Wordless Wednesday - Happy Birthday, FOUR Year Old!!

Happy Birthday Emily!!

We had a little family dinner Monday for Emily's birthday and she is having a small birthday party Saturday.I can't believe that she is 4 already, it all goes by so fast!

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~ Natalie ~

It is hard to believe how fast time flies. Natalie, my middle daughter, turned two on the 3rd. She is two! It is still hard to wrap my head around. :)
No matter how much we want her to stay our little baby forever, she is growing up.
In the last couple of weeks Natalie's vocabulary has skyrocketed! I have read about and heard of that happening, but didn't experience the same thing with Emily - so I had no clue. For the longest time Natalie only said about 15-20 words, and now it seems like she doesn't stop talking --- 95% of which is understandable! It almost makes me wonder if she's been practicing! ha ha
Last Sunday was Natalie's first time out of the nursery at church. She was in the 2-3 year old classroom and she loved it! For the next couple of months Emily and Natalie will be in class together...I sure hope they behave :)

Here are a couple of pictures from Natalie's birthday dinner:

Birthday Cake -- Of course I got to the bakery when it was closed, so I improvised on her name! Good thing I had some licorice around! lol

She was captivated by the candle!!!

Wordless Wednesday - Happy Birthday Brother!

Today is my brother's 25th birthday...little leprechaun!!
So I am taking this opportunity to tell him happy birthday!
We love you and miss you Brent!

Time flies and babies grow!

Thursday (9/3) Natalie turned a year old! Can you believe it, I have a hard time grasping this one. And the really crazy thing is that she is doing so much! She walks, "talks", she has such a personality. When Emily was one, she was crawling and babbling and seemed like a baby still - Natalie, not so much! She has seen Emily, and for a while her cousin Andreu, walking around and talking ALL the time - and she didn't want to be left out, so she caught on rather quickly!
Now days her and Emily are always playing/doing/getting into something together, when I am lucky enough to watch them without them knowing it, it seems almost like two toddlers playing. I treasure this time when both Emily and Natalie are growing and learning so much! I am so incredibly blessed to be able to stay home and raise my children!
Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Natalie - Almost 1!!!

 
It is hard to believe that this picture was taken nearly a year ago. This was when Natalie was only 2 days old and we were getting ready to leave the hospital...
So much has happened sinse then - she cooed, then smiled, then rolled over, learned the army crawl and then to crawl regularly. We went from having a stationary infant, to a baby who had the determination to get where she wanted to go via rolling, crawling, or a combonation of the two. Natalie has started taking a few steps here and there and says a handful of words - mama, dada, hi, bye, bad-bad (Emily tells that to Tiny Man), and hey. She is learning so much and is such a wonderful little person!
She will be 1 year old on the 3rd of September. It is unbelievable how fast time flies! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful, happy little girl and are looking forward to celebrating her first year of life!!!