Natalie: Month 12!

Dear Natalie,

You are now one year old! You had so much fun on your birthday, and at your party, and you're actually 13 months old right now, but we're stopping the monthly updates, so it will be less often now.

Your doctors appointment was the Wednesday after your birthday, and you did so well!

Stats:

Weight -

Birth: 4 lbs 0 oz
1 mo: 5 lbs 13 oz
2 mo: 8 lbs 3.5 oz
3 mo: 10 lbs
4 mo: 13 lbs
5 mo: 12 lbs 13 oz
6 mo: 14 lbs 4 oz
7 mo: 15 lbs 2 oz
8 mo: 15 lbs 3 oz
9 mo: 16 lbs
10 mo: 16 lbs 5 oz
11mo: 17 lbs
12 mo: 18 lbs 3 oz

Length -

Birth: 18 1/4 in
2 mo: 20 1/2 in
3 mo: 21 in
4 mo: 22 1/2 in
5 mo: 24 1/2 in
6 mo: 24 1/2 in
7 mo: 25 in
8 mo: 25 3/4 in
9 mo: 25 3/4 in
10 mo: 26 3/4 in
11 mo: 27 in
12 mo: 29 1/4 in

Nothing has changed in your eating routine! You still have fruits and oatmeal mix for breakfast around noon, veggies for lunch around 5 pm, and a meat/veggie combo or macaroni and cheese (your favorite!) for dinner around 9 pm. You are drinking three 8 oz bottles a day, one with each nap now.
You are starting with finger foods this month! So far we have tried:

Chicken pieces
Cheerios
Carrot cubes
BIRTHDAY CAKE!

Your favorites are still:

Macaroni and cheese
Peas
Green Beans
Pears
Bananas
Apples

You are now a pro at holding your bottle. I used to have to hold it for you after a while, but now you don't need me at all, and I only sit with you to make sure you don't get up! And you also are starting to get in the habit of needing a bottle to go to sleep. Momma doesn't mind right now, as it helps you go to sleep SO QUICK and without a fuss, which is awe-some.

You are doing so much better with sleeping now that you have your bottle with you! No problems getting you to go to sleep at all anymore, as long as you have "Bob-bob" and monkey.

You are officially teething! You got three teeth within a week after your birthday party and they're still coming in, but you are doing great! You did get a little fever, and because of that a cold and small ear infection, but you didn't let it stop you at all!!

You are adding new words! So far you have said:

HI
HAHA
Maaaaaaaa
Good Girl
Dad
Hey
Eat
Eddie
Mom
Up
Hat
Daddy

New words:

Bob-bob (which is definately bottle)

You are now in size 3 diapers! Still in 6-9 month clothes and some 12 month clothes, and size 3 shoes!


You will be walking any day now! You're still working on standing independently but you are getting braver!

You had so much fun at your birthday party! You got tons of fun things to play with, and an AWESOME high chair that is like the Cadillac of all high chairs!

The highlight of the day was when you decided that you liked your cake, and you just grabbed it with BOTH hands, pulled it OFF the plate towards you, and literally faceplanted into your cake and started NOMMING on it! Every once in a while we would see you go back in for more!


I'm so excited to see what next month brings!

Momma and Daddy love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow!

Natalie: 11 months!

Dear Natalie,

You are now 11 months old! Momma can't believe that your birthday is only 20 days away! It's amazing how fast this year has gone by, and I know it's only going to go faster the bigger you get!

Your next appointment was supposed to be in July around your birthday, but we are going to have to reschedule because we are going to the beach that week!

Stats:

Weight -

Birth: 4 lbs 0 oz
1 mo: 5 lbs 13 oz
2 mo: 8 lbs 3.5 oz
3 mo: 10 lbs
4 mo: 13 lbs
5 mo: 12 lbs 13 oz
6 mo: 14 lbs 4 oz
7 mo: 15 lbs 2 oz
8 mo: 15 lbs 3 oz
9 mo: 16 lbs
10 mo: 16 lbs 5 oz
11mo:  17 lbs

Length -

Birth: 18 1/4 in
2 mo: 20 1/2 in
3 mo: 21 in
4 mo: 22 1/2 in
5 mo: 24 1/2 in
6 mo: 24 1/2 in
7 mo: 25 in
8 mo: 25 3/4 in
9 mo: 25 3/4 in
10 mo: 26 3/4 in
11 mo: 27 in

Nothing has changed in your eating routine! You still have fruits and oatmeal mix for breakfast around noon, veggies for lunch around 5 pm, and a meat/veggie combo or macaroni and cheese (your favorite!) for dinner around 9 pm. You are drinking three 8 oz bottles a day, one with each meal.

