It’s not 100% official yet, but it looks like we’ll be moving within 1-2 weeks! We have been patiently waiting for God to lead us to the perfect house, and it looks like we found it. Please pray that everything works out smoothly– we will hopefully sign the lease next Wednesday. I wanted to share a few pictures with you because I know everyone will be curious.
Living room:
Kitchen:
Nata’s (huge!!!) room:
Master:
Back patio/yard (very toddler safe):
(Prepare for a picture overload!)
Life is pretty good for our 13-month-old girl. She is really enjoying life and learning so much! Her favorite thing to do is play outside. I say, “Natalie, do you want to go outside?” and she gets a huge grin, throws her arms up and says, “buh-bye?”
Other words she is saying are Mama, Dada, Nata, hi, hello, all done, and dog. A few times she has said something that sounds like “outside”. I think she is working on that one.
There she is hanging out in the our backyard. We spend a lot of time back there these days. Note: The hat she is wearing is like a newsboy cap that is too big for her, NOT a bonnet (someone thought it was… Laura I think) . Notice she isn’t looking at the camera in any of these pictures? She’s way too busy to stop for the camera… most of the time. Occasionally she’s really into posing…
An acquaintance who works for Disney sent Natalie a huge bag of Disney merchandise, including these sparkly shoes and pink princess purse. You can tell Natalie feels SO special in them!
Shopping and texting? Just like mama. She also pretends to talk on the phone.
I call Natalie my “little mommy” because she is so sweet and loving to her stuffed animals. She loves to hug and kiss and pat their backs.
Again, she’s SO THRILLED to be OUTSIDE! The arms over the head is another new thing
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In that last picture she is waiting impatiently for Andy to get home for work. She gets so excited when I tell her that he’s on his way home. Like my makeshift baby gate? Our screen door finally broke for good. If you have opened or closed our screen door in the last 6 months you know what I am talking about, haha.
We took a trip to the Santa Barbara Zoo for Natalie’s 1st birthday, a McLaughlin family tradition. She loved it! Her favorite was the anteater. She kept exclaiming “Dah, dah!” (dog). She loves animals.
Another big “first” was her first trip to the beach! It was kind of cold and windy, but she enjoyed it.
Hopefully that has caught you up with what Natalie has been doing since her first birthday! She is a very busy little girl who keeps her parents constantly entertained.
Last week we spent four days in Yosemite National Park with my family. The Valley is beautiful this time of year, and empty of tourists. We stayed in the lovely Ahwahnee Hotel, so it was nice have a warm place to come back to after spending time outside– it was freezing! As you can see, it was very foggy when we first arrived.
Natalie loved the snow so much!
There was much making of snowmen…
…and hiking, and eating, and hanging out with the family. We had a fun, refreshing time.
If you are interested, I have a ton more pictures posted on my Facebook!
Halloween came and went without much excitement for us this year– we all three have colds! But I couldn’t resist dressing Natalie up in her costume for some pictures. She wasn’t too thrilled with the hat and was plotting her escape.
Natalie is 8 months old today! She crawls all over the place at full speed and pulls herself up on everything. She follows us all over the house. It’s nice to know that she can go wherever she wants but still wants to hang out with us. 🙂
