aka Nattie Bug and Cody Bear
Natalie is almost 8 months old and within the two weeks prior to Christmas she decided that she was tired of sitting around, so she learned how to: Sit up, Crawl, Pull-up, Walk along the furniture, Clap and Wave. She is now letting go and trying to balance herself. This only lasts seconds, but it seems that success in this arena happens quickly. We wonder if she'll be an early walker like her Aunt Lori and Grandad (both at 7 months). Cody walked at 11 months, so technically he walked early too, but she has even more motivation to get to wherever her big brother is! She definitely loves to go for assisted walks around the house.
She really is an angel and LOVES to cuddle and give kisses. She's given kisses since the day we left the hospital (seriously, I have a picture and she wasn't trying to suck my face off!) She will now grab my face and pull it to her mouth. It is the most slobbery, sweet thing ever!
Cody is getting WAY too big too. He's still a little guy compared to other kids his age, but seems to be so smart and wise. We can already see that he's going to be a challenge for us. He will live up to our dreams of him being smarter than us. He's been writing his name for a few months now and has tons of fun at his school two days a week and "Nana School" on Wednesdays. He knows all of his letters and numbers and Nana is now teaching him how to read. They're in the early stages of that, but he's definitely learning to recognize words. He got a LeapFrog Tag reader for Christmas and has really impressed us with all that he knows! The games on it are great for reading comprehension and word and letter recognition. (That's my little mom product plug.)
Everyone who meets him loves him - recently, one of his teachers told Jimmy that they love when he comes to her class because he'll go behind the other kids to clean up, saying that they didn't do it right. He can't stand for things to be put in the wrong place!He's also ALL BOY! He still loves sports and usually won't wear anything but football jerseys. He likes talking about gross boy things and I've had to start telling him "Cody, we don't talk about those things." It's not a big deal except when he goes on and on....
Natalie and Cody love each other so much! Cody told me today that "For Christmas I prayed to God, Thank you for my baby sister." He loves buying clothes for her too...it's really hard to take him to a store because he just runs around grabbing clothes to show me! (He loves buying for himself as well - at least he's not selfish!) Natalie enjoys watching him play and when he gets close enough to her, she'll reach out to him for a hug. It is so sweet...she'll just lay her head on his chest and smile really big. Of course, Cody gets a kick out of her adoration.
So far, my babies are off to a great start! I know they'll have rough patches in their relationship, but I hope that we will always have a special family bond!Oh yeah - and Jimmy and I are great too! Our 5 year anniversary is this week!! It's gone by so fast!
