An Update

It has been awhile since I have given a general update for our little girl. Natalie continues to grow and warm our hearts daily. In the past week, Natalie has been grabbing at things more. She seems to favor fabrics over plastic toys. She currently loves this stuffed bunny that is attached to a little security blanket.
I am also proud of the fact that in the past two days she has actually moved the rolling ball on her exosaucer by herself too. It is so cute to see her little hand deliberately opening and closing to move the ball.
She is still really close to rolling over. She can get completely on her side but then gets stuck. If we give her just the slightest push, she can do it. We are watching closely to catch that first official roll.
A funny event- We have discovered that Natalie loves to watch Gunsmoke and Bonanza on TVLand on the weekends. She will noticeably watch these two programs more than any other. She was actually really fussy before church on Sunday, so I turned her toward Bonanza and she immediately calmed down! At this rate, we may need to have a western themed first birthday party! Who would have guessed!?
Natalie has also been using her stomach muscles more. When I put her in her car seat, she actually will keep herself sitting up instead of laying back completely in the seat for several minutes- crazy abs!
Natalie is also sleeping through the night consistently now. And even within the past two days she has cut out her last night feeding so she is now going almost 12 hours between her last and first feedings and sleeping for 10 hours at a time at night. I feel very blessed to have uninterrupted sleep again.
I did finally get Natalie an appointment with a new doctor. That will be on Thursday, so I am looking forward to a second opinion on how Natalie is doing.
I am sure that I will update the blog again after Natalie's appointment.