Weekly Natalie - Week 90

Now that the temperature had dropped below hot-enough-to-fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk, we're going outside a lot more. And the first thing Natalie goes to is her tricycle. Jess - I'm going to Toys R Us today to get her a helmet :)

Distracted by dog that just passed by

Getting the hang of it!

Riding a tricycle is hilarious!

Watching a group of big kids ride past on their bicycles.
She so wants to be big.

In case anyone was wondering, she's still soooo big!

Carefully maneuvering onto her tricycle

The tricycle experience was short-lived once she found a big stick

I love her smiling eyes

Swinging!!

So excited to see a school bus

Just when I think she's an expert bubble-blower ...

... enter the Bubble Eater

Weekly Natalie - Week 89

Well, the munchkin found her birthday present almost 4 months early. Granted, Lee and I didn't go to great lengths to hide it - we put in the garage, where we pass through at least 5 times a day. So it wasn't a shocker that she found it. And since she's too young to care whether or not she has something to unwrap on January 1st, we let her play with it.

Daddy, showing Nat the finer points of pedaling a tricycle.

She got the hang of it pretty quickly

No reading session is complete without donning a winter cap

Numbers are FUN

Sweetness

Trying to hide her smile.

I'm biased, yes. But she has the cutest smile ever.

Weekly Natalie - Week 88

Week 87 and my 30th birthday - a match made in heaven. (How on EARTH can I be 30? Especially when I still feel [and frequently act] like I'm 12?)

Nat's latest trick is climbing into her rocking chair. Which is a feat
in and of itself. But then she throws an oversized book in the mix
just to make things a little more interesting.

The book quickly fell from her lap, but she didn't sweat it.

Loving the cowboy boots I got her at the Mom 2 Mom sale.
An awesomely cute $2, if I say so myself.
Which I do.

I love her. So very much.

Even though I don't particularly like Halloween,
and even though it's 6 weeks away, I wanted to post these.
I bought this (most awesome) costume (in in the WORLD)
from the Mom 2 Mom sale. When I got home I realized
that it might be too small for her. I tried it on her yesterday,
and while it fits, it's questionable whether or not it'll fit in 6 weeks.
So I wanted her to wear it at least once.
All she needs are bobby socks and a scarf in her hair!!Can't get much cuter than this face.

Silly girl

My gappy-toothed little love

Seriously love this costume

Weekly Natalie - Week 87

My fantabulous husband surprised me with an early birthday present to take an impromptu (well, as impromptu as parents of a toddler can get) trip to Panama City to see my wonderful sister and brother-in-law. I didn't take nearly the number of pictures I was planning, but that's how it goes!

We left at her bedtime so she'd sleep the whole way.
Ha.
We played peekaboo the whole way instead.

Peekaboo!!

Running away with Daddy's tickets and the basketball he needs

Wearing Daddy's tickets like a boa.
My little fashionista.
Passed out like a champ on the way home.
I love her moptop hair. And pouty lips.
And her overall adorableness.

Weekly Natalie - Week 86

Hooray! The return of my PIGTAILED! little love. I can't believe how long her hair is getting. Her PIGTAILS! aren't little paintbrushes anymore; they're actually bouncy and curly (and, of course, sweaty, but that goes without saying)

Some Daddy/Nattie reading time

Being a total goofball at the park

PIGTAILED! cuteness

PIGTAILED! peekaboo

Happy after her last trip down the slide

PIGTAILED! swinging

Out of the bus ...

In the bus! (her favorite game at the park)

Whoa ...

I love her crinkly, smiley eyes

Mono PIGTAIL

Super cheeseball

Doing her Laundry Basket Dance

Giving her frog a new home

Her surprised (and yogurt-y) face

Trying to get me to chase her
(two nanoseconds after I shot this picture, I did)

Time for a Seuss break

Reading her Sesame Street book in the dustpan.
Don't ask me.