This Weekend

So, on Friday I got a call from the daycare saying that Natalie had 3 loose stools and I needed to come and get her...ugg. I took her to the doctor and he said she had Rotavirus. So, he put her on clear liquids for 24 hours and then only bananas, carrots and apples for the next 24. Tonight she finally got to have real food - she was pretty excited.

It really wasn't too bad, we only had one accident and it was in the bath tub...yuck. Of course Jeff was gone and the tub was full of toys. I didn't even know what to do with the toys so I just threw everything out. Oh well, at least she hasn't let it affect her mood, she has been just as happy as ever.

Natalie has been pulling up on everything and now she crawls with things in her hands. So, her crawling on our hardwood floors with things in her hands can be a bad combination. Note the photo below, OUCH! Two goose eggs in one day. It was terrible. Mom warned me that there were many more to come.

Since the day she was born Natalie has thought she was older than she really was. So, now when I go to the grocery store she has to help me put up groceries. I mean, come on, she is only 9.5 months old and already is bossing me around! :) Isn't she cute though? She loves to help in the refrigerator the most.

We have started to give Natalie some finger foods now. I think she is still cutting her top teeth. This is Jeff giving her some "stars" corn puffed things and some peas. She doesn't do very well with the peas and doesn't seem to like the stars very much!

9 Month Photos

New Photos and Videos

There are new photos and videos under the 9 month post....for some reason I can't get it to the top of the page!

Nine Months Old Today

I can't believe Natalie is nine months old today. She is getting to be such a big girl. It has been so amazing to watch her grow and discover new things.

So, we started sleep training on Tuesday night. It was terrible. A 45 minute battle with Ms. Natalie. She still woke up 4 times. On Wednesday night, it was much easier to put her down, maybe 20 minutes and she slept from 6:40-7:20 - not waking up once! Last night she went down in about 10 minutes and slept from 6:40-6:45. She did wake up once, but Jeff got her back down in 5 minutes. I did hear her get up a couple times, but she soothed herself right back to sleep. It has been a hard week, but I think we all are getting more sleep and doing better! At least I am not falling asleep at my desk!

Have a good weekend!

This past week

So, on Thursday afternoons Natalie gets to go to My Gym. She loves it. Mom went with me this week to see what it was all about. I never really noticed, but Natalie is the brute of her class! She crawls right up to the other kids, "talks" right in their faces and crawls after them. She really has no fear. She was especially fond of a girl named Eloise, who is 3 months older. She follows her everywhere! It is so funny. I brought it up at daycare and the teacher said that she is really starting to hold her own. I didn't realize it, but her class is full of boys! Hmmm...that sheds some light on the My Gym experience.

This is Natalie's favorite toy at the gym. It has a huge bell in it and is really loud!


Natalie and her friend Eloise sharing toys. HA!

Mommy and Natalie playing songs.


Natalie crawling through the tunnel!

Natalie chasing Eloise, but getting sidetracked a little with Ellie on the ball.

Natalie just a swinging!

Natalie being just super cute with her new trick!

Mommy and Natalie hanging out on Sunday night.

New Videos

It has been a while since I have blogged anything to do with Natalie. It has been crazy around here. I hurt my back and got a summer cold...yuck! I also had to travel for work last week. I did stop and see Cleo and she is adorable!! I can't even remember Natalie when she was that little. Hmmm....I am not sure she ever was that little! :)

Ms. Natalie has decided to quit sleeping at night. We started sleep training last night, not cry it out, but something else. Tonight seems to be a little better, but it is still early. I did have time to load a couple of videos while she was sleeping.

The first one is Natalie playing with a bib. She loves to shred things....anything....paper, napkins and even her bib. Lucky for me her bib can't be torn. She makes this really funny noise too, like hiya! It is too funny.

The second video is a video of the famous NAKED BABY!!! Notice she is so excited that she can't even crawl right. She even topples over once. Daddy having the camera out throws her off a little, but she has to be the cutest baby ever.

Time to TV Vent

How do you go from this:

TO THIS??:

AND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THIS?

If you can't tell I thought Deanna's decision was way off base. I mean, I guess if you like unemployed children who snowboard for a living then you could be truly happy. WHATEVER! Poor Jason, what a good catch that got away. I think Deanna will be calling him in about a year.

I do love to hear that Shane and Matt are doing good. I thought they were so cute.

Vote off to the side so I can see if anyone out there agrees with me!!

Happy Fourth of July!

I can't beleive it is the fourth of July. Time just flies by. We went to GP today. It was fun. I think Natalie enjoyed her first parade and she did just great! She even took an hour and a half nap, pictured above. Mommy and Daddy got a nap too! We did cook out and eat home made ice cream, so it was a pretty typical American fourth. We had to get home to put Natalie to bed, but Jeff and I watched some amazing fireworks off the deck tonight. Man, people sure have a lot of money to burn! Literally! :)