Long Time, Friends

I am a little shocked as I write this, because it's been several months since my last post, but time has honestly flown by faster than I ever could have imagined. The last ten months have been a whirlwind but we've been enjoying some awesome family time with our little Natalie.

She has surprised us more in the last few months than we ever could have imagined, learning things each and every day. By six months she crawled. At seven months she was pulling herself up to 'cruise' the furniture. At eight months she started to scale the walls of her gates and play gyms and by nine months was getting into EVERYTHING.

Recently she has been trying to figure out standing on her own without assistance and now will take a few steps toward me without any fear. I am so enjoying every minute left of our 'first' year and can not wait to see what happens next. It may take me awhile to catch up here, though, since I'm just barely catching my breathe half the time on the home front!