A Very Merry Christmas!

Natalie's first Christmas was a lot of fun ... and we still have more festivities to go! We learned that baby's don't care much about tradition. We always open gifts with my family on Christmas Eve - this didn't fit into Natalie's schedule. We ended up putting her to bed and opening her presents in the morning. She was much happier. What a lucky little girl she was - she came away with a lot of presents!

I still can't believe how much she is growing up and all the things she is able to do. Many of her Christmas gifts were things she can grow into, but she really tries to play with them all - it's so fun to watch. She is so, so close to rolling over but just can't quite get over her arm. She gets frustrated when she can't reach the toy she's after. Here are some pics from her first Christmas and her first big snow we had the weekend before.

My first snow!

Snuggling with Auntie Monica and my new baby

Enjoying my book from Great Grandma Harnish

My girl!

My girl is four months old already! I cannot believe how quickly time is moving - a little bit it makes me want to stop time for awhile. The thing is that even though I already miss those precious newborn days, I fall more and more in love with Natalie and who she is everyday. She is quite the little noisemaker (I say this comes straight from her Daddy and Grandma agrees!). When she gets excited she just starts to squeal. Sometimes it's almost so loud you want to cover your ears - I love it! She is playing with her toys now. She loves the opportunity to get anything in her little hands and of course takes it straight to her mouth. She's been sitting in the exersaucer some and she will work and work to get a toy to her mouth only so see it spring away again. We started giving her rice cereal last week. She really likes it, as I thought she would - this girl likes her food! She looks so grownup sitting in her highchair and eating from a spoon! I had her at the doctor yesterday. She weighs 15 lbs 9 oz and is 25 and 3/4 in. tall - a growing girl! I put most of her 3-6 months clothes away a couple weeks ago and we had to go buy her more 6-9 month clothes. I keep looking in her closet at my favorite 3-6 month dress and know that she will be 9 years old and I will still be wanting her to wear it! Anyway here are a few pictures of my girl!