Time has been tight lately. I have a camera (or two) with cards full of pictures and no time to download them. So, for now you're stuck with just a text update. Hopefully we'll get pictures / videos downloaded later this week..
Natalie continues to amaze us! She seems to learn new things everyday.
I hope we can get this on camera, but she is starting to repeat words! Not "mama" or "dada" or any other "useful" words, but DOG! We have a beagle magnet on the fridge. David shows her and says dog and she repeats back "dah" and then points to it!! She's done it 3 or 4 times now.
She's starting to wave her hands. After she's done eating, we sign All Done and she repeats. She's also waved ByeBye a few times. Of course when we want her to, she won't!
Her sense of humor is starting to develop! Natalie has been randomly laughing at things. It's not a full on laugh, but more of a ha, ha. The other day I was eating a banana and she was having a fit wanting some. I let her take a bite and she thought it was funny. I grabbed the camera and got a video (will post soon).
Finger foods are the new menu. We still have some purée leftovers, but for the most part, she's eating stuff with her fingers. Gotta find new ideas for her meals now. We've been doing chuncks of sweet potato, carrots, peas (her favorite!), cheerios, puffs, zucchini, bread, banana, peaches, cantaloupe, and cheese (another favorite)! She's not a big meat fan so far. Maybe when she gets more teeth? She's got two bottom teeth and half of her two top teeth.
The milk factory is starting to slow down. My original goal was to make it to six months, but that came and went and I'm still nursing. Supply has been on the decline and we're starting to go thru the freezer stash. Good news if you visit us: we can offer you drinks with ice now that the milk no longer takes up every inch of the freezer! (it's also nice to be able to buy ice cream again!). We'll see how long the freezer supply lasts; we may go straight to cow's milk without switching to formula!
I can't believe my baby girl is already going to be big enough to have real milk! (Soon enough she won't want me calling her "baby girl"! )
It's funny to see her crawling all over the house. She follows me around in the morning while I'm trying to get ready. Tonight David said she went down the hallway, just checking things out. For the most part she's slow enough that we can keep an eye on her!
I'm working some overtime since the big tax deadline is coming (and I bet you thought April 15th was the deadline!). Natalie has been spending an extra day at daycare. Thank goodness Kristi had a little extra room! I'm looking forward to going back to my usual 3 days though and spending some extra time with Miss Natalie!
So, if I get some extra time this week I'll add pictures!
8.23.2010
8.09.2010
10 months, already?
Happy 10 months to Natalie! We took these pictures this weekend (I know, we cheated by 2 days on the pictures...) My Gramma gave Natalie this cute little dress a while back, but we just haven't gotten to use it. So, we just dressed her up and went to the park!
The time is just flying by! Every month when I write these posts I think "better start planning her first birthday party - it'll be here before I know it". It's getting even closer and still haven't even thought about it! Better work on that.
The crawling speed has kicked into high gear. Natalie can be across a room in no time and is into everything in sight. So far things behind cabinet doors have stayed safe, but we're adding locks, just to be safe.
Natalie continues to pull up on all of the furniture. She likes to pull up on the couch and see what we left behind. Remotes and telephones are particularly interesting and provide motivation for cruising around. The other day she pulled up to the couch and found my headphones. She stood a good 20-30 seconds, balancing without holding onto the couch. I think walking is still a bit far off since she is so wobbly.
Still no definite "words", but lots of babbling.
Natalie has the appetite of a teenage boy; it's quite amazing how much she can eat. She still refuses to eat chicken. We've tried adding BBQ sauce, Cesar dressing, hot, cold; doesn't matter, she won't eat more than a bite. Cheese on the other hand is a huge hit!
The latest challenge around here seems to be the routine task of changing diapers and getting dressed. Since becoming mobile, it is nearly impossible to hold Natalie down for more than 10 seconds. It is even more interesting when she is 4ft high on the changing table. When we move down to the floor she just rolls over and crawls away. Diaper or no diaper. I asked the babysitter for tips and her response was "it's like changing an octopus! the safety strap on the changing table helps".
