Thursday, October 2, 2008

Just for Susan!

This post is just for Susan, who threatened me yesterday with the statement, "If I look at your blog and it says 'Backwards in the Bouncer' one more time...."  Haha.  So I guess I am seriously terrible at this blogging thing.  I do forget that not everybody sees Natalie all the time.  AND of course I'll blame a little bit of it on Derek, who "misplaced" the little gadget we use to upload pictures from our camera to the computer.  Hopefully we will either find it soon or just suck it up and buy a new one.  ANYWAY, here is what Natalie has been up to lately:

1.  She can totally hold her head up now
2.  She is a rolling machine when you lay her down (I love going to her crib every morning and seeing what position she has gotten herself into!)
3.  She smiles A LOT, and loves to smile back at you when you smile at her
4.  She is beginning to laugh out loud, but I still can't get her to laugh whenever I want her too.  It seems pretty random so far.
5.  She "talks" all the time!  
6.  She is definitely teething -- always chewing her clothes, passy, fist, my hand, teething rings, or anything else she can find to put in her mouth.  Baby OraGel is my best friend.  Her daddy has stripped her of the "good baby" title for the time being, as she is quite fussy these days.
7.  She is losing her hair, especially in the back where it rubs off on her carseat and in her bed.  I have to lint roll her sheets every day to get the hair off that she loses at night.  Otherwise, I'd have to change her sheets every couple of days
8.  She is wearing 3-6 month size clothes (nothing 0-3 months fits her at all!)
9.  She will be 4 months old on October 11.
10.  She goes to the doctor Oct 15 for lots of shots and a general checkup.  Hopefully the doctor will tell us we can add rice cereal to her bottle and even maybe start her on baby food in a month or two.
11.  She lays on her "play gym" and actually grabs and swats at all the toys hanging down.  Her favorite is the monkey.
12.  She is moving up to size 2 diapers in the next week.
13.  She is drinking 5-6 ounces of formula every 3-4 hours.  Still sleeping at night for about a 10 hour stretch!
14.  She is known as "nosy Natalie" at day care because she is always looking around at everything that is going on.
15.  She is excited about Halloween and is going as a baby giraffe.  


2 comments:

Ashley said...

Thank you Susan for being bossy and making Courtnie do this! Shawl, Abbie has you beat by FAR...

Laury said...

A Giraffe!!!!! I can't wait for pictures of that cuteness!! You better buy that cord thingie you need to upload pictures!