Getting Ready for Vacation

This is my break week from school. I have been busy cleaning and organizing the condo as well as getting ready for our vacation. Little Talia is ready for the beach with her hot pink toes. She is also able to balance standing by herself sometimes. She uses the sofa and the baracade we've set up in the living room to walk. At her doctor's appointment today the pediatrician told me she should be walking by 12 months and if she isn't she is not walking by choice. She is perfectly proportional in the 50th percentile for weight and height at 19 lbs. 1 oz. and 28 inches tall.

Christmas

Natalia's first Christmas this year was over Thanksgiving in Stephen with my parents. We were planning on spending Christmas in Minneapolis, so Talia got to open presents then.

Her second Christmas was when Jon's grandparents came to visit. She got this adorable coat and hat. The outfit also came with a muff that you can see on the floor.

We ended up going back to Stephen over Christmas so that Jon could put down new flooring in my parents' kitchen. We had our final Christmas last Sunday with his family.

You can see all over her new toys around her and there she is chewing on the book that came with one of her outfits.

Natalia Update

Natalia likes to read books with her daddy.

She saw the camera, dropped her nuk, and smiled for a photo.

After a long day of playing Natalia fell asleep snacking on some Cheerios.

The flash woke her up and she was immediately ready to take some pictures.

Smile

Natalia has learned what the camera is. For the past couple of days whenever I try to take her picture this is what I get.

New Mobility

Natalia is a completely different baby than she was a month ago. She has learned to crawl and is so fast now. It took her about a week to get the hang of it. Now when I see that she is trying to get to Lola's dishes, I can barely catch her before she gets there. She will crawl over to our heater (it isn't too hot for her to touch) and try to use it to stand up. Last night she was standing up using the coffee table. We can't take our eyes off her for a second.

She finally figured out the bunny in her crib. She was supposed to be napping the other day when I heard the music that the bunny plays. I found her sitting up in her crib, pulling on the cord. She also looked so cute another day when she sat up still wrapped up in her blanket. She stayed bundled up as she played with her toys.

Talia is getting so good with her little fingers. She is starting to get better with finger foods. Most of the time she can pick up the snacks and get them in her mouth. Sometimes she will still pick up her snack and enclose it in her fist. She will then suck on a couple fingers and not open her hand and then her snack becomes soggy.

She is such a happy baby. You can't really tell in this picture, but her top two front teeth are starting to come in. She was a little fussy, but until they broke through her gums we had no idea they were coming in.

Busy Little Natalia

Natalia is getting so active. Now that she is finally crawling she is all over the place. We have to keep an eye on her because if we turn around for a second, she is in a completely different spot.

Splashing

Halloween

Look at me! I can stand by myself...and the help of my toy box.

Bedhead

How could you not have a good day when you wake up to this?

Snowsuit

So we finally got Natalia her snowsuit for winter. We hadn't really been looking for one, but we had it in the back of our minds that we should get her one soon. Macy's had almost all of their baby outerwear 40% off. We maybe could have waited a little longer and found a better deal, but we didn't want to risk not getting her a nice one. The stores were already running low on the bigger sizes and we wanted to make sure that we only needed to buy one for this winter season. We ended up getting her a 12 month snowsuit. It's kinda big, but she will be wearing clothes underneath it, and she will be a year by the time winter is over. I think that it is really pretty, but Natalia is slightly unsure about it. She doesn't quite understand what it is and why she is being put in it.

Happy Friday!

Today is Friday! It already felt like the weekend because Talia and I got to spend all day with Jon yesterday because it was cold and rainy.

Natalia is so much more like a little girl now and not a like a little baby. Everyone tells you how fast time goes with a baby, but I don't think that anyone realizes it until they have one.

She is getting so smart. I'm sure everyone thinks that their baby is so smart, but ours definitely is. I love it when she is in her farm and she drops something over the edge. She gets on her tippy toes and peeks over to see where it went.

