Well, Natalie's 2nd Halloween has come and gone...but she had a GREAT time!
Nat, you were sooo cute in your ballerina costume! It was a total last minute idea because you no longer fit into the original (lady bug fairy) costume. I'm not complaining because you looked ADORABLE as a little pink ballerina! Funny thing is that it is a swimsuit!! Tutu and all! So hopefully you will get some good use out of it (and still fit into it) during the spring/summer months. :)
I really thought that you would be scared of the trick-or-treaters, but you loved it. You had a look of amazement and didn't say much at first, but then you started talking back to them (saying "trick-or-treat" in your own language) then as they were leaving you waved way up high and said "BYE BYE!" it was so cute. :) You are definitely a social butterfly and love people. I still can't get over you blowing kisses at the little kids....like they were your babies or something. Too cute.
You are saying so many words now. Pumpkin (Bop-pop), Flower (oh-wower) butterfly (bop-buf), Mama (Baba) are just to name the few and most popular....of course you have been saying Dadda for a long time.....and since the beginning it has been very accurate. :)
As of Oct. 29th you started out walking on your own. No help from mommy, daddy or the furniture. I was sitting in the family room and saw you going around the couch...but noticed you weren't touching anything! I quietly got up to watch you go into the kitchen and around again and I jumped for joy! You've been taking independent steps through the furniture and you have become a pro at walking holding mom's hand since you were 12 months, but you decided on your own that it would be fun to walk. :) I don't see any difference in your activity other than it's upright :) so I don't get it when people used to say "be glad she's not walking" you have gotten into things for many months now ;). The only issue I have now is that you just learned how to open and shut doors...ayyyyyeeee. :( That's what daddy and I get for being 'fancy' with the lever door knobs! Who knew we'd have a child one day back when we were designing the house! Oh well....it's an adventure. ;)
I'm looking forward to the holiday season and seeing you run to the tree on christmas morning even though you still don't really know what's happening...we will still encourage you. I love Halloween just as much as Christmas so even though it's over and it makes me sad, I'm glad we are that much closer to a beautiful christmas season with our big girl!
Daddy and I are planning a surprise that we are hoping will pan out to be the best gift of your life.
We love you, monkey-do! More and more every day....
XO,
Mom "Baba" :)
Welcome to my crazy, happy, wonderful, crazy, magical, fantastic, crazy, unbelievable life.
I hope you find it as fantastic as I do!
Monday, November 2, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Welcome Fall!
Posted by
DIYLori
Been all too long since I posted, but with a very mobile 14 month old, life barely ever has any breaks! Natalie is doing SOOO well! She is cruising around the house, only once in a while will she break free and walk on her own. I'm glad she isn't doing more, because right now, she does enough! She can step up and climb up the stairs (under Eric's or my supervision of course)...this child's fear is minimal!
There are so many things she's learning including animal sounds. The funny thing is that her M's are B's. If I say, "what does a cow say?" Natalie says..."BOOOO!" LOL! And, "what does a cat say?" she says, "Booo-OW!" It's adorable. I've been singing the itsy bitsy spider and the alphabet song (doing sign language as I sing it) and she tries to do all the hand movements to both songs.
More words she says are "Dadda" and instead of "Mama" she says "Baba" :) She's definitely in love with her daddy! We went to our friend's wedding last weekend and she was such a trooper! We were out until about 11:00pm (her bedtime is around 7:30pm) and she didn't even cry...just was obviously tired. She kept wanting her daddy to lay on. Just seeing her snuggle him warmed my heart. I'm so proud of their relationship.
I think the reason why it is even stronger now is because Eric took care of her 24/7 after I had my gall bladder surgery. I had been sick, and having attacks for about a month and eventually had it taken out. They discovered it was inflamed and I had over 50 stones! Crazy. It was an outpatient/lapriscopic surgery so I was only in he hospital for one day...and got to come home in the afternoon. I was out of comission for about 4 days. I'm so proud of Eric for taking care of me and our little one. I'm sooo lucky to have him in my life! Natalie didn't understand why I couldn't pick her up, and it was so hard on me....but I knew I would pull through and get back to my job ASAP!
