Natalie turns 17 months

You are now walking, running, smiling, laughing, talking, yelling and you are still enjoying your morning and night nursing sessions and so am I.

You are a very funny little girl. I say little but I do not know exactly how tall you are since I missed your 15-month check. We will find out next month.

You love to eat and it is a pleasure to watch you eating. You don’t want me to help you anymore. Eating with your fingers seems to be fun but you have now mastered the use of the fork and spoon.
You were a very shy baby and still are but you will let our friends pick you up and play with you.
You love playing with water and enjoy the sandbox in our backyard. You even played once with Heidi’s water bowl when I was not looking. You feed Heidi (6-year German Sheppard) and you do a good job and she sits patiently while you pour her breakfast or dinner.

You want to sit on the sofa or join your sister on the rocking chair to watch tv.
You think that hitting is fun and you cry when I yell “NO”, then caress my arm and give me a kiss. When you fall or bump into something, you point to the object and say “no no no no” and it takes care of it.

You bring me clean clothes from the drawer in the bedroom but put them back when I ask you. You put your dirty diaper in the trash.

You think that running around naked is the way to go and I can not blame you.
You used to tell me when you had done #2 and I appreciated it tremendously. We started experimenting with the potty in the morning and we have had some good days.

You love your sister and run to her when she cries and give her a big hug. You do the same with the baby at the daycare.

You and your sister Rachel share the same bedroom and you delight in your sister’s stories, songs and her yelling “Natalie”.

Right now you re in love with your “bebe”. You feed it, hug it, kiss it and push it around in the stroller and scream if Rachel tries to take it away.

In the morning you want to wake up Rachel but when I say that she is sleeping, you put your little finger on your lips and say "shuut". If you hear some noise in our bedroon, you immediatly call "papa" which makes him proud and happy.

We went back and forth about expanding the family after having Rachel and I can say that we are SOOOO glad that we did.

Photos to follow
We love you babusha