I'm linking up today with A Blonde Ambition for a fun little "Confessional Friday"
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1. Your name: Natalie
2. Where you're from: Illinois- not anywhere close to Chicago :)
3. What do you do with your days? (Work, SAHM, student, etc.) I work as an assistant and plan events large and small
4. Tell us about your family (photos are great!) I've been happily married to my Husband Jeff for 3 1/2 years. Last January we welcomed our Daughter, Blair. We also have one pup-child, an English Mastiff, Kuba.
5. What are your dreams and goals- My dream is to figure out what I want to be when I grow up ;) Okay, so maybe not, but my dream is to raise a centered child that loves her family. My goals is to be the best mom I can be to Blair and any future siblings.
6. Why did you start blogging? I started blogged to chronicle our life as newly-weds and now parents. I also started to hopefully gain some bloggy friends. I've slacked on blogging the last year, but can hopefully turn that around.
7. Maybe tell us some random facts! I have horrible fashion sense and look to fashion bloggers for ideas/tips/great buys. I would wear a sweat, shirt, boots, and jeans every day and be fine! :)
Friday, January 31, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Blair is 1!
This is a few days late, but we were soaking up every single moment of Blair's first birthday! Pictures and more coming later today :)
Blair,
You are 1! My, oh my, how the last year flew by! You are amazing little girl with a great personality, and you are SO SO SO LOVED!
We go to the doctor this afternoon, so I'll update with all of your 1 year stats :)
You are in size 2 diapers still, you wear 6-9, 9-12 and 12 month clothes- it just depends on what brand we have and what size you need. You are in size 3 shoes and have the cutest silver glittery shoes.
You are still nursing, taking a bottle, drinking from a sippy cup, and loving your "real foods." You aren't a fan of pasta at all, in fact you will put pasta with meat in your mouth and figure out how to spit the pasta back out at us. It's really funny and Daddy and Mommy laugh each and every time! You love yogurt, any kind of meat, and cheerios.
You are walking, running, and starting to climb. You are completely given up on crawling, because you have figured out that you can run and get there faster. You are such an explorer- you love to just walk around the house and look and touch things. You know exactly where your room is and where your book basket is and sometimes if we just let you go, you will walk in there and sit on the floor and look through your books. You also know how to close doors that are open, and love to do that repeatedly.
In your 11th month, you got to celebrate Christmas, New Year's and just this past weekend your birthday. You were very cautious at Christmas at first, but learned that opening up your gifts was a lot of fun. You are very loved by our friends and family and Mommy and Daddy weren't sure all of your gifts would fit in our house. And then we had your birthday party and we were even more sure that we will need a bigger house soon! For New Year's, we stayed home and Aunt Lindsay, Uncle Tim, Anthony, and Jimmy came over for dinner. You went to bed at your normal time and all of the adults stayed up.
You are typically down for bed between 7:30-8 and are back up for a feeding around 3, then back down until 6:30 or until we have to wake you up. Some nights when you are really tired you will just walk into your room and up to your crib and we know you are ready for bed. We have been able to transition you from being rocked to sleep to just putting you down tired and you've started sleeping better since that.
You have been the best baby and we are so lucky to be your parents. We were slightly scared at the beginning knowing that we were going to mess up or do something wrong, but we quickly learned that what we were doing was right, even if it wasn't by the book. It was what you wanted or needed. Most of all we love you more than you will ever know. You made us Mommy and Daddy, titles we love having. You are the happiest girl, and we know we are so lucky to have that. We can't wait to experience many more firsts with you as you grow into toddler-hood. You will always be our little tater.
We love you!
Mommy & Daddy
Blair,
You are 1! My, oh my, how the last year flew by! You are amazing little girl with a great personality, and you are SO SO SO LOVED!
We go to the doctor this afternoon, so I'll update with all of your 1 year stats :)
You are in size 2 diapers still, you wear 6-9, 9-12 and 12 month clothes- it just depends on what brand we have and what size you need. You are in size 3 shoes and have the cutest silver glittery shoes.