Fall is here! I can't believe we got our first cold front on the first day of Fall! I love this time of year and am hoping for a wet and chilly Fall and Winter. Natalie is such a warm temperature baby and I think she will love it! I'm hoping to get her new wardrobe within the next couple of weeks. She has slowed down a lot as far as her size goes. I think she's been wearing 12-18month clothes since she was 10 months old! All of it is summer stuff, so she needs a new season. She's getting close to growing out of a lot of it too....so, it's good incentive. :) I've already pulled together what I want on websites and it's awaiting it's purchase :)
My birthday is tomorrow and I'm actually happy about it. Going through what I did made me realize how lucky I am and that I need to be more optimistic about life. And, 33, for some reason...sounds good. Who knew? :)
I hope to write more blogs now that the crazy summer is over!
Nat-the-Cat....I love you more than words can say and I enjoy every minute we spend together. You are truly a gift that your dad and I cherish. I just can't wait for all the holidays heading our way this year! You will look at stuff a whole new way and I can't wait to see the look of wonderment in those big blue eyes! :)
XO
Mom (aka--Baba) ;)
There are so many things she's learning including animal sounds. The funny thing is that her M's are B's. If I say, "what does a cow say?" Natalie says..."BOOOO!" LOL! And, "what does a cat say?" she says, "Booo-OW!" It's adorable. I've been singing the itsy bitsy spider and the alphabet song (doing sign language as I sing it) and she tries to do all the hand movements to both songs.
More words she says are "Dadda" and instead of "Mama" she says "Baba" :) She's definitely in love with her daddy! We went to our friend's wedding last weekend and she was such a trooper! We were out until about 11:00pm (her bedtime is around 7:30pm) and she didn't even cry...just was obviously tired. She kept wanting her daddy to lay on. Just seeing her snuggle him warmed my heart. I'm so proud of their relationship.
I think the reason why it is even stronger now is because Eric took care of her 24/7 after I had my gall bladder surgery. I had been sick, and having attacks for about a month and eventually had it taken out. They discovered it was inflamed and I had over 50 stones! Crazy. It was an outpatient/lapriscopic surgery so I was only in he hospital for one day...and got to come home in the afternoon. I was out of comission for about 4 days. I'm so proud of Eric for taking care of me and our little one. I'm sooo lucky to have him in my life! Natalie didn't understand why I couldn't pick her up, and it was so hard on me....but I knew I would pull through and get back to my job ASAP!
Fall is here! I can't believe we got our first cold front on the first day of Fall! I love this time of year and am hoping for a wet and chilly Fall and Winter. Natalie is such a warm temperature baby and I think she will love it! I'm hoping to get her new wardrobe within the next couple of weeks. She has slowed down a lot as far as her size goes. I think she's been wearing 12-18month clothes since she was 10 months old! All of it is summer stuff, so she needs a new season. She's getting close to growing out of a lot of it too....so, it's good incentive. :) I've already pulled together what I want on websites and it's awaiting it's purchase :)
My birthday is tomorrow and I'm actually happy about it. Going through what I did made me realize how lucky I am and that I need to be more optimistic about life. And, 33, for some reason...sounds good. Who knew? :)
I hope to write more blogs now that the crazy summer is over!
Nat-the-Cat....I love you more than words can say and I enjoy every minute we spend together. You are truly a gift that your dad and I cherish. I just can't wait for all the holidays heading our way this year! You will look at stuff a whole new way and I can't wait to see the look of wonderment in those big blue eyes! :)
XO
Mom (aka--Baba) ;)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Recap!
Posted by
DIYLori
Ok, I probably only have just a few minutes to blog since your nap is coming to a close...so here goes!
