"Look at this!"

Natalie has officially started saying her first phrase as of a couple of weeks ago. We weren't sure at first, but she's definitely saying it. When she's in the mood, she'll sit down next to you and start individually pointing out pretty much everything in the room with her tiny little pointer finger and say "Look at this!". It's pretty funny and almost too cute to handle.

"Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!" "Look at this!"

She can go on for a pretty long time, but it hasn't gotten old to me :-)

I'm sure she'll be happy to show you the next time you come visit us!

Andy

Natalie's New Hat

Julie and Natalie went shopping recently and Natalie found a hat that she really likes (and wouldn't let go of), so now she has a new hat :-) As you can see, she's pretty darn cute in it. She loves having it on!

Natalie's also really started to enjoy playing ball. She'll sit down about 6 feet away from me and we'll roll her Dora ball back and forth. She's getting very good at catching the ball, picking it up, and tossing it back in my general direction. Hopefully she'll be able to play while *standing* in the near future.

Andy

Future musician?

Natalie has recently discovered the keyboard we have set up in my computer room, and she absolutely loves playing with it. She loves making as much noise as possible while she's at the controls, and there are plenty of other buttons at the top that glow a neat blue. Every time she gets a glimpse of the keyboard she has to stop and play. This could be the start of her future career!

Natalie had a good St. Patrick's day. She didn't get to have any green beer, but she did get to go to a party where there were clowns, dancing, and plenty of cheese and crackers for her to snack on. She was well dressed for the occasion with her new shirt from her Aunt Laura and Great Grandma Carol!

Andy

My favorite thing ever

My favorite thing in the world to do is rock my daughter to sleep. Even if it's 3 in the morning, I don't mind a bit. It's hard to explain, but it's definitely true! :-)

Andy

Straws and suckers

Natalie still loves going to Skyline, and now she loves washing it down with some water through a straw. Every time she sees something with a straw in it she wants a drink! She can really gulp down the water too. She much prefers the straws to a sippy cup.

We took her to the Home & Garden show this week, and she had a pretty good time. There were lots of large playgrounds to look at. Julie & I are trying to decide what we're going to get her to play with for the summer. Some of those pre-made playgrounds are ridiculously expensive. We'll see how the shopping goes.

While at the show Natalie spotted a basket full of candy. I picked her out a dum-dum sucker and she played with it for a bit. We then decided to take the wrapper off and see if she would try it out. It took a few minutes since she wasn't quite sure what it was, but once she got that first taste of it, it was all over. We gave her a few tastes, but apparantly we weren't moving fast enough because she eventually grabbed it and took charge. She pretty much left it in her mouth at that point and drooled strawberry flavored slobber all over the rest of the show. She loved it!

So, for the record her first sucker was strawberry flavored and she had it on March 8th. That fact will be good for your Natalie trivia knowledge.

Andy