(And just so you don't think these pictures are easy, here are a few out-takes from the sign photos)
She's got two teeth on the bottom, and three teeth (in various stages) working their way in on the top.
She goes to bed around 6:30pm and gets up about 12 hours later (notice that I said "gets up" - she has been known to wake up in the night, scream [or laugh] loudly, and then fall soundly back asleep, leaving Mike and me wide awake with pounding hearts from being awakened so suddenly. What a good trick!).
She eats almost everything. While she's not particularly fond of peaches, apricots, or pears, she does eat applesauce, blueberries, yams, rice and lentils, squash, carrots, yogurt, etc. Here's a video of her eating some yogurt for the first time.She also loves her puffs (dissolving Cheerios-like things). Recently, I've even started giving her small pieces of soft food, like strawberries.
(And, yes, I did feed her strawberries while she was in her [white] clothes. That was a learning experience . . . .)
She's mostly a water drinker, although I've been trying to get her to drink whole milk since we've been dropping the nursing to only mornings and evenings. I wouldn't say Natalie is a milk-lover, but hopefully it will grow on her.
She doesn't have any words yet. She's definitely made the sounds for "mama" and "dada", but I don't think she's conclusively put them together with their meanings. Although, she did do a pretty convincing job of repeating "dada" after Mike while looking at him the other morning, so who knows? There's no "dada" in the video below, but this is a good view of many other Natalie noises.She's definitely communicating, though. For example, she definitely lets us know when she's M-A-D about things - you can really see these little flashes of temper, but she's pretty quickly and easily distracted. I know that won't always be the case. She's also catching on when you take something away from her - she look to where you put it and then keep looking for the object. Such a smart and silly girl!
She's also started to pull herself to standing. She hasn't really figured out how to move her feet once she's standing, though - so no cruising yet.
She still loves her Brown Bear, Brown Bear book; her Totorro stuffed animal (also: when daddy says its name); and the eensy-weensy spider song. Most days walks are okay, but sometimes they're not (also, sometimes it's just too hot these days). Baths are still good. Riding in the car is generally okay, but much, much better with someone sitting beside her to entertain her during the ride.
She plays in her area of the living room ("baby jail").
In addition to her swimming lessons (which will take a summer hiatus after the class next week), we've been trying to get out a little more. Here are some pictures of Natalie out to eat - just like a big person! And she was really, really good!
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laka laka laka !!! xo
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