THREE months has passed.....awww, my monkey girl, I'm so sorry I didn't blog-keeping things rolling as you progressed. :( Here's the low down..... EVERYTHING seemed to happen at 10 months!! We waited, and waited, and waited and finally an erruption of learning and expressing came pouring through! First of all, you got your bottom teeth with no problems in February....then around 9 months you started getting more cranky and that is so not you! I could see the buds of your uppers and figured they'd be along soon....well, we waited a MONTH and they finally broke through! You had a rough time (and so did mommy! :( ) but you pulled (or should I say "pushed") through it like a champ! We made it and they are, as of today, half way in, and an inciser just broke through this weekend! You hadn't crawled except for the army man on a mission (using elbows to drag your body along the floor) and the doctor didn't seem to care, considering all you really wanted to do was stand. :) But you did start crawling, knees up last week! go girl! You first sat up on your own, in your crib at 10 months, you also stood up in your gated play room at 10 months. You started cruisin' around the furniture and using your walker to take over the house! We are sooooo proud of you, monkey!! If you hadn't noticed, your nicknames have changed some too. I go back and forth with them and dad and I seem to keep adding to the list :) Punkys, monkey (one of our faves), NuNu, Nat the cat, Nanner Bananer, etc, etc. ;) Your dad asked me the other day if we are going to call you NuNu when you are 16 and I said, "YES!" But you may have other ideas, and maybe by then we will have deicded to spare you the embarrassment. ;)
Things are crazy busy for us. You still take a morning and afternoon nap, but those vary. So we are usually always in entertaining mode, which I don't mind. I'm also getting busy thinking of all I need to get ready for your FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!! Yay!! I'm so bitter sweet about the whole thing. Daddy and I watched the videos from when you were born and your first months and I can't believe how time has just flown by. I want you to stay a baby forever and you were so tiny with very little hair and so inquisitive. You have changed indefinitely. Lots of hair, teeth, tall, wearing 12-18 months clothing and I really think you will be walking before or by your birthday. I am very excited about the years to come and I love watching you change and grow. You have very quickly become my best friend and it makes my heart melt to hear you say "mama" and when you see daddy, "dadda" It's so amazing. You eat lots of solids now, which you had a hard time with in the beginning. We are talking GAGGING, girl. :( wasn't pretty. But I think we are out of the woods and that you will start to love more and more foods. You aren't into regular milk right now, but we are trying to ween you by the time your birthday rolls around. We bought our last container of formula today, so hopefully you will get used to it :)
You are just the funniest and most adorable person I have ever known and I hope that you stay just that sweet always.
I love you mucho mucho and it grows with every breath I take.
More to come on your birthday plannying!
~Mom
PS.....Can't wait for your birthday trip to Florida!!
THREE months has passed.....awww, my monkey girl, I'm so sorry I didn't blog-keeping things rolling as you progressed. :( Here's the low down..... EVERYTHING seemed to happen at 10 months!! We waited, and waited, and waited and finally an erruption of learning and expressing came pouring through! First of all, you got your bottom teeth with no problems in February....then around 9 months you started getting more cranky and that is so not you! I could see the buds of your uppers and figured they'd be along soon....well, we waited a MONTH and they finally broke through! You had a rough time (and so did mommy! :( ) but you pulled (or should I say "pushed") through it like a champ! We made it and they are, as of today, half way in, and an inciser just broke through this weekend! You hadn't crawled except for the army man on a mission (using elbows to drag your body along the floor) and the doctor didn't seem to care, considering all you really wanted to do was stand. :) But you did start crawling, knees up last week! go girl! You first sat up on your own, in your crib at 10 months, you also stood up in your gated play room at 10 months. You started cruisin' around the furniture and using your walker to take over the house! We are sooooo proud of you, monkey!! If you hadn't noticed, your nicknames have changed some too. I go back and forth with them and dad and I seem to keep adding to the list :) Punkys, monkey (one of our faves), NuNu, Nat the cat, Nanner Bananer, etc, etc. ;) Your dad asked me the other day if we are going to call you NuNu when you are 16 and I said, "YES!" But you may have other ideas, and maybe by then we will have deicded to spare you the embarrassment. ;)
Things are crazy busy for us. You still take a morning and afternoon nap, but those vary. So we are usually always in entertaining mode, which I don't mind. I'm also getting busy thinking of all I need to get ready for your FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!! Yay!! I'm so bitter sweet about the whole thing. Daddy and I watched the videos from when you were born and your first months and I can't believe how time has just flown by. I want you to stay a baby forever and you were so tiny with very little hair and so inquisitive. You have changed indefinitely. Lots of hair, teeth, tall, wearing 12-18 months clothing and I really think you will be walking before or by your birthday. I am very excited about the years to come and I love watching you change and grow. You have very quickly become my best friend and it makes my heart melt to hear you say "mama" and when you see daddy, "dadda" It's so amazing. You eat lots of solids now, which you had a hard time with in the beginning. We are talking GAGGING, girl. :( wasn't pretty. But I think we are out of the woods and that you will start to love more and more foods. You aren't into regular milk right now, but we are trying to ween you by the time your birthday rolls around. We bought our last container of formula today, so hopefully you will get used to it :)
You are just the funniest and most adorable person I have ever known and I hope that you stay just that sweet always.
