"Mama ma ma ma..."

"Mama ma ma ma," is now what I hear when Elise sees me when I get home from work, or when she's hungry, or when she's sleepy and wants to be held. The first time she did it, on Thursday, I had just come home from work and she was smiling with James and put out her hands and reached for me while saying, "Mama ma ma ma..." It made me smile. She's done it a lot since then, but I don't think she knows that it's a word that means mom, I think it's still just a new sound that she's trying to master. But it's fun to hear! She's also saying "ba ba ba ba ba" quite a bit now, too.

Elise is so social, she loves being around people. It's impossible to get her to nap during church where there is always someone to watch or to smile at. After church she came home and took a long nap to make up for not sleeping at all during church. She just loves people and being able to smile and interact with them. She spent most of church today either trying to smile at people, or rolling around on the floor and underneath the benches exploring.

This week went by quickly for us. James is busy with school, and I'm still trying to keep up with all the demands of my new job. James and I are toying with the idea of buying a home. We've met with a mortgage lender and started looking at houses. One seems promising, we might go look at it again this week. It's exciting to think about, even if it doesn't happen for awhile!

Temporarily misplaced our camera...

Well, I've temporarily without a camera, so there may be no new pictures posted for a little while. James' brother, Ben, visited us last weekend and somehow our camera went home with him. So, until we get it back, the posts may be a little bit boring.

This past weekend we were expecting the arrival of Tropical Storm Hannah, but it didn't turn out to be much of a tropical storm. There was wind and rain, but it was pretty mild--2 years ago tropical storm Ernesto was worse than this was, at least for our area. The power went out for about 3 hours on Friday, before the storm even hit, but that was about the extent of it.

At church I got released as the Young Women's secretary and put right back in as the first counselor in the Young Women's presidency. It's going to be a lot of fun and a great presidency to work with. So now James and I have basically the same calling...he's first counselor in Young Men's, and I'm first counselor in Young Women's. Elise gets taken to all the activities, but she loves it and loves taking her turn going to be with the girls and then getting to go with the boys.