My Little Family: November 2007

Natalie turned six months yesterday (November 16, 2007). I can't believe it has been six months.... She has started to turn over. ALL THE WAY OVER. She can roll from one end of a blanket to another. She also sits up now. Not very good and she still falls over, but she sits up! She is soo different from Kaia when she was this age, it is hard to believe all of the differences. Natalie grabs for everything! You can't put anything near her....NOTHING. She knows what to do with a cup and if you have yours too close, watch out. You can see from pictures below that she get antsy when she can't get to something. She had one knee bent like she was going to push herself towards a toy. I'm really hoping she isn't going to crawl soon. I'm not ready for that!

Kaia is still doing Girl Scouts and Ballet. The ballet class is a basic one and I think she is starting to get bored. But the next class will be more fun. At six years old, one just doesn't understand the importance of having the basics down. On top of all this, you gotta hear her read! Wow - she amazes me in how quickly she has picked it up since starting first grade. She was a good reader last year but she is just soaring to new heights. She gets impatient and kind of lazy sometimes with it. She looks at the first letter and just throws out a word. When I tell her to stop and look at it, she does. And then she gets it right away. Not quite sure where the hurry came from. I love reading with her everynight. I thought the homework part with kids wouldn't be any fun. But she reads every night and every night I enjoy sitting and listening. Kaia reads books to Natalie who of course tries to grab the book and eat it. Kaia never did that either.....I'm starting to wonder what the differences will be between the two of them as they get older. Hmmm.....I won't think of that right now, or any time soon. Natalie is growing soo fast, I feel like she already isn't a baby.....and she is only six months old!!