Can you believe it's October already?

It's hard to believe that it is already October. I don't know where the time goes. Last week we went and got Talia's Halloween costume. We ended up going to Party City because there weren't very many options for infant costumes at Target. She is going to look so adorable. I can't wait to dress her up. I asked Jon what we were going to do for Halloween. Natalia can't eat candy or walk so we are not taking her trick-or-treating.

I end up taking so many pictures of Talia when she is waking up. I love her messy hair and she usually gives me a big smile. She is getting good at putting her nuk back in her mouth after she wakes up. Even though it makes it into her mouth, it frequently is upside down.

I love this bonnet. It was mine when I was little. It is perfect for the weather we are having now. It shades her eyes a little from the sun, and it is quilted for added warmth. I think she looks so cute in it, but I think she looks cute no matter what she is doing even if it's crying.

Natalia is getting so much better at sitting. She stays up pretty well if she is put in the sitting position. She does not know how to get there on her own and does not realize if she pushes back she is going to hit her head on the floor. We either have to put pillows behind her or sit close enough to catch her before she bangs her head.

Cereal

Talia had her six month doctor's appointment on Friday even though she won't officially be that old until Monday. She is now 16 lbs. 10 oz. and 25 3/4 inches tall. She is in the 50th percentile for both. Her pediatrician gave us the green light to start feeding her foods. Last night we started her off with rice cereal.

Teeth

I have been so busy recently that the blog has been neglected a little. Natalia has been a busy little girl. She is very interested in her friend Lola. When she sees Lola she laughs which is really cute. She still isn't crawling yet. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks. She is getting very good at scooting. She can pull herself along the floor to pretty much any place she wants to go. I had her on the floor yesterday while I was taking a test and found her a couple minutes later half-way across the floor under a chair.

I finally got a picture of her two little teeth that are coming in. I can't believe she's getting teeth and is going to be 6 months on Monday. We are very excited for her to start eating food. Each day she gets more personality and smiles more. With her added personality she also gets more frustrated by things. When she gets tired she fights sleep for as long as she can.

Facts about 5 month old Natalia

Fact 1: Baby Natalia is getting her first tooth. If you rub your finger along her bottom gums you can feel the right front tooth coming in.

Fact 2: She can almost sit on her own. She can sit up using her Boppy pillow, but she is almost there on her own.

Fact 3: She cannot figure out why her legs don't work like she wants them to. If she is lying on the floor and she wants to follow us or Lola, you see her kicking her legs like she is swimming trying to get to you. If she is in her farm it is though she is running in place as she moves her legs trying to move. She tries to crawl. She can get her legs underneath her but cannot push herself forward. She manages to somehow pull herself across the floor with her arms as well as use her arms to scoot backwards.

Fact 4: She doesn't understand why Lola doesn't want to play with her. Lola gets really close and sniffs Talia's head, but as soon as Talia reaches out to touch her Lola is gone.

Fact 5: She can drink out of a sippy cup. She has this fascination with cups and glasses. When she sees you drinking she tries to get her hands on whatever you are drinking out of.

Fact 6: She loves things that she sees other people using. I can barely text Jon back during the day if Talia is in my lap because once she gets her little hands on my phone it is almost impossible to get it back. Another thing she really likes are remotes. She can't push the buttons on the remote for the television, but if she gets a hold of the TiVo remote she can change all kinds of things.

Fact 7: She has been giggling for a while now, but she has started to really laugh. She laughs if you tickle her and sometimes when Jon kisses her on the cheek.

Fact 8: She gets distracted by anything and everything.

Fact 9: She likes to see pictures of herself on the computer. She also likes to watch videos of herself.

Fact 10: After her pool experience she now knows how to splash in the tub during bath time.

That's all she wants me to share with you. I have to stop now because she is trying to get her little hands on the touchpad and keyboard as well as trying to suck on the computer.