The only new foods you tried this month are:

Strawberry Apple puffies
Orange Medley

Your favorites are still:

Macaroni and cheese
Peas
Green Beans
Sweet Potatoes
Bananas
Apples

You are now a pro at holding your bottle. I used to have to hold it for you after a while, but now you don't need me at all, and I only sit with you to make sure you don't get up!

 

You are still having a little bit of trouble sleeping. We think it might be because we have been letting you have Violet going to bed and instead of falling asleep you decide to play with her. Then the next day you fall asleep with your breakfast bottle.

You have also been waking up at different points during the night and playing quietly in your crib. You also do this in the morning, and thankfully let Momma sleep a little longer after Daddy goes to work.

 I'm not sure if you are teething yet or not, because you are DROOLING, but we have yet to see any even SLIGHT showing of a tooth yet.

You are adding new words! So far you have said:

HI
HAHA
Maaaaaaaa
Good Girl
Dad
Hey
Eat
Eddie
Mom
Up

New words:

Ba (which we think means bottle)
Hat
Daddy (Da-Dee)

You are still in size 2 diapers, 6-9 month clothes and size 3 shoes! Momma is going to have to make your birthday outfit because all of the ones in stores are 12 mo size and will be too big!

You will be walking any day now! You still can't stand independently, but you sure are working on it! And you are a little speed demon in your walker!!


This past Sunday was Father's Day. Here is the photo collage that we took of you to frame:

We also got Daddy an outdoor grill and some utensils to use! He loved it!

I'm so excited to see what next month brings!

I hope this next month is alot of fun for you, with your first trip to the beach and then your birthday party! AH! You're turning one!

Sometimes I look at you and you are so beautful that you make my heart hurt!

Momma and Daddy love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow!

Natalie: 10 Months!

:: Another Disclaimer:: This post has been in my queue for FOREVER waiting on photos. I took them and never edited them. So even though today is her 11-monthday, I won't be posting her 11 month photos until next week. Here we go =) ::

 

Dear Natalie,

You are now 10 months old! You are getting so big, Momma is wishing you would just SLOW DOWN!

We finally had another doctor's appointment for you!

Stats:

Weight -

Birth: 4 lbs 0 oz
1 mo: 5 lbs 13 oz
2 mo: 8 lbs 3.5 oz
3 mo: 10 lbs
4 mo: 13 lbs
5 mo: 12 lbs 13 oz
6 mo: 14 lbs 4 oz
7 mo: 15 lbs 2 oz
8 mo: 15 lbs 3 oz
9 mo: 16 lbs
10 mo: 16 lbs 5 oz

Length -

Birth: 18 1/4 in
2 mo: 20 1/2 in
3 mo: 21 in
4 mo: 22 1/2 in
5 mo: 24 1/2 in
6 mo: 24 1/2 in
7 mo: 25 in
8 mo: 25 3/4 in
9 mo: 25 3/4 in
10 mo: 26 3/4 in

 

You are doing good sticking to your eating routine! You have fruits and oatmeal mix for breakfast, veggies for lunch, and a meat/veggie combo or macaroni and cheese (your favorite!) for dinner. You are back to drinking three 8 oz bottles a day.

The only new foods you tried this month are:

Prunes
Banana Puffies
I was really surprised that you didn't hate the prunes! I guess they taste good, although Momma doesn't like them!

Your favorites are still:

Macaroni and cheese
Peas
Green Beans
Sweet Potatoes
Bananas
Apples

You are now a pro at holding your bottle. I used to have to hold it for you after a while, but now you don't need me at all, and I only sit with you to make sure you don't get up!