I love you mucho mucho and it grows with every breath I take.
More to come on your birthday plannying!
~Mom
PS.....Can't wait for your birthday trip to Florida!!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Wow....
Posted by
DIYLori
.....so much has happened! First off, I can't believe the last time I blogged was February 12th! You have certainly upped your activity level since then....and you got your bottom teeth!! They are so insanely adorable....and so are you. :) You have grown so much and have really begun to develop your personality and I'm a little worried that it's a little like mine. ;)
You are now eating cereal for breakfast, fruit for lunch and veggie plus chicken or turkey for dinner! When I think back when our little journey started with you, I canNOT believe how much has happened and how much has changed. It's all bitter sweet and all amazing. Each day I feel like I love you more and as crazy as it sounds I miss you more just knowing that one day soon, oh....allll too soon, you will be off to school. :( You have quickly become my tiny little partner and best friend. And all who read this and think that is unhealthy can stop reading now and exit the building.
I have to be honest and tell you that today has been a weird day for me. Sometimes I feel couped up and really want to just have a break. To just SIT alone and not talk to anyone. Ususully I get good breaks on the weekends when daddy is here. (He was out playing golf and is now out in downtown Austin with the fellas) I decided to take you out shopping today and you did ok at first but half way through you just wanted to be held as mommy shopped and that was so hard, cause you weigh over 20lbs now! Anyway, I tried one more store and you were ok, but at the end, yep, wanted to be held. We did ok, but I just wated to look at a few more things and I realized I couldn't because you were just ready to go. I guess that' s when I realized that my life is truly not my own anymore. Don't get me wrong....I don't want it any other way, but sometimes a break is definitely in order.
I'm just all full of issues lately....and I just need to sort through things so that I can be the best I can for you.....in fact, taking care of you is my sanity. All things get pushed out when you need or want me. You save me every day and I'll love you for an eternity for that, my little monkey.
I promise to start keeping up with these blogs!!!
PS....your cousin Julianna was born two days ago (March 26th) and we're going to see her next Saturday!! :)
Love you, mucho, mucho. :)
XO,
Mom
You are now eating cereal for breakfast, fruit for lunch and veggie plus chicken or turkey for dinner! When I think back when our little journey started with you, I canNOT believe how much has happened and how much has changed. It's all bitter sweet and all amazing. Each day I feel like I love you more and as crazy as it sounds I miss you more just knowing that one day soon, oh....allll too soon, you will be off to school. :( You have quickly become my tiny little partner and best friend. And all who read this and think that is unhealthy can stop reading now and exit the building.
I have to be honest and tell you that today has been a weird day for me. Sometimes I feel couped up and really want to just have a break. To just SIT alone and not talk to anyone. Ususully I get good breaks on the weekends when daddy is here. (He was out playing golf and is now out in downtown Austin with the fellas) I decided to take you out shopping today and you did ok at first but half way through you just wanted to be held as mommy shopped and that was so hard, cause you weigh over 20lbs now! Anyway, I tried one more store and you were ok, but at the end, yep, wanted to be held. We did ok, but I just wated to look at a few more things and I realized I couldn't because you were just ready to go. I guess that' s when I realized that my life is truly not my own anymore. Don't get me wrong....I don't want it any other way, but sometimes a break is definitely in order.
I'm just all full of issues lately....and I just need to sort through things so that I can be the best I can for you.....in fact, taking care of you is my sanity. All things get pushed out when you need or want me. You save me every day and I'll love you for an eternity for that, my little monkey.
