One More Thing!!!! Or is it 2?

I forgot to mention that after starting to crawl on Monday, Natalie got her first tooth on Tuesday. Then she went on her first airplane ride on Friday and on Monday she got her second tooth! It's been quite a week for her!

Natalie's First Airplane Trip

While waiting for our first flight, Natalie shares Melissa's love for Diet Coke.Our flight to South Carolina was anything but boring. We got on our first plane just fine but then had to sit on the runway for an hour while the fog in Atlanta cleared. We landed an hour late in Atlanta, but luckily our outgoing flight was also delayed an hour. Sounds good, huh? Not really. Atlanta was foggy and rainy, but you wouldn't think that would slow down a high tech plane. But...our plane was delayed until 5:00, then 5:30, then 6:00, then 6:30, then cancelled, then rescheduled for 8:05, then delayed until 9:15, then 10:15. At that time we thought THAT flight would get cancelled so we decided to rent a car and drive the 2 1/2 hours to Greenville, SC. We finally arrived at the Greenville airport (we drove with a woman who had parked her car there) around 11:15. Guess what?! The plane that we should have been on landed 10 minutes before we got there. So, we got our luggage and continued on to my step-mom Connie's house. It was a 13 hour trip that should have been only 5-6 hours.

Here are some pictures from our stay in South Carolina.

Natalie and Dinah playing together. Natalie absolutely loved all of the dogs - big and little. They all put up with her grabbing them, but Dinah would get up and walk away after a couple of seconds of tugging on her fur.

We're not sure where Connie got this big yellow duck, but Natalie loved it!

Connie acquired this rescue dog from the local vet. Someone had tied him to their door and left him there. Her brother and his family get to take him home to live with them. He was wonderful with Natalie and let her pull on his hair and tail without even flinching. Who could leave a dog like that?! Oh yeah, the dog's name is Lance.

Natalie doing her SuperBaby imitation and touching the tree - so prickly!

We all went bowling on Sunday. Greg "the Hack" Sands won both games!

Bonnie and Greg (Connie's sister and brother-in-law)

My "brother" Tyler and Connie

Adam's infamous bowling stance

Connie has been taking piano lessons and Natalie loved listening with her ears and the rest of her body.

Natalie practicing piano minus the piano

Another video of Natalie practicing another talent

Over all, it was a wonderful trip and we had a great time with lots of family!

Sitting: Lance (the golden dog), Adam, Dinah (the black dog), Natalie, Melissa, Stan (Coach), Bonnie

Standing: Tyler, Connie, Greg, Alec, Stan, and Michelle

Even More Dresses

Christmas Dress #5

More Christmas Dresses

Christmas Dress #3 (thanks for the shoes Sami!)

Christmas Dress #4Natalie's new backpack from Hailey
Natalie letting her lantern shine!

Crawling?

Natalie started crawling last night just out of the blue. It was so exciting!

Here's another one from today. I tried to get a really good one of her crawling, but she wasn't cooperating!

We opened our stockings Sunday night since we are busy every day this week!

Christmas dress #1

Christmas dress #2

Natalie and Grandpa Brian

8 Months

It's a week late, but here is Natalie's 8 month picture. We're hoping it warms up a little bit so that we can take her out in the snow and pull her around on the sled. If we actually get out there, we'll take some pictures and post those too!

Dinner Noises

Some of the noises Natalie makes while she's eating:

She loves babies!

This is a video of Natalie watching herself on the video from my last entry.

Natalie's First Overnight

Last night was Natalie's first time spending the night away from home (without Adam or I being there with her). We all did great - not that we thought it would be a problem! I had a really bad cold and needed some uninterrupted sleep, so Natalie spent the night at Grandpa and Grandma Bennett's house (she got to be there for Grandpa Doug's birthday today!).

Something New

I think they were practicing the Christmas Story and Natalie was a shepherd.

Thanksgiving

It sure is hard to get a 7 month old baby to do what you want and to look at the person taking the picture at exactly the right time! That's why you can see her looking to her left in this picture - she's looking at the person making funny noises who is trying to get her to look at the camera (thanks Grandpa and Grandma Bennett!).

7 MONTHS! WOW!

What a pretty smile!

Her new pointy tongue

Uncle Sam taking pictures of himself and others...

Grandpa Dave being silly

Natalie in the beginning stages of crawling

Uncle Josh playing with Natalie

Natalie and Daddy playing together

Natalie Playing

More Silliness!

"Hey! I remember you!"

"Would YOU like to play with me? We'll have fun, I promise!"

"See...I told you we'd have fun! Don't you just LOVE my little orange Home Depot hammer?"

Then and Now

Melissa - 1980

Natalie - 2008

Another outfit made by Grandma Roy that Melissa wore as a baby and now worn by Natalie

Sweater made by Melissa's aunt Cheryl

What a cutie!

Grandpa and Grandma's House for Natalie's first Trick-or-Treating

Our little baby bird
Natalie singing to Grandpa Coffee (notice Melissa sleeping on the couch in the background - it was a LONG week!).

Flowers

Natalie after getting a bath to warm her up on a chilly day.

Playing outside in the leaf pile - lots of fun crinkly noises!

Our little Daisy

She loves to play!

Natalie's New Trick

This is Natalie's new trick that she has started in the last two weeks. We're hoping it's not indicative of what her first words will be!

Playtime

Playtime with silly Uncle Bryan

The New Adventures of Ozark Andy

"Would you like to play with me?"

He does, he does!
My new favorite toy - a Home Depot hammer!
"Look mom, no hands!"