good morning

This is what we see now every morning, and after every nap.  She loves to let go and slam back onto the mattress too.  If we don't drop it down soon, she's bound to stand and go right over.  BABY OVERBOARD!

spikety spike

Despite the fact that Natalie almost always has a bow in her hair/ on her head, people often mistake her for a boy.  Tonight, she got a bath....something that I despise doing, but had to do tonight because, Benjamin has been working like a mad man,  and I can't take a dirty child to church.  Well, apparently its been a really long time since her hair was clean, because I haven't seen her hair stick up like this since she was in the hospital.  If she was a boy....what a great hairstyle this could be.  

side note: I wrote up the blog, took the picture, and then uploaded  it, and was extremely disapointed.  You totally can't tell from the picture that she has a full on spike halo......oh well. 

She's looking up at the tv, that's why she's smiling.  ITS GREAT, TO BE A FLORIDA GATOR!

no clever title

I have recently realized how frumpy I always look.  I have been wearing the same clothes since I was in college (which didn't last very long, and was a long time ago).  I was in desperate need of an update.  I have always loved the collared shirt, under the sweater look...but have never been nearly preppy enough to pull it off.  Oh well, apparently I'm pretending anyway.  So here it is...hair and all.  

a brave new world

My child now crawls. I hope all parents will welcome me into this new world.  Our house is in no way baby proofed and it looks as though Natalie is a big fan of pushing up on her hands and feet.  Which generally means that she falls from that position to one, flat on her stomach.....hitting everything with her face on the way down.  Good thing she doesn't have teeth, or those would've been knocked out by the fireplace hearth by now.

The Utah/Vegas Adventure 2008

I spent last week in Utah/Las Vegas.  It was a nice little trip, and I had a really good time.  The pictures that I took are sort of scattered, and its always hard to capture the context of what was going on...but oh well.  

Sorry that I don't have any pictures from the wedding (the real reason I went on the trip).  Thanks Elizabeth for your beautiful home, and great pool.  

its a bird, its a plane....ITS NATTY

do, do, do you have a first aid kit handy?

I have a busy tv watching schedule these days, and I actually feel as though I have nothing of great import to share with the world wide web......but, I'll throw you all a bone anyway.

My new obsession

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six month stats

At 13 lbs. and 12 oz. Natalie is in the 10th percentile for weight, but the 75th for height.  Our sweet little bean pole. Dr.YW PRES (we're sticking with the fake doctor theme from my first ever post) taught us a new trick too......

if we get so lucky!

Benjamin and I often talk about what our kids will be like. Mostly in terms of how weird/dorky they might be. Last night Benjamin even said that he doesn't think Natty will be all that weird because "we're both pretty normal". That made me laugh....because I know we have had very different conversations in the past. Anyway, if one of our sons is half this cool (otherwise know as weird/dorky), we will be so lucky!

to quote my cheerleaders "OMG!"

I usually leave the posting of dumb commercials to my friend Anitra (I would link to her, but her blog is private...grrrr!), but this particular commercial almost made me throw up, and I couldn't resist.  Enjoy!