Released

Sunday, I was officially released as the Relief Society president of my ward. I knew that it was coming and I could feel that my time was up. I served as president for a year and as the 1st counselor for 8 months before that. I'm so grateful for the opportunity that I had to serve the sisters in our ward. Although, I think I benefited more from the calling than anyone else. It's amazing how much you grow when you're put into leadership positions.

I now love Bishops even more because I have a better understanding of how much they do for the ward and how much they care. I also have a better understand of how much time and effort our stake leadership puts forth. I also just have a greaert understanding of the love of the Savior. When I got called to be president, I just remember have an unbelievable amount of love for the sisters in my ward. I will always love them but there is something different about having that stewardship over them.

The best part about my calling was the friendships that I gained with my presidency. I cannot explain how much I love and admire the sisters I worked with (I'm crying so hard right now that I can barely see). My two counselors Amber and Melinda are two of the most amazing people I have ever known. I am going to miss hanging out with them all the time. We are going to have to find excuses to get together on Tuesday nights when we used to have our presidency meetings. And I had two phenomenal secretaries (I know, I was spoiled and had two). Britney and Aubrey both are always so willing to help out anyway that they can. They hope are also hilarious and so fun to be with.

To all the sisters that I served I love you and I hope that in some way our presidency was a able to touch you and help strengthen your testimony and bring your family closer to the savior. I know that Stephanie Mckliney will be an amazing president and I'm excited for her to have this amazing opportunity to serve and learn.

How to Get Your Baby to Sleep at Night

Yesterday in Relief Society Abby shared that she has noticed the blessing of Visiting Teaching in her life. She said that they aren't also direct blessings. She noticed that when she does her Visiting Teaching, her daughter Harper (who is 1 1/2 younger than Alexia) will sleep for 7 hours straight at night. I thought to myself, I want Alexia to do that. So yesterday I went Visiting Teaching and guess what happened last night? Alexia slept for 8 1/2 hours! She ate at 9:00 and fell asleep at 9:30 and then didn't wake up to eat until 6:00 am this morning. And then she went back to sleep until 10:00. It was wonderful! I am sold on Visiting Teaching.