formula. She spits up less with it and is fuller for longer. Since she is on the low-end for weight, we also don't have to be too careful that she will become overweight from it- although it is something we are supposed to keep a lookout for. As of right now, she remains our "little lady"!
She LOVES for me to hold her in an upright position and can move her legs around to jump and dance. Thank God for her Johnny Jump-up!! She has an absolute
favorite song that she dances to: Moves Like Jagger! Chad and I got an excellent video that we uploaded onto Dropbox of her dancing to it. She goes nuts! It is quite the sight to see.
She is still sleeping excellent. Except for this morning. She decided to wake me up at 5 this morning and was raring to go! How special. Thanks Emily! I wish there was a font that could signify sarcasm, because I am definitely being sarcastic here. :) I shouldn't be complaining, though; I really have been lucky when it comes to her sleeping habits!
She continues to sleep/fall asleep in weird positions:
We think she was dreaming of becoming a ballerina in this picture!!
The other day, I was in the kitchen doing the dishes and Emily was playing with her toys. All of the sudden, I heard a crash! and I rushed to see what had happened. Emily had scooted (?) over to her toy bin and knocked it over, because she wanted to have her choice of toys! She proceeded to take out every toy in the bin and play with it. Wow. What a character!
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