 

You have been even more active sleeping lately. There have been a few nights where you have absolutely refused to go to sleep for almost an hour and a half and will stand up in your crib and scream/cry. Now, I know you're faking just to try and get me to come get you, and I'm not falling for it, but let me tell you it is HARD! But once you are out, you are OUT COLD.

You are adding new words! So far you have said:

HI
HAHA
Maaaaaaaa
Good Girl
Dad

New words:

Hey
Eat
Eddie
Mom
Up

 

 

We've moved you up in clothes! You are now wearing anywhere from 6 mo, 6-9 mo, and 9 mo clothing. Momma has lots of cute sundresses for you this summer, and I can't wait to dress you up in them!

Also that tongue thing that you have started doing? HILARIOUS.

You are in size 2 diapers now, and they seem to be much better. We're thinking you'll probably be in them until your first birthday or maybe a little after.

 

You still just LOVE bathtime! I can't wait to take you to the pool and see how you do with LOTS of water! =) I just love your little bathrobe! It's probably one of my favorite things!

You are officially a crawler! You are starting to walk more and more and you just love to stand up! We can't stop you!

This month we celebrated my first Mother's Day, and let me just say it was perfect =) I had to work in the morning, but afterwards you and Daddy gave me your present (a gorgeous snowglobe) and then we headed out to Red Lobster where you were (as always!) the center of attention!

I'm so excited to see what next month brings!

I hope this next month is just as exciting as this past month was! And that it goes by SLOWER!!

 

Momma and Daddy love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow!

Natalie: 9 Months!

DISCLAIMER: Natalie is actually 10 months old, I'm just now posting this because it took me forever to edit these photos now that Picnik is gone. I hope that PicMonkey gets their "collage" option soon, because it was very frustrating. And I have to turn around and do it again next week....JOY.

Dear Natalie,

You are now a BIG nine months old! Lots of exciting things happened this month that I can't wait to tell you about!

We celebrated your very first Easter this month, and you showed off you new skills, which include last months sitting up on your own, which you are now a PRO at! But we'll talk about the rest of those later.

Stats:

Weight -

Birth: 4 lbs 0 oz
1 mo: 5 lbs 13 oz
2 mo: 8 lbs 3.5 oz
3 mo: 10 lbs
4 mo: 13 lbs
5 mo: 12 lbs 13 oz
6 mo: 14 lbs 4 oz
7 mo: 15 lbs 2 oz
8 mo: 15 lbs 3 oz
9 mo: 16 lbs

Length -

Birth: 18 1/4 in
2 mo: 20 1/2 in
3 mo: 21 in
4 mo: 22 1/2 in
5 mo: 24 1/2 in
6 mo: 24 1/2 in
7 mo: 25 in
8 mo: 25 3/4 in
9 mo: 25 3/4 in

You are down to a routine with your eating now. You have fruits and oatmeal mix for breakfast with a 6 oz bottle, one 8 oz bottle around 5 pm and veggies and an 8 oz bottle for dinner/bedtime. You are now using only fast nipples, because the medium ones started to frustrate you and you would suck so hard on them that you actually flattened them!

We added to the list of stage 2 foods:

Chicken Noodle
Chicken and Rice
Turkey and Sweet Potatoes
Turkey and Rice
Vegetable Chicken
Vegetable Beef
Sweet Potatoes and Corn
Garden Veggies
Mixed Veggies

Mixed Berries
Cherries and Apples
Strawberry Banana Apple
Pineapple and Banana and Mango
Blueberry and Apple
Banana Plum Grape
Pear Pineapple


So far no allergies! You really love the macaroni and cheese and of course your favorites are still sweet potatoes and peas. You also really love the mixed berries, and of course still anything with banana! And you really love to try to feed yourself, even though most of the time you grab the spoon, eat the food off of it and then just continue to chew on the spoon!

You are also doing something AMAZING! You are already holding your bottle all on your own! Momma kinda feels sad because she feels like you don't need her for much anymore!

 

You have been more active sleeping at night lately. I'm not sure if it's because you are teething or if it's because you've recently become more mobile and have been sitting (and standing) a whole bunch! You still sleep straight throught the night though, so Momma can't complain!

