Sprinkler Ball

Hooray for Summer! Remember how fun it was to run through the sprinkler? And how freezing cold the hose water was? Natie got a sprinkler ball for her birthday and I finally set it up in the yard yesterday. I wasn't sure how she'd feel about it, at least the 1st time around, so I didn't put her swimsuit on. She was squealing and laughing the whole time! She was letting the water spray right in her face. She was soaked.

This is how it started...

First with the hands...

Ooo, its cold

Then right in the face, mouth wide open...

Soaked! :)

Justin and Natie were playing one night and she set up a little bed for him. He was laying down so she got 2 little doll pillows and put them under his head and spread a blanket over him. Then she laid down next to him and covered herself up. Here they are, resting. :)

Laps

We went to the soccer field to see Pai play last night after dinner. As soon as Natie hit the track, she ran. If we hadn't made her stay close, I'm sure she could have run a couple laps!

How sweet is this face?

Running from Daddy

And back

Resting on this bench

My friend Allison was in town from Canada for a few days so I met her, Amy, Katie and Deb at the park with all the kids the other day. Crazy how fast our kids are growing. So fun getting together!

From left: Matthew and Mallory Beckett, my Natalie, Jackson, Isaac, and Reiley Lesyk, and Rachael and Maggie Furey

Misc

Nothing new to report, just thought I'd share a few pictures...

Here's Justin snoozing and Natie having her snack while they snuggle. Pretty cute.

Natie doesn't love having her picture taken. Can you tell?

Here's a good one. A finger in each nostril....great.

This one is pretty sweet though.

Here's Justin and I in Vegas last month.

Popsicle

Natie started chewing again and we think it might be the dreaded 2yr molars trying to come in. Tonight at dinner she was chewing on the rubber handles of both her spoon and fork, one on each side like a walrus. So we gave her a popsicle and she liked it...a lot. Instead of licking it like a normal person though, she spread it across the outside of her mouth...

2 Years Old

Our Natalie turned 2 years old yesterday!

Thanks for the sweet new shades, Auntie D!

We had our family over on Saturday afternoon to celebrate. Here she is trying to blow out her Elmo candle.

She couldn't wait to dig into the cake!

She loved the scooter that Nana and Poppy gave her!

We got her this little play structure. Click HERE to see the video of when we first showed it to her. And HERE is a little more.

I tied an Elmo balloon from her party to it. Still loves Elmo!

I took THIS VIDEO a few days before her birthday. Makes me laugh every time I watch it. "YooHoo" :)

First Haircut

If you've seen our kid, you know she has crazy hair. She doesn't generally like clips or ponies, so its messed up most of the time. As soon as a friend suggested that the back looked a bit mullet-ish (it totally did!), I made an appt for a haircut! So here's how it went...

First thing our stylist asked was if she wanted to watch an Elmo video. Ahhh brilliant. Between that and the red car she sat in, things had to go well.

She did great!

She was so proud of herself when we got in the car. She was jabbering and singing back there the whole way home.

So I tried to take a picture today of her new hair, but every picture looked like this because she is NEVER still.

Here's one of the better ones I got. Not a huge change, just a little shorter and a much better shape. BTW...this is the face she makes now when you say "cheese".

Can't really see her hair in this one, but its still cute and worth sharing.

So I gave up and took a short video to show you...

Almond Butter

As you can tell, Natalie likes ALMOND BUTTER. She licks it off the cracker instead of eating the whole thing. She made herself an almond butter mustache (or goatee).

She put these SLIPPERS on the other day and thought they were sooo funny.

Daddy gave her her first GOLF LESSON in our family room the other day.

She likes to put on our BIG SHOES and shuffle around the kitchen. Makes me laugh every time.