Last night was special to see. For the last 11 months, Natalie and I greet Ryan at the door together. I was no longer needed. She heard the door open and she was on her way to say hi. "See ya Mom. Dad's here and you are too slow." She swiftly, as fast as two extremely short and chubby legs will take her, made her way to him for a "love." Although you could almost call it a hug, Natalie lies her head on things she is showing affection towards. The dogs, her toys, us...anything she is close with, she will "love" it. She is quite the affectionate baby. Don't plan on getting a long love, its a short thing. Nonetheless, cute and always welcome.
Today as I was trying to distract Miss Busy Pants so I belted her in her pink flyer car. She was parked on a slight slope of our driveway. Sure, it could scoot down the drive if moved enough, but I would be able to jump out of the van and stop it. I figured it would take a whole lot more pushing than Natalie was capable of. Who am I to predict anything?! Natalie was bored by my distraction tactics and started pumping her upper body in a manner that would push her car back and forth. Just as she learned how cool it was to do that, the wiggly wheels turned down hill and she was off. And by off, I mean in the slowest possible speed. I hopped out and decided we should probably continue down the drive and go for a walk. She appreciated that.
I repeated the walk, stop, I worked on cleaning up random stuff, and then walk again. After checking the temp of her hands, it was clear we should go in. That never makes her happy. She loves being outside. I am sure she will be the kiddo in rain gear and boots soaked to the bone, but loving the great outdoors.
Language is developing much more quickly than I expected. She says Dada, Da (pointing at dogs) and now the very occasional Mama. Sign language was only partly used in our house so she and we may not reap the benefits of her better communicating. I randomly asked her a question yesterday and her answer was "yeah." It was as if I was having a real conversation with her rather than the one sided goofy Mom chat and the Natalie smile as if she gets what I am saying.
Sleeping has been a hit or miss. Nearly never before 9:30pm will she go to sleep, but it could be partly my fault. She does enjoy a late evening nap and I enjoy that nap as well. Either way it gives her more quality time with her Dad when he gets home from work.
Her 1 year birthday is right around the corner. We are looking forward to celebrating the big event, but not going overboard. I know how to throw a good party and I am trying to hold back from going too far.
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