We went up near Yosemite to camp a few weeks ago. Long drive! but lots of fun! We met up with some friends. 8 adults and 4 kiddos. We did a little hiking, played in the water, and did our fair share of eating! Natalie's second camping trip was MUCH improved over the first. She actually went to bed at night and even snuck in a few regular naps. A larger tent and her pack 'n play seemed to work like magic. I didn't get a whole lot of pictures..lots of other things to do..but I did get a few.
Since we were outside, I let Natalie eat her pasta with her hands. Giant mess!
I was attempting to eat a nectarine, but Natalie stole it from me. She has discovered how yummy fruit is and has an absolute fit when I try to eat any.
Natalie and Heidi playing. (Heidi is about 6 weeks older).
I think there is a cute picture of all the kids in their camping outfits..gotta try to get that from Trisha's camera.
Swim lessons finished up this week. We missed 2 of the 8 classes (we can use the pool for free 2 times in the next month to make up for it). Overall, Natalie did great! But, she wasn't in a super mood for the last lesson. She started her usual afternoon nap kind of late, so I had to wake her up to leave. She was not too happy about that. We might wait a few months before going again, since she'd still be in the Goldfish class and they do the same routine each time.
I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of details about the happenings around here, but I think I got most of it.
Stats for the month:
Weight: around 18lbs
Height: around 27 inches
Size 6-9 mo clothes
Size 3 diapers
The time is just flying by! Every month when I write these posts I think "better start planning her first birthday party - it'll be here before I know it". It's getting even closer and still haven't even thought about it! Better work on that.
The crawling speed has kicked into high gear. Natalie can be across a room in no time and is into everything in sight. So far things behind cabinet doors have stayed safe, but we're adding locks, just to be safe.
Natalie continues to pull up on all of the furniture. She likes to pull up on the couch and see what we left behind. Remotes and telephones are particularly interesting and provide motivation for cruising around. The other day she pulled up to the couch and found my headphones. She stood a good 20-30 seconds, balancing without holding onto the couch. I think walking is still a bit far off since she is so wobbly.
Still no definite "words", but lots of babbling.
Natalie has the appetite of a teenage boy; it's quite amazing how much she can eat. She still refuses to eat chicken. We've tried adding BBQ sauce, Cesar dressing, hot, cold; doesn't matter, she won't eat more than a bite. Cheese on the other hand is a huge hit!
The latest challenge around here seems to be the routine task of changing diapers and getting dressed. Since becoming mobile, it is nearly impossible to hold Natalie down for more than 10 seconds. It is even more interesting when she is 4ft high on the changing table. When we move down to the floor she just rolls over and crawls away. Diaper or no diaper. I asked the babysitter for tips and her response was "it's like changing an octopus! the safety strap on the changing table helps".
We went up near Yosemite to camp a few weeks ago. Long drive! but lots of fun! We met up with some friends. 8 adults and 4 kiddos. We did a little hiking, played in the water, and did our fair share of eating! Natalie's second camping trip was MUCH improved over the first. She actually went to bed at night and even snuck in a few regular naps. A larger tent and her pack 'n play seemed to work like magic. I didn't get a whole lot of pictures..lots of other things to do..but I did get a few.
Since we were outside, I let Natalie eat her pasta with her hands. Giant mess!
I was attempting to eat a nectarine, but Natalie stole it from me. She has discovered how yummy fruit is and has an absolute fit when I try to eat any.
Natalie and Heidi playing. (Heidi is about 6 weeks older).
I think there is a cute picture of all the kids in their camping outfits..gotta try to get that from Trisha's camera.
Swim lessons finished up this week. We missed 2 of the 8 classes (we can use the pool for free 2 times in the next month to make up for it). Overall, Natalie did great! But, she wasn't in a super mood for the last lesson. She started her usual afternoon nap kind of late, so I had to wake her up to leave. She was not too happy about that. We might wait a few months before going again, since she'd still be in the Goldfish class and they do the same routine each time.
I'm sure I'm forgetting lots of details about the happenings around here, but I think I got most of it.
Stats for the month:
Weight: around 18lbs
Height: around 27 inches
Size 6-9 mo clothes
Size 3 diapers
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