New toys

Natalie has a couple of of new space-swallowing toys that she's been spending a lot of time with.

The first is her new ball pit! She plays with it pretty much every day.

She also has her own little house to hang out in. It has a nice little chair, an oven, and a changing table for her dolls. It's getting quite a bit of play time as well these days.

Goo-goo Eyes

One of my favorite new things that Natalie does is make "goo-goo eyes." There isn't really any rhyme or reason to it, but sometimes she just breaks into making faces that are impossible not to laugh at. It's hard to explain, so here are some pictures. Next time you see her make sure to ask about goo-goo eyes... totally worth it.

Happy 2nd birthday!

February 6th was Natalie's 2nd birthday. She had a great time at her multiple birthday parties, and has several new toys that she plays with all the time. More to come on that. For now, enjoy a couple of photos from her 2-year portraits. We'll be posting the rest of them on the website in the near future.

Colorado!

Natalie recently got to take her fourth plane trip, and this time she flew with us to Colorado to visit her great aunt Kathy and great uncle Jeff. We all had a great time! The views were great and so was the sledding, skiing, and hiking. Here are a few pictures from the trip:

Samuel McPherrin Purdy

Samuel McPherrin Purdy was born on January 24th, 2008. Jeff, Monica, and big sister Carina are doing just fine. Congratulations on the new arrival!

Madeline Planck

We took a quick trip up to Middletown on Friday to visit Anna and her new baby! Madeline Planck was born on Thursday, January 3rd and weighed 6 pounds, 2oz. Congratulations to Anna and Clint! She's adorable :-)

Here are a couple of pictures.

Anna and Clint going for a walk with Madeline:
A closeup of their cutie:

Christmas presents

As expected, Natalie got entirely too many presents for Christmas. She told me to thank you all for the gifts. A few of the presents she received are shown below.

Here's the shopping cart she got. She loves to push it around, but she also loves to make Mom and Dad push it around as well. We've already done many laps around the house.

Natalie also received a playdough set that she's been enjoying. The carpet wasn't too happy to see that present get unwrapped though.

Natalie's new dolly is also getting a lot of attention. She came with a hat that Natalie can't quite get back on when it falls off. Don't worry though, I've put it back on the doll's head about 342 times already.

Natalie's career in photography is also off to a good start. Her new pink camera that talks to her is one of her favorites.

And finally, we also received a Wii for Christmas! We've been having a lot of fun with it, and even Natalie likes to pick up the Wii-mote and swing it around like she's playing tennis. Hopefully there are some pictures of Ginny and Connie playing the Boxing game on the Wii. Amazingly entertaining :-) If I find any I'll be sure to post them.

What did all of you get for Christmas?