Watch Me Grow!

This was the last photo taken of Ted and I before we became Mommy and Daddy. We were at a family reunion and it was so hot...if you know me at all you'll know that me being nine months pregnant in July was quite challenging...but I was a trooper and loved every minute of it!

After much deliberation on her name, Natalie Marie was born on 7/30/08 at 1:09 pm weighing in at 8 lbs. 1 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. Delivery was incredible, I can't think of a better word to describe it. Ted was the world's best "coach" ever, the nurses all loved him and got a kick out of being able to hear him counting down the hall from our room...for three very long hours. A very special thank you to our wonderful nurse, Doris, and an amazing OBGYN, Dr. Canfield! Here's Miss Natalie after making her grand entrance into the world.

Her first bath

And here is her very proud Papa

Grandma Spurgeon

Grandma Thorpe

and Cousin Madison

Scrapbooker I am not, although I wish I was. I haven't been good at keeping track of the specific dates and times that our precious baby girl hit the various milestones like I hoped and promised myslef that I would, but for at least the first 17 months I have been faithfully snapping pictures of our growing girl so to bring everyone up to speed on the amazing changes that we have loved watching Natalie experience here is a picture (or five or six) from each month over the past seventeen months.

This is the day that Natalie got to come home from the hospital, 8/1/07, weighing just 7 lbs. 12 1/2 oz. She dressed and ready to go...now if Mommy could just figure out the straps on the car seat.

This was our first outing 8/4/07, it was also Natalie's first trip to her pediatrician.

I definitely don't remember our baby girl sleeping this much.

Month #1 -

This was Natalie's fourth pair of pjs in about 10 minutes, after she peed, pooped and spit up on the first three sets we finally got her all cleaned up.

At her one month appointment, on 8/30/07, she weighed 9 lbs. 6 oz and was 21 inches.

Month #2 -




Mommy finally feels up to getting her picture taken.

At her two month appointment, on 10/1/07, she weighed 10 lbs. 15 oz. and was 22 1/2 inches.

Month #3 -

Natalie's first Halloween, I had just had my gallbladder out but tried my best to get some good pictures! This is the cutest banana that I ever did see!


Month #4 -

Daddy just loves to get his picture taken, but Miss Natalie spent many nights sleeping right in this position!
I just loved this pair of jammies, even if Grandma Spurgeon though it made Natalie look like a boy!
I almost forgot how precious she was!

This is the day that we took Natalie to get her ears pierced. Some of Natalie's funny faces.
On 12/10/07 we had her 4 month appointment she weighed 13 lbs. 14 oz and was 24 inches.

Month #5 -

Natalie's first taste of cereal on 12/16/07.

This was from our "photo shoot" for your first Christmas card picture, this is the one I liked the most.Here is Natalie and her cousin Kody asleep on Grandma Spurgeon's couch, they were both pouting cause Madison and I went on a little trip without them.
Here's our poor little girl that got her first tooth, first ear infection and pink eye for Christmas. It was so sad!


Since she had been such a good little girl all year long, ok for the five months since birth, Santa brought her some diamond earrings!

Whewww that was only five months and that's a wrap for this post. Months six - seventeen coming soon...