The past week has brought SO many changes in Natalie! For starters, my month of singing only the "clap your hands" lines of If You're Happy and You Know It paid off. Natalie not only knows how to clap right now, but she wants to clap any time she hears praise, applause, or music. It's pretty cool.
She finally began to crawl for real--she's been able to do it for a few weeks, but she preferred to scoot because it was faster for her. Now that she's perfected the crawl, she's everywhere. Literally.
On the heels of this accomplishment, she decided to pull herself up on anything and everything and to stand. Constantly. If she's not standing, she's trying to figure out how to stand. This started yesterday, and already she's standing in her crib, standing by the coffee table, and trying to be standing everywhere else.
Also, Pippi the cat has decided that Natalie is on her love list. Sure, she has always been protective of Natalie, but now she will go snuggle up against her even when I'm not right there. Natalie gets away with things that would send Pippi on the attack with most others--pulling her ears and tail, patting her, throwing her arms around her . . . It's a little scary for me because Pippi still gets irritated by too much attention and will take a swipe once in a while when she's had enough (usually she just gets up and leaves), but I've been so thankful that it appears that she keeps her claws IN when she bats Natalie away because Natalie isn't covered in scratches. They are buddies.
It seems that all of a sudden my little baby is growing up and trying to show me that she isn't quite so little anymore. But then she gets tired, pops her thumb in her mouth, and snuggles her head into my shoulder--and I know that she will always be my little girl.
She finally began to crawl for real--she's been able to do it for a few weeks, but she preferred to scoot because it was faster for her. Now that she's perfected the crawl, she's everywhere. Literally.
On the heels of this accomplishment, she decided to pull herself up on anything and everything and to stand. Constantly. If she's not standing, she's trying to figure out how to stand. This started yesterday, and already she's standing in her crib, standing by the coffee table, and trying to be standing everywhere else.
Also, Pippi the cat has decided that Natalie is on her love list. Sure, she has always been protective of Natalie, but now she will go snuggle up against her even when I'm not right there. Natalie gets away with things that would send Pippi on the attack with most others--pulling her ears and tail, patting her, throwing her arms around her . . . It's a little scary for me because Pippi still gets irritated by too much attention and will take a swipe once in a while when she's had enough (usually she just gets up and leaves), but I've been so thankful that it appears that she keeps her claws IN when she bats Natalie away because Natalie isn't covered in scratches. They are buddies.
It seems that all of a sudden my little baby is growing up and trying to show me that she isn't quite so little anymore. But then she gets tired, pops her thumb in her mouth, and snuggles her head into my shoulder--and I know that she will always be my little girl.
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Smiling at your joy! God bless.
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