six months old!

we went to natalie's six month check up last week. her doctor is very happy with her. she is doing almost everything a six month baby should be doing. rolling over, grasping at toys, sitting up (ALMOST!) on her own. she's is still tiny for her birth age but plenty big had she been born on time. she's up to 13 pounds 8 ounces, 24 inches long and finally in those six month clothes!

i knew it was coming soon but the doc finally gave the okay...big girl cereal! we tried a few bites this weekend. i think she likes it!

sleepy head

lucky me! i am the one who gets natalie up and ready for breakfast and school. she is a very happy baby in the morning....but would rather stay asleep most mornings. here is just a little preview of what i get almost every morning.

so much to share!

we take lots of pictures of natalie. i mean LOTS. and video, too. adorable video of her jabbering. playing with toys. sleeping. and we get SO MANY photos and video it seems too overwhelming to get the blog updated. but that's not fair to all of you, is it!? she's just so sweet and precious...it's only fair to share.

so i will do a better job of posting pictures. leave lots of comments and tell mike it's his job to keep the videos coming!


here are just a few from the last few weeks.

worn out at our friend paige's first birthday

visit to pawpaw doug's

in her big girl tub! she's good at kicking and splashing.

big girl! she's pushing up and rolling over!




big girl....but still tiny!

standing up with a little help....okay, a lot of help!

sweetie pie!

bubbles!

Natalie is changing so much every day. lately she is even more vocal and has switched from "a-goo" type noises to playing with her tongue when she makes sounds. the result is a lot of slobber and a lot of bubbles. ha! here's a little sample:




she is doing so good at school. her teachers think she's the best (of course!). her older buddies are getting moved up to the one year old class and some new babies (some not even born yet!) will move in to her class soon. until then it's just natalie and one other baby. LOTS of play time! we have our first parent teacher conference coming up. i have a feeling Natalie might get "talks out of turn" just like her momma :)


the little stinker makes her own rules, too. bumper? what bumper? look at this little monkey! please note she started in the MIDDLE of her bed.

5 months old!

our tiny baby girl isn't so tiny these days! she is more than 11 pounds and 23 inches long. she's finally on the growth chart, ha! in the tenth percentile for her height and weight for her age. but for a two month old she's well above the norm. she's somewhere in between. and just perfect! her doctor is so happy with her and is very impressed with her strength and motor skills.

natalie is outgrowing clothes like crazy. luckily, between her grammie, mimi and auntie andi she has plenty of new fashions to grow in to! it seems like just yesterday we were trying clothes on her to see what would fit. it was all so big on her! now she has a pile of things she has outgrown. whew!

she still doesn't like "tummy time" but has no problems holding her head up while you hold her and she pushes away from you to hold herself up. she is very close to sitting up by herself.

and needless to say she gets a loud mouth from her momma! the girl chatters and coos and giggles away. we think a tooth isn't far away. she has been chewing on her hands a lot more and on her toys, we found her some teething rings...she just isn't sure what to do with it yet!

here are a few pictures of our five month old:

four months three weeks- giggles!

this weekend natalie was squealing and making herself laugh. it was hard to catch all the funniest bits on camera but this was a little snip it. i apologize for my baby talk and singing... :)

more giggles!

this was a big laugh!