I love the connections the church provides... Instant friends and fun. Our new ward has a music class for kids and then afterward they play in the gym.

The Park

She is getting pretty adventurous these days. Usually the first time she is a little hesitant but once she's mastered a new skill she's good to go. 

The little Stell girl

You guys I can't stop laughing about these pictures below. I think I already mentioned this in a previous post but the place we moved to was previously the home of a 4 y/o. She and her mother are in Seattle for the summer. Anyways we have become the benefactors of so much great stuff including a ton of real Disney dress up dresses. (We have cheesy knock offs at home) So she put on a dress and looked so darling I told her to freeze because I was going to grab my camera to take a picture. I was gone for a nano second and upon arrival she was in position, photo #1 and then she told me to take another one and changed position to photo #2. I don't even  know where she gets it from...she is the funniest little girl. Today we checked out of our previous apt and the landlord (total New Yorker, serious and direct) gave us both hugs and said that we were the bright spot in her day when we would come down to her office (it was in the same bldg that we lived in). It wasn't me that made her day, people love Stella and what's not to love.

Game Time

We really hit the jackpot w/ our new apt. The family that we're subleasing from has a four y/o girl and the house if full of toys and games which we brought so little of. Stella and Jorge had tons of fun playing hungry hungry hippos. Stella's super competitive! 

Holy Moly... We moved again

We found a new apt that was furnished and much cheaper and we decided to move. We got the keys today and are almost all moved in (we don't have that much stuff). I'm so grateful that they gave us the keys a couple of days early because originally it was planned for Monday and Jorge would have been working and I would have moved by myself w/ Stella. It was wonderful to have his help today. 

Living room

Stella's Room

We got up early this morning to go hiking and hiked literally from our house to the shores of Irondequoit Bay. It took us just under 40 minutes to make it to the lookout. It was really beautiful and I'm so glad that we got to do it before we left our old apt. 

Quiet Time

Lately Stella is a little hit and miss on her naps. I know I wrote a post months ago about her stopping to take naps but that didn't last long she went back to napping and has been until recently. I know that now that she is 3 she may not technically need them anymore but I still need them ;) so whether she takes a siesta or not we are going to still do quiet time. Today she didn't sleep during her quiet time but instead put on her bathing suit and all of her pairs of summer Jammie's oh yeah and her rash guard too. She takes dress up to a whole new level.

We are alive... and well 👧🏻

Holy Moly it's been a little while since I've blogged and tonight I'm re omitting to get back on the bandwagon. I got out of the habit because during our long trip back east we were all in the hotel room together and Jorge and I would pretend to fall asleep so that Stella would fall asleep (except I'm pretty sure every night we actually did fall asleep while "pretending") anyways we had the best road trip ever, we saw amazing things, had near perfect weather and had fun. We are loving our new life in Rochester. It's gorgeous here!! There are historic homes and neighborhoods everywhere and it makes for a quaint rustic feel. Jorge has been at his internship for almost 3 weeks and he's enjoying it. He has 3 really interesting projects that he's working on. One of particular interest to me is his work with conflict minerals. If you've seen Blood Daimond w/'Leonardo Dicaprio you know a little bit about it. Anyways we are feeling more and more settled here and celebrated Stella's birthday this week which I will have to post more about tomorrow.