Natalie 3 months!

The Beach!

Today was Natailes first day at the Oregon coast! We went to Sabbath School this morning at Vancouver SDA church then headed out to the beach, it was a gorgeous day there!

Joanie let me try out the front carrier pack. So I put Natalie in it facing outward so she could see the beach! She liked it, but was fast asleep after walking the beach for just a few minutes. We walked down the beach a ways, and then back, and Matix got all of his exercise by chasing other dogs around and running free! He loves the beach!

So tonight is my one practice night with Natalie! Joanie is going to sleep in the guest room and I will sleep in our room with Natalie in her bassinet. Hopefully she will take her bottle tonight and go right back to sleep after she eats! Thats the plan. Because next weekend there will be no help if I need it:)

I will let you all know how it goes!

3 months!

Well little Natalie is 3 Months old today!!! My how time flys! She is starting to use her hands a lot more now, sucking on them, trying to grab things, ect. She is very sturdy on her legs, and I think she might just skip the crawling and go right to walking! She is a very strong kicker too, so we have to watch out now when we are holding her and if she starts to cry those little legs just start pumping and kicking!

She has been starting to take some naps in her crib during the day now, Joanie will put her in there and she will sleep away! Hopefully she can get used to it, so when the time comes to put her in there at night, she wont be as scared.

She is still sleeping in her basinet next to our bed, and sleeping great at 4 to 5 hours stretches in between feedings.

So next weekend I'm offically 'on duty' Joanie goes back to work next saturday and sunday nights. She will be working from 11pm - 7am. We have been working on the bottle for Natalie, she is doing ok with it, but not as good as we would like. Hopefully I will be able to feed her a couple times during the night and then Joanie will be home! Wish me luck!

We are going to try out Vancouver church tomorrow, for something different. Then we are going to head out to the coast since it is supposed to be a nice day! We are looking foward to that.

Have a happy sabbath everybody!

Some pictures from this weekend

Natalie likes to watch fuel TV

Waterfront, downtown portland

Grandpa Jeff just left today to fly back east. He spend a few days here with us and Natalie was very happy to see her grandpa! Grandpa rented a mini-van which we used to go out to eat and drive down to the portland waterfront on sunday evening. We took a nice long walk along the waterfront, which Natalie totally enjoyed! The van was nice to have, but just to let everybody know...I will not own one of those things! Sorry but I would much rather drive a big suv then one of those! (fyi, big chevy,ford,and gmc conversion vans dont count...those are awesome:)

Today Natalie figured out how to get her binky back in her mouth if she looses it and it stays close. She uses both hands with her fists balled up tight and just shoves it back in there:) Its so cute to watch.

Did I mention that Natalie is now sleeping much better. She used to want to eat every 2 hours at night, but this past saturday night she decided to switch and go 4 hours! What a nice change. And ever since then she has been going 4 to 5 hours! Lets just hope that continues!

As soon as I can figure out the pictures I will try and crop those down to size, but at this point I cant figure out how to do that?

Sabbath School

Yesterday we took Natalie to Pleasent Valley sabbath school...it was her first time there! Since she was new she got a nice welcome and got to ride on the wood pony! Which she loved. She did excellent the whole time there and payed attention well. I think she will continue to enjoy herself there!

Natalie is very very alert, and it seems like she is trying to tell us things! We just wish we knew what that was.

She is starting to get the idea of 'hide and seek', but I think it sometimes scares her:)

We are getting her ready for church and sabbath school today at Pleasent Valley Church, in
Happy Valley Oregon!