I promise to start keeping up with these blogs!!!
PS....your cousin Julianna was born two days ago (March 26th) and we're going to see her next Saturday!! :)
Love you, mucho, mucho. :)
XO,
Mom
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Happy 7 months!
Posted by
DIYLori
Well, it's been entirely tooooo long since my last post and so much is going on! You recently went to the park and road all the way there in your stroller....in the big girl seat! I wanted to cry because you are getting so big! You are 27" and weigh close to 19lbs! You have surpassed the 6 month clothes and some 9months.... :( You are onto 12 months! WHAT??? Yeah, crazy town. I think you look absolutely beautiful, so who cares, right?!
I can see your bottom teeth comin in! It's about time! I am not looking forward to how much that is going to hurt you when they really cut through.
You are still doing the razzzzzzzberry, which is your noise of choice. Now you are starting to copy things you find mommy or daddy doing, amusing. :) The smiles go on for miles and the love is overflowing. You are learning to hug and you reach out for us more. I can't say enough about how amazing you are and just how much MORE I love you! :) You are starting to get crazy in your discovery center, so I better go get you.
You are my sweet little angel.....happy 7 month birthday my girl!
XO,
Mom
I can see your bottom teeth comin in! It's about time! I am not looking forward to how much that is going to hurt you when they really cut through.
You are still doing the razzzzzzzberry, which is your noise of choice. Now you are starting to copy things you find mommy or daddy doing, amusing. :) The smiles go on for miles and the love is overflowing. You are learning to hug and you reach out for us more. I can't say enough about how amazing you are and just how much MORE I love you! :) You are starting to get crazy in your discovery center, so I better go get you.
You are my sweet little angel.....happy 7 month birthday my girl!
XO,
Mom
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
New Year's Resolution
Posted by
DIYLori
I thought long and hard about my new year's resolution this year and the most important thing I plan to do is actually not going to change. I resolve to be the best mom I can be to you, every day of my life. I have some personal changes that I want to make. Traditional ones like, not watch as much TV, do more organic cooking, don't let things get to me and don't stick my nose in places where it doesn't belong. I resolve to make myself a better person for you to look up to. I don't want you to aspire to be me, just live in the comfort of knowing that there are good, honest people in the world, including your mom and dad.
You got your first cold! ugh....I hate it. The sneezing constantly and the runny nose....along with the coughing probably makes me more miserable than you! :) You are in great spirits, so I think you are just in the icky stage now. We have the humidifier going in your room as I type (you are napping) and it's SO loud, but I think it's a great white noise for you while you sleep peacefully, or semi-peacefully.
You are starting to sprout some teeth! They aren't in the order I thought, but apparently all kids are different. I can see two white bulges in your gums on the bottom row, which I think is your third tooth position...we shall see! But you sure are messing with it a lot!
In case I don't get a chance to blog on Friday, Happy 6 months, monkey! It's been the best 6 months of my life. Having you has made me push myself in the best way and I have tested my limits and realized that perhaps there is no limit. A true motherly love does everything automatically, I have no control. You are absolutely everything to me nnd have changed my life in so many amazing ways. I love you, my baby girl, and I can't imagine a world without Natalie Michelle Yandle.....
XO,
Mom
You got your first cold! ugh....I hate it. The sneezing constantly and the runny nose....along with the coughing probably makes me more miserable than you! :) You are in great spirits, so I think you are just in the icky stage now. We have the humidifier going in your room as I type (you are napping) and it's SO loud, but I think it's a great white noise for you while you sleep peacefully, or semi-peacefully.
You are starting to sprout some teeth! They aren't in the order I thought, but apparently all kids are different. I can see two white bulges in your gums on the bottom row, which I think is your third tooth position...we shall see! But you sure are messing with it a lot!
In case I don't get a chance to blog on Friday, Happy 6 months, monkey! It's been the best 6 months of my life. Having you has made me push myself in the best way and I have tested my limits and realized that perhaps there is no limit. A true motherly love does everything automatically, I have no control. You are absolutely everything to me nnd have changed my life in so many amazing ways. I love you, my baby girl, and I can't imagine a world without Natalie Michelle Yandle.....
XO,
Mom
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