No doubt, Allen and I have high hopes for Natalie's future. Will she be a lawyer, a doctor, a real estate investor, a chef, a professional runner? There's no way to know for sure, but it looks like she can always fall back on a career in mountain climbing or drumming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d811KHHIwc
Monday, June 21, 2010
Uh-oh!
Natalie is saying a handful of words now. It started with Mama (although I'm still not completely convinced that she associates the word with me) and then within the last month or so she started saying "uh-oh." She likes saying it so much that she has expanded her definition of "uh-oh" to also be a precursor to or reaction to intentionally dropping something on the floor. Yes, you would think that it would get old constantly retrieving the item du jour from the floor and handing it back to her. And, yes, I realize that we're encouraging "bad" behavior. But seriously, it's too stinkin' cute not to play along.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrh4e1o7XuQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxNg3onpPYw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrh4e1o7XuQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxNg3onpPYw
Monday, June 14, 2010
Houston, we have a climber.
Apparently Natalie has the climbing gene. You know, the one where you find a kid standing on top of something and wonder if they sprouted wings and flew? Well, I have a feeling we are in store for a lot of those surprises down the road. This weekend Natalie scaled an ottoman, a rocking chair, an exersaucer, some 5-gallon water bottles, and climbed into a cooler. And she's only going to get stronger, faster, and smarter. Sigh. I don't see this slowing down any time soon because she also seems to realllllly enjoy it.
Here is Natalie climbing onto the exersaucer at my parents' house. She did this no less than 10 times in a row. She's quite proud of her climbing prowess!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_Q1_6T_AE&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_Q1_6T_AE&feature=player_embedded
Here is Natalie climbing onto the exersaucer at my parents' house. She did this no less than 10 times in a row. She's quite proud of her climbing prowess!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_Q1_6T_AE&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM_Q1_6T_AE&feature=player_embedded
First Steps!
Over the past month or two, Natalie has been doing a lot of standing on her own and cruising along furniture, cabinets, and anything else she can hold onto. Allen and I had kind of decided that we weren't really going to try too hard to encourage walking since crawling is great for brain development and we just aren't in that big of a hurry for our BABY to become a TODDLER. It had become clear to me over the last couple of weeks that she was physically capable of taking her first steps on her own. The only reason she hadn't done it yet was because she just had not made up her mind to do it.
We stayed at my mom and dad's house over the weekend and Natalie actually took a couple of steps, not even realizing what she was doing. One of the times she had something in each hand, so she thought she was holding onto something stable. Since she seemed soooo close to making those first steps (on purpose), I figured I might as well see if I could get her to do it with the camcorder running. Sure enough, she performed for us! I have to admit, I teared up a little. My baby is growing up so fast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6_HJ-orTtg&feature=player_embedded
We stayed at my mom and dad's house over the weekend and Natalie actually took a couple of steps, not even realizing what she was doing. One of the times she had something in each hand, so she thought she was holding onto something stable. Since she seemed soooo close to making those first steps (on purpose), I figured I might as well see if I could get her to do it with the camcorder running. Sure enough, she performed for us! I have to admit, I teared up a little. My baby is growing up so fast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6_HJ-orTtg&feature=player_embedded
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