My little "Dude" & "Diva"

Natalie has had some major attitude changes lately. Basically...she is a "Diva".

~She has started rolling her eyes. Nobody really believes this until they see it. It's pretty amazing that this little 18 month old can do it...but she does. Just last night our priest was at our house and she was sitting next to him and rolled her eyes at him...he noticed it...NICE! :)

~She says "NO" to everything. This is not just a little no...it's a big, loud..."NOOOO".

~She runs away from us when it's time to do things she doesn't want to do (take a nap, bath, change diaper, go inside, stop messing with bubba....that kind of thing)

~My sweet little girl climbed out of her crib. Jutin had put her to bed and I guess she didn't want to be there because before we knew it...she was at the door crying & knocking on it. Luckily she hasn't done it since (knock on wood).

~She looooooooves to have her toenails painted. Mimi started this a few weekends ago and then my mom repainted them last weekend. Apparantly she just sits there while they do it and even walks on her heels after they are done (so they don't smudge while they are drying...seriously...)

~She is demanding. In fact...I can hear her right now telling her brother "DO IT!" She will hand me things and say, "Open it! Do it!" haha!

Although my little diva can be a meanie...she's still pretty sweet! Just a second ago she walked up to me and hugged my leg and said, "I love you mommy." which sounds like (I ove ooo mommy!) I walked into Cole's room to see HIM on his bed and Natalie saying, "Help Me!" and Cole was trying to pull her up on the bed. That was ADORABLE!!!

My little dude is just as sweet as ever!! He sure talks A LOT these days!

~Mornings are best for him. He will tell you about things that happened "Last Night"...and we think he means dreams...haha!

~He says, "What's up DAWG"...thanks Uncle Keith!

~He loves to play the piano! I got out my first piano book and he calls it, "My book" and he looks at it while he plays. I taught him "middle C"...but I don't know if he really gets it yet :)

~He counts good with his fingers to 10 and appears to be good at math...lol...i play little addition & subrtractions games with him and he gets it!

~He is completely, 100% potty trained when it comes to pee. He has gone #2 on the potty twice this week...I think it's on its way!!!!! WHEW!

~Swimming is FUN for him! He loves the kiddie pool which is 2ft at the deepest & enjoys playing with us or by himself!

~He is soooo much more outgoing now! Last summer at the pool, he stuck by me and would NOT associate with other kids. This summer he has already made a few friends at the pool and when we've had people over. This just makes me soooo happy! I was so afraid he was going to be deathly shy his whole life....but he's kind of starting to get ornery around other kids!! I love it! Hahaha

We've been having fun and I hope to get some more pics up soon!