Natalie 10 months

Natalie is 10 months old now. Her greatest desire is to move! She is learning to pull up on furniture, cruise along it, and can walk around when we hold her hands. Walking is her absolute favorite thing to do. She would do it all day if her parents backs would let her... and even then... we do walk her around most of the day. It is so fun and exciting to see her learn and progress in her motor skills. We love to cheer her on!

Here is a picture of our happy girl. She looks so big wearing shoes. I look back at her newborn pictures and am baffled at how fast the time has gone by. She is more toddler than baby now. It's amazing. 

Here are some fun pictures to show Natalie's moving skills. She can cruise along the couch. She can walk if we hold her hands. She has skipped traditional crawling, but she is learning this sort of scooting crawling maneuver. She will not put two knees down on the floor. So she has one knee down and one foot down. It's kind of a, I don't want to crawl but I don't know how to walk by myself yet compromise. 

Natalie moves her foot forward and then her knee, while alternating her hands. She scoots along the floor in this motion and can get to the toy she wants; just not very fast. It's a cute sight to see. She is so excited to be able to move. I'm so glad she isn't frustrated anymore. Yay for a happy baby!

Here are some fun pictures of Natalie and Jordan spending time together. In the top left the are giving kisses. The top right is supposed to be a hug, but it turned into Jordan doing some kind of wrestling move. The bottom left is them holding toys that they like. The bottom middle Natalie is giving Jordan a hug. So sweet. And the bottom right is Natalie patting Jordan on the back because she is so excited to be around him. 

It is so fun to see these brother sisters moments together. They really love to be around each other. Jordan is a kind and helpful big brother and Natalie adores him and wants to do everything he does... aka the walking. Fun times all around. By next month Natalie could be walking on her own. We will see.

Here are a few more pictures of Natalie being adorable. She is our happy, smiley, squeaky, moving, precious girl. We can't imagine not having her as a part of our family.  We love you little lady!