It's Quiet around here...

On the blog that is!

In my life, however, it has been anything but quiet. We've had busted lips and cradle cap, lazy Saturdays and late nights. There've been frustrating times, but also joyous times. Hectic, and slow.

New sleep schedules and work schedules are taking some time to get adjusted to, and both Daddy and I have been pretty much exhausted on a daily basis. I know that once we get in the groove of the new things, that life will go back to some sort of normal, but for right now, this small update is the best I can do.

The baby is good, the toddler is good, and we are surviving. No doctor's appointments for a while, because we have to wait 90 days with Mike's new job before we can get insurance. Cam still hasn't gotten any of his immunizations, and it makes me a little nervous. Our financial situation is tight. Really tight. But we're trying to make the best of it. We will be ok.

So, thanks for sticking around, and I promise to at least keep these small updates coming!

In the meantime, here's cute photos of the kiddos.

 

Little Miss Natalie

Hey little girl! You are growing up too fast, so slow it down ok?! Here's what you've been up to lately:


Some of your new tricks:

When you're on Daddy's shoulders, you take his hat, put it on, and then take it off and go "yeeehaw!"

When you swing you love to repeat "Weee! Weee!" over and over!

You run around in circles going "woohoo! yay! woohoo! yay!"

You turn your bike over and pretend to "fix" it (I honestly don't know where this one came from!)

You learned how to work your sit and spin toy, which you had been trying to work for months!

You like to take your monkey and "stow" him in the back of your tricycle or inside your Minnie mouse car.

Speaking of tricycle, you love riding it! We even got you a helmet and knee/elbow pads and you love them too!

 

You are such a little fish! You love to swim, and you love the pool that you got for your birthday!

You like to roar like a dinosaur! Then when Momma roars back at you, you scream like you're scared and drop like you're dead! You are so funny!

You like to pretend to sneeze! You go "achooo!" and then rub your nose!

You also bow whenever you dance at the end and go "thank you"

You got a new Bubble Guppies microphone and you have been singing into it non-stop! You say "1,2....here go!" (here we go) then you sing and at the end go "yay!"

You love slides!

Current words/phrases:

Here we go!
::gasp:: oh no!
all done/all gone
Oh googoo! (Oh Toodles! from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse)
Nigh nigh (Night night)
Oh hey Momma
pop tart
juice
more
move
Hey Dad
Hewwo (Hello)
oh....sorry
He's cute! (Mostly about your brother)
I cute!
mhmmm! or uhhh huh!
I love you
Happy
Oops!
I got it/I get it
Yeah I'm ok
It's ok (again, mostly to your brother when he is crying)
Butterfly
Monkey
Eeeeew
Ow!
Bless you!
A Goal!!
Book
Gotta go!
Outside
Feet
Socks
Shoes
Eyes
Dizzy
Nooooo ::unrecognizable jabber:: Ok? (mocking your Nana when she tells you to do or not to do something)
Ahoo! (Woohoo/Yahoo)
hat
Bubble Puppy
Bubble Guppies (you also love to sing the song)
hug
thank you
buhbye!
see you guys

You also love to shout "yyyyyyyes!" when we ask you a question, but you also say no and understand what it means. I love it when you go "uuuuuum...YES!"

 Your Current Favorites

TV Shows:

Bubble Guppies
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Sofia the First

Foods:

Mac n Cheese
Hot dogs
Chicken Nuggets
French Fries
Carrots
Corn on the Cob
Pizza

Toys:

Microphone
Molly Doll
Slide
Tricycle
Sit and Spin
Rock with Me Elmo
Fisher Price Star Stacker
Magna Doodle
Bouncy Balls (big ones AND little ones!)
Leap Pad

People:

Momma and Daddy
Baby Brother
Nana
Mawmaw and Pawpaw
Nathan

Places:

The Pool
The Park
Chic Fil-a

Dislikes:

Naptime
When baby brother cries
When anyone tries to do anything for you - you want to do it all yourself!

Things that Momma and Daddy are loving right now:

Your laugh
Your ponytail! Also, your curls now that your hair is getting long!

How good you are with your baby brother

Your love for swimming and your pool

Your love of reading

 

The way you mimic Momma and Daddy, and even Nana!

That you sleep in the silliest, and cutest of positions!

Momma and Daddy love you more and more every day beautiful girl!

Row Merrily my Beauty,


Momma

Little Miss Natalie: Birthday Edition!

Oh my munchkin!! How fast this year has flown by! I made you a new button, because you have just been changing so much, and you are too darn cute in this photo!

Today is your birthday. Two years ago, right at this very moment you entered the world, and grabbed your Daddy's finger. It was love for you two (and Momma as well!) at first sight!

That first month FLEW by, because half of it you spent in the NICU. When we finally got you home you grew so fast!

At six months, you had just started eating solid foods, you learned to roll from your back to your belly, you started to play with your feet, and you were doing an awesome job sitting up on your own!

By your first birthday you were doing so many awesome things! You were holding your bottle on your own, you had gotten your first three teeth, and you were SO close to walking!! You had a blast at your birthday party, and enjoyed your first bite of cake which you LOVED - and still do might I add!

The next six months brought your first steps, your first sentences, your first trip to the zoo, your first time going swimming, playing peek-a-boo, your first "TOUCHDOWN!", the arrival of your cousin Celia, your first trip to the pumpkin patch,  and the announcement that you would be a big sister!

Since then, you have been amazing us with your intelligence and your quick wit and general goofiness! You are a fantastic kid! You love the Bubble Guppies, hockey and the Devil's goal horn, playing with your blocks, bouncy balls of all shapes and sizes, your sesame street rock band toys, and riding your bike. You are so smart, and you love to talk! You love chicken nuggets and "fry fries", cake and frozen yogurt, and "iced tea".

You have endless energy and keep us running whenever we are out somewhere! You have the best habits, you love to take baths, and brush your teeth, and never fight Momma when going into your carseat or changing your diaper. It's like you already understand that you need those things to be happy and safe, so you never give a fuss about it!

You've been to your first circus, and your first arcade, as well as took you to your first baseball game for Mother's Day! Daddy and I also took you on your first road trip to the Devil's hockey stadium the weekend before your brother came, and we went to the zoo for Father's Day.

Two weekends ago, we took you swimming again, and you had a blast!! You just love the water, kinda like your Momma! I wonder if you will be a swimmer.

We also got you a big girl bed which I think you are really loving! You are doing well with it for the most part, you just don't ever want to stay in bed, you want to get out and play! We will get there!

And then there is this new little person in your life, who I think you love more than you love us! Yep! Your baby brother Cameron! You LOVE him, and are so excited to see him every day! It makes my heart burst when I see you together.

We had a little birthday party for you yesterday, and here are a few photos from the party.

Momma and Daddy love you so much baby girl, and I can't wait to see how you grow and learn!



Row Merrily my Beauty,

Momma