You are still nursing, taking a bottle, drinking from a sippy cup, and loving your "real foods." You aren't a fan of pasta at all, in fact you will put pasta with meat in your mouth and figure out how to spit the pasta back out at us. It's really funny and Daddy and Mommy laugh each and every time! You love yogurt, any kind of meat, and cheerios.
You are walking, running, and starting to climb. You are completely given up on crawling, because you have figured out that you can run and get there faster. You are such an explorer- you love to just walk around the house and look and touch things. You know exactly where your room is and where your book basket is and sometimes if we just let you go, you will walk in there and sit on the floor and look through your books. You also know how to close doors that are open, and love to do that repeatedly.
In your 11th month, you got to celebrate Christmas, New Year's and just this past weekend your birthday. You were very cautious at Christmas at first, but learned that opening up your gifts was a lot of fun. You are very loved by our friends and family and Mommy and Daddy weren't sure all of your gifts would fit in our house. And then we had your birthday party and we were even more sure that we will need a bigger house soon! For New Year's, we stayed home and Aunt Lindsay, Uncle Tim, Anthony, and Jimmy came over for dinner. You went to bed at your normal time and all of the adults stayed up.
You are typically down for bed between 7:30-8 and are back up for a feeding around 3, then back down until 6:30 or until we have to wake you up. Some nights when you are really tired you will just walk into your room and up to your crib and we know you are ready for bed. We have been able to transition you from being rocked to sleep to just putting you down tired and you've started sleeping better since that.
You have been the best baby and we are so lucky to be your parents. We were slightly scared at the beginning knowing that we were going to mess up or do something wrong, but we quickly learned that what we were doing was right, even if it wasn't by the book. It was what you wanted or needed. Most of all we love you more than you will ever know. You made us Mommy and Daddy, titles we love having. You are the happiest girl, and we know we are so lucky to have that. We can't wait to experience many more firsts with you as you grow into toddler-hood. You will always be our little tater.
We love you!
Mommy & Daddy
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Blair is 11 months
Blair,
You are 11 months. It's so hard to believe that in under one month we will be celebrating your first birthday!!
We are guessing you are around 18 pounds and 27 inches. You are in size 6-9 month clothes, size 3 shoes, and size 2 diapers.
You go to bed at night around 730-8 and are usually up for the day between 630-730. There have been nights you sleep all night and others we are up a couple times, but you have been doing good sleeping through the night. Mommy is very happy about this!
You love to feed yourself. You eat pretty much whatever mommy and daddy have for meals, but your favorites so far are chicken and meatloaf. The other night we had meatloaf and you kept wanting more! You still take bottles when you are with grandma, but we'll be moving to all sippy cups soon.
You are such a curious little girl. You are into everything and trying to figure out things. It's so fun to watch you find something new or learn a new skill. You walk all over the place, but know that you can get places faster crawling, so when mommy or daddy comes to get you you take off crawling.
We have done lots of things this past month, we went to another wedding, we went to the festival of lights in Peoria, we had your first thanksgiving, put up the Christmas tree, went to see Santa, played in the snow, and had lots of fun!
We love you so much Blair.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
You are 11 months. It's so hard to believe that in under one month we will be celebrating your first birthday!!
We are guessing you are around 18 pounds and 27 inches. You are in size 6-9 month clothes, size 3 shoes, and size 2 diapers.
You go to bed at night around 730-8 and are usually up for the day between 630-730. There have been nights you sleep all night and others we are up a couple times, but you have been doing good sleeping through the night. Mommy is very happy about this!
You love to feed yourself. You eat pretty much whatever mommy and daddy have for meals, but your favorites so far are chicken and meatloaf. The other night we had meatloaf and you kept wanting more! You still take bottles when you are with grandma, but we'll be moving to all sippy cups soon.
You are such a curious little girl. You are into everything and trying to figure out things. It's so fun to watch you find something new or learn a new skill. You walk all over the place, but know that you can get places faster crawling, so when mommy or daddy comes to get you you take off crawling.
