Natalie at 8 mo Old

                                                            Natalie at 8 Months Old

Natalie is a pretty easy baby still. She pretty much is only real fussy when she's teething. At the end of her 8 month of life she has 4 teeth. Two bottoms came first, then her two top teeth. She can stand up holding on to furniture and cruise a little bit. And just a few days ago she stood up all by herself for just a few seconds. She did this twice in the last five days but it was very brief. She loves to say 'dadda' and can wave bye, bye and clap her hands. When she hears music she rocks back on for on her tooshie. She is a pretty happy baby and a good eater. She is using an Advent sippy cup spout now to drink some water and apple juice. I plan on stopping nursing her when she is a year old. She loves getting in the bath tub with her sisters, too. She is a pretty fast crawler now too when she's chasing after her sisters around our home or trying to get Felix our cat. She weighs about 19.5 lbs now.

                                                           Bed time for this little angel.

                                          Enjoying my first bits of avocado like a true California girl!

                      Bluebird Park Laguna Beach. Natalie is sitting bottom right in white outfit.

July 4th, 2013

July 4th, 2013

We walked down to the town center and ate some good ol' American hamburgers at The Habit.

Our 10 Year Wedding Anniversary

Our 10 Year Wedding Anniversary!

July 4th, 2013
We celebrated our anniversary by going out to a nice dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in Irvine,CA.
We had a great time and a wonderful dinner while Grandpa and Omi babysat the girls at home.
This a picture taken of us by the hostess at the restaurant.

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!