Easter

Here are some pictures from Easter Sunday...

Checking out her Easter basket.

This is after church in her pretty Easter dress.

Nana and Poppy got her this cute little purse.  Of course it went right into the mouth.

The 3 of us.

My mom has this stuffed monkey that Natalie thinks is hilarious.  She throws it around and squeals at it.  

We spent the evening with Justin's family and took these pictures of Natalie and Riley together in their jammies.  Riley is 5 months older but they're getting closer in size now.

This one makes me laugh.  Looks like Riley is trying to feed her something yucky.

Riley giving Natalie a hug.

This is how it ended.  :)

Sunny

We had 3 glorious sunny days last weekend!  It was so nice to get outside.  I just hope we get more sun this Spring and not the usual rain until July. 

Here she is hanging out in her Elmo walker on the back patio.

We celebrated Justin's birthday with his family on Sunday and Natalie was sure happy to see everyone.

I put short sleeves and shorts on her and Jenni took this picture of her chubby white legs.

She loved the card that Kennedy drew for Justin.  Kennedy is quite an artist.  I love that she wrote "Kennedy Party" above her drawing of the birthday party.

9 Months Old...already

Natalie turned 9 months old last Saturday.  I was looking at her all stretched out in her crib the other day and dang, she's big.  Not only is she just growing fast, she's tall for her age.  I'm a little worried that she's growing out of all her long sleeves and pants.  We still have to wait several more months before it'll be warm enough to wear all her new summer clothes.  Our wardrobe choices from now until June should be interesting.

Still no crawling or walking.  She just sits and shuffles her legs real fast like she's running.  She gets frustrated when she doesn't go anywhere.  I guess if nothing else, its good exercise.

It cracks me up that she'll just burst into laughter for no apparent reason.  She does it a lot lately, especially in the stroller or in the car.  What is so funny? 

I think its so interesting how she inspects things.  Justin let her hold the remote control the other night.  She must have sat there for 15 or 20 minutes just passing it from hand to hand, rotating it in every direction, turning it over, squeezing it, holding it over her head.  Completely mesmerized.  She's figuring out how things work.

All her little expressions and smiles make me laugh.  I think she has such a sweet little personality.

Here she is wearing a sweater that my Grandma Bennett knit for me when I was a baby.  Unfortunately, I cut off her head, but the smile was priceless.   

Here's an action shot of her rolling all over the place.

I decided we better start getting used to wearing sunglasses since we're going to Hawaii soon.  How funny are these?  I was dying when I put them on her.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I hope you're wearing your green!

COMMENTS!!!

People keep telling me that they can't post comments to our blog and I figured it was just some glitch with blogger.  Until today when my smart friend Jennie suggested it might be in our settings.  I just checked and she was right!  I've fixed it so everyone should be able to comment without having to login or create an account or any of that nonsense.  Now I'll have to post something for you to comment on.  I'll work on that tomorrow.... 

Tasty Toes

Now that Natalie is rolling over, she's been hanging out and even sleeping on her belly.  Yesterday, I went into her room after her nap and caught her pushing herself up and peeking over the crib at me.  How cute is this?

I love this t-shirt.  If you can't tell, its a mama horse and baby horse with a little heart above their heads.  My friend Mike from work picked it out for her.

Dang, I wish I was this flexible.  Don't worry, we'll put a stop to this as soon as she starts actually using her feet.

8 Months Old

Natalie turned 8 months old last Saturday!  I posted some pictures below.  She's changing so much right now and turning into a little person rather than a little baby.  

Last week, Justin finally got her to roll from her back to her tummy.  She must have rolled back and forth 10 times in a row that night as we cheered for her.  She's been rolling around pretty well since.  The only problem is that now she doesn't want to sit up anymore!

She constantly says "Hey" or "Hi".  I'd like to think its because she hears me say it often, but its likely just a random sound that happens to come out on a regular basis (and sometimes even at appropriate moments).  Its funny, she studies my lips when I say "mama" or "dada" to her, but nothing even close to those sounds ever comes out.  I swear her little voice gets cuter all the time.

Still no teeth, but constant chewing and tons of drool.  She gets so aggressive chewing her toys sometimes that she gets red marks on the sides of her mouth (see 1st pic below).  She's doesn't seem to care though.  I think I'll miss her big gummy smile when those teeth finally do come in.

She loves looking at pictures of people, especially of herself.  When she sees herself on the wall, the computer screen, or the "Natie tree" at Nana's house, she lights up with a big smile and sometimes a squeal.  I'm sure she doesn't know she's looking at herself yet, but she sure likes what she sees.  :)

I could go on and on, but here's our baby girl at 8 months...

I had to add these 2...they crack me up...

So sad  :)  ...