Be Ready to Be Flipped!!!

Today we purchased a flip video camera.  If you have never heard of these, you really need to look into them, especially if you have little kids and want to capture every cute little thing they do!  Here are two videos that Nickie took of Natalie this afternoon.  Enjoy!

A Whale of a Time!!

I decided to take Natalie to the backyard for her first fun water experience. I set up this whale that I got for a dollar last year (which was also cute because Natalie tried to help me blow it up by getting her mouth as close to mine and blowing as hard as she could) Natalie loved it! She giggled the entire time! We had a whale of a time!

Happy Father's Day!

I feel like a bad mommy because I didn't actually get a picture of Natalie with her daddy today...but let me say that Natalie loves her daddy so very much!! She is very lucky to have such a great daddy in her life! Natalie gave her daddy a letter to say how much she loves him. I think he liked it. :)

To celebrate Father's Day we had lunch with PawPaw, Ba, and Nuh (today was the first day that Natalie said Nathan- which sounds like Nuh- but still exciting!) PawPaw sure loves his lil Natalie! To prove this amazing love, Natalie accidentally bumped PawPaw's glasses and he just smiled!!! Anyone who knows PawPaw knows that this is huge! Here are some pictures from our lunch and some extras to show how cute Natalie was today! (and in the pictures where she is smiling- that is after being told to "smile!"- too cute and oh-so-cheesy!!!

Washing Dishes!

Grandma discovered that Natalie loves to wash her dishes!  So I got out some soapy water, her play dishes, and some towels so we could have fun too!  Natalie gets soaked with her methods, but she has so much fun!!

First Play Date of the Summer!

Today Natalie and I went over to my cousin Cara's house, so Natalie and her second cousin, Jack could have a play date together. Jack is nine months younger than Natalie and allll boy, so seeing the two very much opposites is quite humorous. They both are still at the stage where they still parallel play instead of actually playing with one another, but I think they still had a good time. When we were getting ready to go, I told Natalie to give Jack a hug. I honestly didn't think she would even attempt to do it, but to my surprise, she went over to Jack and stood closely by him. At that point, I laughed realizing that with any other person that is all that she has had to do because the other person will always grab her up and hug her tight, so since Jack is too young to take that initiative, that was the best Natalie could do! She did go over and get a good hug from Cara though.

We look forward to more play dates and watching these two grow up together!

More video from Kentucky

Here are two cute videos from Kentucky. Natalie was so good when we were in restaurants down there. One of the videos is of her cheering herself on as she accomplishes putting crayons back into the box...ahh the joys of being a toddler!

The second video is some awesome giggles we got from her as Ba was playing a peekaboo game with her doll in the van.

More Pictures from Kentucky

These are a few more pictures from Kentucky. They are actually in reverse order- the sleeping pictures are when we were driving back home. Natalie's Barneys provided a nice headrest and support that was as adorable as it was functional. The next picture is Natalie enjoying her Ba's awesome banana bread. And the last picture is one of Natalie's favorite things about this trip- the swings on the porch of our cabin. She loved swinging!