Maui was beautiful. The weather was a steady 82 degrees everyday. We spent time at the pool, time at the beach, did lots of walking around, did a dolphin / whale watch, and braved the Road to Hana (something like 600 hairpin turns and 50+ one lane bridges). It was a great last-minute vacation! We didn't manage to take too many pictures, but here are a few.
It was so nice to spend some family time together. Natalie learned so much while we were gone! She came home being able to Blow Kisses (she started right before we left), High Five, Clap her hands (usually the left is stationary and she moves her right to clap), and Drink from a straw!
We were home for a whole weekend, and then David left for a week-long work trip to South Carolina. It was definitely a productive week for him, and a trying week for me! It was the first time that I got to play single parent to Natalie and that was tough! Since I was doing both the drop-off and pick-up from daycare, I signed her up for an extra day so that I could fit in all of my work (it takes me an hour to get from home-daycare-work, so I did a fair amount of driving)! Plus dinner and bathtime and cleaning all alone. Thank goodness for David! To make things even more fun, Natalie had a really rough time going to sleep.
Pretty sure her lack of sleep was due to teething, although I didn't realize it at the time. Before Thanksgiving she had signs of a cold, and ended up getting teeth 5 and 6. Last night we were playing and she tipped her head back and we found teeth 7 and 8! First Molars are in!
We took our family Christmas picture at the park by our house. Thank goodness for the tripod and camera with remote! We couldn't get any good smiles from Natalie, but at least she is looking toward the camera!
More pictures of Natalie in her dress..
Yesterday we took her to see Santa. What is it about that costumed man that makes kids tremble??! Natalie never has any problem going to see strangers; yes, she might be cautious, but I've never seen this reaction. I was quite shocked.
Natalie hit the 14 month mark last week. I was able to get her on the scale, but forgot to get her height (will do that soon). She's still hovering right around 20lbs. I know she's gotten taller though because we used to open the fridge and it would clear her head when she was standing up, but now she's probably 2 inches too tall to do that.
Since it has been raining the past few days, we spent most of yesterday inside. Natalie is getting braver and braver with the walking. She was practically running along the couch. She grabs on after every 4 or 5 steps. She has been taking about 2 steps before sitting and crawling. Lots of standing up.
Her dancing skills have also developed. Now she gets her arms into it and twists her torso. Trisha gave her a mixed dance CD for Christmas. I need to catch her moves on video because it is just too cute.
1 comments:
Sounds like your vacation was great! :) The pics of Natalie in her dress are adorable, as always. See you guys this week!
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