Natalie at 7 Months Old

Natalie at 7 Months Old
Natalie started to crawl at 7 months and 5 days old.
She moved into her sister's bedroom when she was 6mo 3 weeks old.
The crib was previously in our bedroom and we just moved it in with her sisters.
The transition has gone fairly well with a few set backs along the way. I used the Ferber method to get Natalie to sleep through the night. I am not as strict with the Ferber method (basicall crying it out with a few comfort breaks). She got the idea after one night and one hour of crying. I did go into her room and pat  her back and try to sooth her several times. She slept 8 hours after she fell asleep. I am still nursing her. She goes to bed about 8:30 and can sleep till about 7:30 am without waking up to nurse. We have had a few setbacks with her having have started teething. But, all has gone pretty well. Ava and Natalie dont seem to be awakened by Natalie. Natalie actually gets awaked by them though. Work in progress....


Natalie got her first bottom left tooth at 7 months and 1 week old.

Just for fun

                                             They are always picking flowers in the grass.

 

    

                                                               Ava taking pics of flowers.

                                                                          Trying to get Felix.

                                                                       At 6.5 mo old

                           I know what you are thinking, and YES, my feet are THAT delicious!

This is why I am sometimes (or most of the time) running late....not to mention getting down four ramps of our parking structure and walking down the apartment walkway just to get to the car and get three children safely buckled into their car seats. Please, tell me no one forgot and needs their baby doggy. Haha!

Beating the Heat

Beating the Heat...

Girls at Gymnastics

Ava and Charlotte saying hello to one another through the glass window during Ava's class.

                               Learning to bounce off the spring board and onto the big squishy pad.

                                 She can go across the monkey bars with her hands and feet now.

Learning to remember to put their hands up straight after completing "cartwheel" or landing properly on the practice mats. The kids are still learning how to do cartwheels and handstands with the help of their teacher and some gym equipment.

                                                                        2nd week of class

Charlotte's First Gymnastics Class

Charlotte's First Tiny Tots Gymnastics Class

Charlotte just started a 30 min tiny tots gymnastics class in June. She has the same gym coach that Ava has. She was ready and very excited to participate after having been watching Ava attend classes for the last year and a half. The class is for 2.5-3.5 year olds and max number of kids is five. She loves her teacher. Her favorite part is the balance beam and least favorite is the rock wall. Although she is starting to get more and more comfortable climbing the rock wall with the help of her teacher. I love watching her during the warm up exercises set to music. It's too cute! She goes 1x a week for 30 min. Ava's class is after Charlotte's.

                                          Getting some help on the monkey bars with Coach Lisa.

Warm up exercises to music. They get the wiggles out before their actual instruction by dancing, running, learning to hop with two feet together, skip, gallop, catching balls and learning to tip-toe. All basic coordination moves for 2-3 year old children. They are adorable.

She's a little apprehensive about climbing the rock wall and ladders. But here she is with Coach Lisa trying to climb the wall. At the top of the wall their is a big red button that they push. She's getting the idea after 4x classes.

Hehe. Here is is after class. She looks so serious because I was taking a picture of her when there were about 20 moms and kids standing behind me after class was over all pick up their kids. I just wanted to get a picture of her of what she looked like on her very first day of gymnastics.

After class the children can get a stamp on their feet or hand for making a good effort.

                                   After gymnastics we went home for lunch and made cupcakes.

                                                            What an exciting day for Charlotte!