You are babbling alot more lately as well! You also laugh at yourself alot, and it's really cute! You also started making fun of Mama and Mawmaw when we were sick/coughing, and you would cough back at us! So far we think you have said:

HI
HAHA
Maaaaaaaa
Good Girl
Dad

You are still in between sizes, you can wear a wide variety depending on the brand. You can wear anything from 3 month to 6 month. Momma can't wait to dress you in a ton of sundresses this summer! We already bought you a bathing suit as well!

We are thinking about moving you up to size 2 diapers in the next week or so, because it seems like they just don't hold your stuff as well anymore and we think you need more room! (It feels wierd to talk about your poop!)

You LOVE bathtime! You have been very playful with everything lately, but you really love to splash!

Momma and Daddy really think that you are going to be walking any day now! You are starting to learn to walk assisted (on Easter you took your first assisted steps) and you really have no desire to crawl yet, so it will probably happen at the same time! And of course like I mentioned before you are a STELLAR sitter now! You can pretty much sit on your own without ANY help from us at all!

Those pictures above were from Easter! You had a blast with your cousins and going on your very first Easter Egg Hunt!

I can't wait to take pictures of you in the cute little sundresses we bought for you! I have a few more in mind that I haven't told Daddy about yet! hehehe =)

I hope this next month is just as exciting as this past month was! And that it goes by SLOWER!!

Momma and Daddy love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow!

Natalie: 8 Months!

Dear Natalie,

This update is going to be a little late considering by the time I am posting this you are actually almost 9 months old, but I can't skip a month so here we go! Your eighth month FLEW by, and it seems like I write these posts WAY too often!

(THE REST OF THIS POST WAS WRITTEN AT AN EARLIER DATE)

Your appointment at the end of February went very well! You were a very good girl for your vaccinations, and I added the results of your height and weight so that they are now accurate! Your next appointment isn't until MAY! Goodness, I guess they feel you are doing so well that they don't need to see you unless it's an emergency!

Stats:

Weight -

Birth: 4 lbs 0 oz
1 mo: 5 lbs 13 oz
2 mo: 8 lbs 3.5 oz
3 mo: 10 lbs
4 mo: 13 lbs
5 mo: 12 lbs 13 oz
6 mo: 14 lbs 4 oz
7 mo: 15 lbs 2 oz
8 mo: 15 lbs 3 oz

Length -

Birth: 18 1/4 in
2 mo: 20 1/2 in
3 mo: 21 in
4 mo: 22 1/2 in
5 mo: 24 1/2 in
6 mo: 24 1/2 in
7 mo: 25 in
8 mo: 25 3/4 in

You are still drinking 3-4 8 oz bottles a day. You are using the medium flow nipples like a champ, and you are still eating very well!

We added to the list of solid foods and stepped you up to stage 2 foods! So far from the new flavors we have added:

Macaroni and Cheese and Vegetables
Pears and Pinapple mix

So far no allergies! You really love the macaroni and cheese and we are moving on to meat tonight!

You are still sleeping SO well! You are just the best little girl in the world, I don't know how you do it! (And I know, I'm probably biased because I'm your Momma, but seriously - could I have it any easier??)

You are still in between sizes. You are starting to grow out of some of your 3 month clothes, and some of the 6 month clothes and 3-6 month clothes are starting to fit you pretty well. Most are still a little too big.

The doctor says the bumps on your skin is just due to the fact that your skin is really sensitive. And he said that should go away with time.

You are now officially a "sitter"! You can sit up all on your own without any help, and you are also now putting ALL of your weight on your feet and standing up! Now, you can't stand up on your own, and your still working on getting from laying to sitting on your own, but you're getting there! And if we stand you up, you can pretty much stay there if you are holding on to something for over a minute! Of course, Momma or Daddy is right there to catch you just in case, but mostly you don't need it!

You took your first trip to the park just a few days ago and you had so much fun! We took you down a few slides, but mostly you just watched your cousin play.


We also dressed you up for St. Patty's Day and you looked so cute! Your first little sundress!

I hope this next month is just as exciting as this past month was! And that it goes by SLOWER!!

Momma and Daddy love you more than yesterday and less than tomorrow!