Summertime fun

We had Cousin Connor's Birthday party at his house which has a pool. So I took Natalie swimming. She didn't quite know what to make of it until all the girls swarmed her and started making faces at her. She quickly gravitated towards her cousin Kaitlyn. Most of the time though was spent in Pee paw's lap. which he loved.

Then we spent Father's Day at Matt's grandparents. Matt didn't sleep well the night before and so when Natalie took a nap so did he. That was a pretty relaxing day. I helped Christie get some things done for the big project she has been working on.

Matt's company held a picnic ant the Louisville Zoo one Saturday. It just happened to be one of the very hot humid days we have been having. But we went and enjoyed everything that was offered. I had brought Natalie some cold teething toys and Ice packs. We used them to keep her cool. We put them behind her back in the stroller. She was probably the most comfortable of all of us. While we were there Natalie decided to drink water like Mommy and Daddy right out of their water bottles. so I decided that she was ready to try a sippy cup. I don't think sh is getting much out of it at the moment but she is learning.

The Dr. has approved solid feedings, but she doesn't like just rice so we have been feeding her vegetables with it as well. Sunday Daddy was up when this happened. he spoke and she turned around and gave him this delicious smile.

This is one of my favorite pictures of her.

4!

Natalie is Now four months, wow. Time sure does fly. I had some pictures but for some odd reason my compy won't read the camera:( so Anyway. Natalie has found her toes, she loves to lift her little feet up, grab one leg with both hands and put her big toe in her mouth and then wiggle it! She is trying to sit up on her own. And she had learned another new trick how to take out her binky. She will take it out look at it, talk to it and then try to put it back in her mouth. Sometimes she makes it in sometimes she misses and then sometimes it gets turned around. That is when she gets mad and yells at it tries again and then looks at it intently. the only hard part about this new skill is that she wants to do it at bed time. She'll take out the binky and is too tired to even try to put it back in so the cries about it. We had a little sick episode last week and took her to the Dr. she was weighed at 11lbs and 8oz. It was nothing major and she came home better then when she went. But we have the well check on the 18th so we will see how much she gains in a week.

3 Months

Wow where has the time gone? Natalie is 3 months old. We do not have a check up for this month so I can't really say how much she has grown, but I know she has. she is starting to actually outgrow some of her clothes, which is very exciting. just in the past week she has found her thumb and likes to chew on it, not suck but chew, and she has started to roll over. I have found her at least twice on her back when I go in to feed her in the morning, and my husband found her like that once. Today at church I put her down on her back and everything but her head was turned over... she is starting to stick everything she can in her mouth. she'll just sit there and gnaw at her hand or my fingers or whatever else is in her hand or reach. she is grabbing things and loves it. we still don't hear many happy noises but we do see a lot of smiles. One thing that makes me laugh is we will look in our mirror downstairs and she'll give a great big smile and then hid her head in my shoulder.

We also bought some baby sign language dvds. I know it is still early for her to be able to do them back to me but I figure it is never to early to start. The kit I bought is great. It comes with 6 dvds, each dvd came with a book and a set of flash cards. We get to learn mealtime, bedtime, bath time, getting dressed, park and pet signs. I am so excited. there is only about 6 signs for each but it is enough.

Two Months!

Yay! Natalie is two months now. She is sleeping through the night(when Daddy lets her), talking to us more and more, and starting to purposely move her hands!

She loves looking at her "friend" in the mirror while I change her during the day.

She is getting so big and yet still fits in most of her newborn clothes. She still likes to be held close for naps during the day, but I love it. I did buy a carrier for us, so now I don't have to pull out the stroller just to go for a walk. We have so much fun watch her grow and learn.

Natalie at 1 month

WE had Natalie's 1 month check up today. She is 8lbs and 4 oz. the Dr says she is growing well, everything is in the 50th percentile so we are happy. She gave me a nerve wrecking surprise last night... She slept from 7:30pm 'til 3:10 am... a "full" nights sleep! i just hope it continues.

Baby shower #2

My ward threw me a baby shower on Sat. There were so many babies born in January that our shower got pushed back.

Sleep?

We've been having some issues with Natalie not sleeping at night. She would be fine for a little while then get very uncomfortable and start crying, then spit up. Being a new mom, every noise she makes sends me to her side... and this just wasn't doing me any good. I am definitely not a night person, so staying up until after 3am with a baby who just doesn't like being laid down on her back isn't a good thing. So this afternoon she was fussy again, she had just eaten and I was putting her down, I thought that I would give her some tummy time to help her strengthen her neck. Not 5 minutes after being put on her tummy she fell asleep... and has been for about 3 hours now. I know that it is recommended for newborns to sleep on their backs but if she does better on her tummy that is what I'm going to do.