October 08, 2010
This week was full of school and conferences for me, so I have not had too many opportunities to come home and focus. I just crash on the floor and play with Natalie for awhile before we send her to bed. On top of that, Jakki’s Aunt Sue visited the ranch this week and stayed with us for a couple of nights, causing a slight tremor in the “schedule”. Aunt Sue was relatively helpful and it was fun to see how other moms play with kids. We enjoyed her visit.
On Wednesday night something odd happened. I was sitting on the floor with Jakki beside me, and Natalie crawled between us and sat down. I looked at Natalie and Jakki and back to Natalie and realized that Natalie is huge. It’s like she gained 2lbs in the last two days, and her upper body strength is starting to show on her body. She is starting to pull herself up and climb, which is fun yet frustrating when you realize that you are a path to someplace else. Natalie is a little bulldozer, expecting everything to move as she drills forward. Fearless and stubborn. She is working towards hurting herself, but that’s the only way she will ever learn, right?
I am happy that she is becoming more curious about the things around her. She is starting to pay attention to things that we use every day: the remote, the laptop, books, glasses, shoes, etc. She wants to see what’s on the other side of the fence. She wants to know what else is going on that she can’t see. Natalie wants to explore and learn.
Natalie is going to be either an explorer or a demolitions expert, I can’t decide. Either way, she will have fun doing it.
~ Nathan
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