Pig tails

So, my first successful pigtails was the other night. Usually Natali does not like me to mess with her hair. She looks pretty cute with them so hopefully she will let me do it some more. I tried last night and she would have none of it!

I can't believe I haven't blogged something in a week and a half. I haven't really taken hardly any pictures of Natali since she turned 1. It's really sad. I will try harder. Anyways.

So Natali is over the thrush, hand/foot/mouth disease, and I think over the yeast infection. She has a little bit of a cold right now.

She is all about showing her opinion about things these days. She likes to bat her hands at my face and yell when she doesn't like something I do. I didn't expect this to happen already. :) It's interesting.

I took a few pictures of Natlai in the bath and I like them because you can see her teeth so good - she has 6 teeth on top and bottom I think.

This last picture is of Natali waving bye-bye to the water. She does this now while the water is draining..... and most of the time she won't let you take her out of the tub until all the water is gone. :)

No pics, just words!

So Natali has been busy learning and practicing new moves! Her latest funny thing is that when we make a certain sound that means basically "I'm gonna get you!" she looks at you with a certain look and starts to walk backwards slowly, then, she runs to you giggling until you grab her and give her a big hug, its a fun game, we recommend it! Also, when you change her T-shirt she knows just where to put her arms to get them in the holes, she is so very helpful.

She has had a few medical/health related issues lately. She has some fluid in her ears which the Dr. says should clear up on its own and it looks like it already has, she isn't pulling at her ears anymore. Next she had a mild case of hand, foot and mouth disease, probably contracted from daycare, but that seems to be clearing up as well. Lastly, she has a yeast infection that we first thought was just a nasty diaper rash, we were wondering why it wouldn't go away! And lastly lastly, she also had thrush which is somewhat uncommon for older babies to get, they say it is somehow associated with the yeast infection. All in all, Nat is still happy go lucky Nat, for the most part, she woke up at 11:30 last night and never really went back to sleep besides maybe some 30 minute spells here and there, so we all had a long night. We are hoping for a better night tonight. We are very blessed to have a child with such a bright attitude no matter what is going on with her, she just keeps a smile on, and we are glad for that.

P.S. this was written by daddy! :)

Silly girl

Natali was full of laughs tonight during her bath. And she actually continued to laugh even after I got the camera to record her. :)

Just Nat being Nat

Good stuff

It seems like I have so much to talk about just in the last week. First and foremost - Natali's 2 ear infections have finally cleared up!!! Josh took her on Thursday to see Dr.Roberts and she said Natali looked great!

Natali is changing and learning new things so fast! Her biggest thing right now is that she gets a book and brings it to you, sits down so you will read her the book. Over and over and over again. :) Sometimes she puts her arms up for you to pick her up and read to her. She can point to her belly button now - she pulls up her shirt and points at it. If she has a onesie on, she tries to pull it up but can't and she gets kind of upset/worried. :) Natali knows when we say "Natali, do you want to get a bath?", she starts walking towards the bathroom! Also, you can ask "Do you want some socks on?" and she will put her foot up for you to put some on. When she finds her shoes she brings them to you and puts her foot up to get her shoes put on by someone.

We are having so much fun with Natali and how smart she is, the new things she learns, and how much she is growing in all sorts of ways. It is so amazing that her brain allows her to figure things out.