A tooth .. a tooth!!!

Yes, ladies and gents, we have a tooth coming in!!! We noticed Natali's gums looked bigger than usual the last few days or so. I felt of her gums this morning and I can feel a tooth!! And you can see it too. I suppose the other front one will be coming soon. This is the bottom left tooth. I am so excited! Josh and I were talking about how much different she will look when her smile has teeth in it. :) Happy Birthday Natali! 7 months!!

Open wide!! She is so funny - she has figured out what the baby food jar means and she get excited. Then, when the spoon comes out, she starts opening her mouth really big. We are having fun with this new phase of her life. One thing I have learned - carrots stain everything!!!!! The spoon, the bib, some of her clothes. Yuck!

Gotta love it!! So messy is this feeding business.

Feeding rice cereal

She is so cute - she opens her mouth in anticipation.

Daddy's turn!

This was her first try at apple juice. She didn't like it at all. She made the funniest face and pulled the bottle out of her mouth. I thought all babies liked apple juice.

So we are feeding Natali some cereal a couple times a day and we will add baby food shortly. Just have to get to the store to buy it.

Sitting up!!!!!

We are very excited to report that Natali is sitting on her own very well now. She cannot get herself in the sitting position, but will stay there if she is helped. It is so neat to see her sit on the floor and play - she looks so much more like a little person!! :) I captured this really cute picture a few days ago. And now just yesterday she started this rocking thing while she is sitting on the floor or in someone's lap. She moves like from the waist and up back and forth - it's pretty cute.

Doctor visit

Natali's doctor visit went pretty good. I had to wait a long time in the room before the doctor got in there. The doctor said Natali looks great and we should start her on some baby food. So I suppose next week will be the week of the first baby food. Anybody have any tricks on getting them from nursing to solid food? :) Actually, I really don't think Natali will have a hard time. She loves to watch us when we are using utensils to eat our food. And we have put spoons in her mouth already and she tried to figure it out. I put a piece of an apple in her mouth the other day and she gummed it for a little while. We'll see.
6 month numbers:
17 lbs 11 ounces
25 1/2 inches long
17 1/2 inches head circumference
We are excited she is growing. She feels like she weighs 20 pounds though!! I will hopefully get some new pictures on here this weekend of her sitting on the floor by herself. It is really cute.
Aunt Rebecca just came in last night from Ohio. She will be staying until Tuesday. We are excited to get to spend time with her.

Pictures

Natali had her pictures taken professionally today. I was really nervous about how she would do because she was really sleepy at home right before it was time to go to the studio. But she did great - smiled all the time for the lady taking the pictures. :) They turned out SO good! Well, at least on the computer they did. It will take about 2 1/2 weeks to get the actual prints back. Hopefully I will be able to scan them and post them on here. I don't know if you can scan professional pictures or not. But anyways. We had a great experience - no screaming or spitting up. Just fun.

Baby babble

So this is Natali in one of her babbling moods. And she is wearing her Halloween outfit.

Happy Halloween!

What is this thing on me anyways?

I love the back of it.

Mom always has to surprise me when she takes my picture.