April 08, 2007

Natalie has started to giggle and laugh. I get a lot of smiles from her and she's almost able to turn over. She loves sleeping in bed with us and she inches her way to mama's milk when she can. It's cute how she can always find me and how she roots for her meals. She loves being held all the time and she's very impatient for her diaper changes and her bottles. She is very active and loves to kick and kick. Sometimes we have to try several times to get her clothes on or her diaper since she wiggles so much. She has a little bit of cradle crap but with some baby oil, she's good as new. She loves that pacifier and her swing sometimes, and does her little coos when all is well. She loves when I rub her head and sometimes falls asleep like that. She can sleep through complete chaos when we are all talking, the tv is on and Philip is making a ton of noise. Everyone loves her at my work and she sleeps most of the time there. She's a good baby and people are amazed at her size and how she seems to talk with her eyes. She's a really good eater and she feels so wonderful to hold. She also just started to grab handfuls of my hair! Very Cute.

Philip is speaking more and more little sentences. We can hear him using his new words out and just learning everyday. We like to overhear him talk to other kids. Very cute how they communicate. He still throws tantrums when he doesn't get his way and sometimes he does ignore us but overall he's a really good, smart kid. He loves being spoiled by his grandmas and he goes to school and comes back dirty each and every time. He'll jump in every puddle he finds and he loves to ask questions. He loves to ask "what is that?" and then tries to learn the new words I said. He has a wonderful memory and has surprised us at times by what he does remember. He saw a photo from my birthday and told me he liked the cake. Then he told us about blowing out the candles. This was a photo of the four of us just in front of the aquarium, on my birthday with no cake in sight in the photo, yet Philip remembered we had cake that day. He listens to what I tell him when I'm trying to explain something to him and sometimes I don't think he's understanding but then I realize later that he did understand. We had a huge conversation about growing and Philip got really excited that he would one day be big like Mike and Mama. He also understood that Natalie would grow bigger too and that they would play sometime soon. Philip is getting really good at the potty and loves to do it himself. Sometimes we knock on the door and he says "I'm busy". He loves Go Diego Go and is learning some spanish words and the names of some animals. We'll have to go to the zoo again soon.