Mark, Annelise, and I are currently attending my old church in Urbandale. Much of the community there feels like family, and we're hoping to get involved with some more outreach programs.
The first visit to church we had Annelise in the sanctuary for the main service. She did surprisingly well, Pastor Jeff showed her off right at the beginning, and Pastor Weaver tried to make her dance to his singing like she had done the previous Friday during Kelsey's vocal solos at her senior recital. It was either Pastor's singing or Annelise's fear at being held by somebody she didn't know yet, but she wasn't very dancy that morning. You can make your decision as to which you think caused the non-dancing. :)
So since we're going to New Hope again, we generally hang out with my family for the afternoon until they leave for church orchestra. Actually, to be more accurate, after church is out, we need to get her to a napping spot ASAP, because her regularly scheduled nap time is about 10:30am... right when church is starting. However, she seems to really love going to the nursery. We've been to church 3 times since being back (two weekends we've been out of town with Mark's family), and 2 of those times Annelise has hung out with the cool kids in the nursery. Every time we go to pick her up, she seems really happy! But it's funny, because once she's back in our hands, it seems like the real world has just invaded her brain and she's either hungry or sleepy all of a sudden.
[This is where the draft post ends. I forgot to finish it way back when, and I'm posting it Jan 29, 2013, but marking the date for when this was written, May, 22, 2012.]
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