Whew!

Natalie and I are attempting to recover from quite the exciting weekend. The week leading up to this weekend had a few important milestones. On Tuesday night, Natalie actually slept through the night (well, Joel gave her a last feeding at 11pm and she woke up at 5am), but that has been the only time that this has happened thus far. On Friday night, we moved Natalie to her crib in her room instead of the bassinet in our room. She still fits in the bassinet, but she frequently runs her arms and legs into the sides and I wondered if this woke her up frequently. So far, moving her to the crib doesn't seem too bad for her, but I feel more sleep deprived than I have for awhile since now I have to actually get up to attend to her.
Also, Natalie continues to develop her personality. She now gets visibly excited when she sees her duck toy that is attached to her car seat. She has developed a love for chewing on her right hand a few times a day. She really seems to be watching people talk and trying to talk for herself.
As I said, this weekend was quite full. I went shopping with my mom and then she came over for her weekly grandma visit. Grandpa came for his weekly visit as well. Sat. night, Joel and I went out to OCharleys with Jason and Joe. She was pretty fussy there, but it was because she was fighting sleep and she was doing a great job of staying awake for a long period of time.
Today Natalie and I traveled to Rushville to visit with grandma and my aunts. We had a really great time and everyone seemed to love spending time with her. This evening we had our weekly small group gathering that we also attended. Natalie got extremely fussy there, but I think it was simply because it was quite loud there, which she is not around very often.
Joel has been sick, so we are trying really hard to make sure that Natalie doesn't get sick. I know that it will happen at some point, but the longer that she can avoid it- the better.