Natalieishness

I’ve been needing to do an “All about Natalie” post for a little while.  She’s amazing and changing so much all the time!  Here goes.  Natalie…

• loves to sing.  She sings many things well enough that they’re recognizable. 
• talks up a storm.
• has a really huge vocabulary.  I may try to list all the words she says regularly but not here.
• really understands a ton, even some jokes.  :)
• Will attempt to say anything, even if it doesn’t make it into her regular rotation of words.
• is sleeping in the toddler bed.  She actually sometimes falls asleep in it instead of the floor.
• goes to Mother’s Day Out twice a week and seems to be enjoying it.  She naps there.
• can put on her little croc shoes by herself.  She can even go get them and put them away too.
• likes taking papers to the recycling bin for me.
• is crazy about being outside.  Her mother is not.
• puts her dirty laundry in the hamper.
• is an independent but pretty messy eater.
• loves trains.
• is an amazingly skilled dancer.  :)
• plays really well with her sister, even though she (Natalie) is kind of headstrong and stubborn.
• likes to lift up my shirt and give Baby Brother hugs.  Tear fest.
• is currently obsessed with my moles.  She points to them and says “mole.”  A lot.
• says “cheese” anytime she sees the camera.
• is a good napper.
• likes to snuggle.
• still sucks her thumb and puts her finger in her belly button.
• will not be wearing onesies this fall, even though I happen to have some in her size.
• wears a medium cloth diaper or a one-size on the medium setting.
• is wearing 18 months and 2T clothes.  Much of the 18 month stuff is getting short or tight but she’ll wear it thru the warm weather.
• wears a size 5 shoe.
• is really growing some hair in the back, but not so much in the bangs department -- exactly like her sister.  She’s more blonde than Joanna though.
• loves being tickled.
• will say “me” if you point at yourself and say “Who is this?”  Don’t you think that is hilarious?
• loves her gummy vitamins.
• loves chewing ice.
• doesn’t let herself get trompled by older sisters or friends.  She’s a “hold her own” kind of gal.
• likes to sit on the floor and flip through books.
• is so amazing and wonderful that a little list cannot really describe her.
• is incredibly loved by her Momma, Daddy, and big sister.