We have done lots of things this past month, we went to another wedding, we went to the festival of lights in Peoria, we had your first thanksgiving, put up the Christmas tree, went to see Santa, played in the snow, and had lots of fun!
We love you so much Blair.
Love,
Mommy and Daddy
Sunday, November 24, 2013
10 months
Blair,
You are 10 months old. It's so hard to believe in just 2 short months we will celebrate your 1st birthday!
You are 17 lbs and 26.25 inches long. You are still our little peanut.
You are still breastfed, take bottles during the week. You love dinner time when we all sit at the table and have dinner together. You love to eat whatever mommy and daddy are having. Your favorite things so far are ground beef and beans. You have a jar of puréed as well as whatever else you get in your mouth. You do really well using a sippy cup so hopefully that makes the transition from the bottle easier.
This month you got 3 teeth! Now you have 5.
You are in size 6-9 month clothes, size 3 shoes, and size 2 diapers.
We've had a busy month and next month will be wen busier. You were baptized and had a family celebration. You had your first Halloween and dressed up as a black cat. 
One of the biggest things that happened is you have started to walk in your own. You are growing up so fast!
Monday, November 11, 2013
Ranch Chicken
A new favorite recipe for our house is Ranch Chicken. This was given to us by a family member in our wedding cook book, but we had never tried it until a few weeks ago. It's very easy and we could probably have this once a week and I'd be happy!
Ranch Chicken
3/4 Cup crushed cornflakes (I use crushed rice krispies)
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 envelope dry ranch dressing mix
8 boneless skinless chicekn breast halves (Approximatley 2 lbs.)
1/2 cup butter, melted
In shallow bowl, combine crushed cornflakes, parmesan cheese, and dry ranch dressing mix. Dip chicken in melted butter then roll in the cornflake mixture. Place in greased 9x13x2 baking dish. Bake uncovered 45 minutes or until juices run clear.
It's so moist and yummy! Blair LOVES it- last night she just keep reaching for more. We have also coated pork chops in this and it's good too.
No pictures, but I wanted to share this super easy meal.
Ranch Chicken
3/4 Cup crushed cornflakes (I use crushed rice krispies)
3/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 envelope dry ranch dressing mix
8 boneless skinless chicekn breast halves (Approximatley 2 lbs.)
1/2 cup butter, melted
In shallow bowl, combine crushed cornflakes, parmesan cheese, and dry ranch dressing mix. Dip chicken in melted butter then roll in the cornflake mixture. Place in greased 9x13x2 baking dish. Bake uncovered 45 minutes or until juices run clear.
It's so moist and yummy! Blair LOVES it- last night she just keep reaching for more. We have also coated pork chops in this and it's good too.
No pictures, but I wanted to share this super easy meal.
Saturday, November 9, 2013
A month Collage
I'm hoping to get back in a blogging mode, so to start a collage I made of Blair from the day she was born until her 9th month.
I cannot believe she'll be 10 months next week!
I've been in a blogging rut, just don't know what to share or topics to begin with. On top of that life has been crazy! I know it will only get worse with the holidays, but I hope to keep up better than just once a month.
I cannot believe she'll be 10 months next week!
I've been in a blogging rut, just don't know what to share or topics to begin with. On top of that life has been crazy! I know it will only get worse with the holidays, but I hope to keep up better than just once a month.
Friday, October 18, 2013
Blair is 9 months
Blair,
Today you are 9 months old! I can't believe that in less than 90 days we will be celebrating your 1st birthday!!!
As far as weight and height, I think you are around 18-20 lbs, and I have no idea on height. You are in a size 2 diaper, Size 6-9 month clothes, and a size 2 or 3 shoe.
You are still nursing, but love your solids! You eat solids at least 2 times a day, and take bottles while with Grandma. You still only have 2 teeth, but I think more are on the way. You love feeding yourself and usually eat at least a few bites of whatever we are having for dinner or lunch.
You go down for the night around 8 and are usually up once in the night to eat and then we have to wake you up most mornings to get dressed. You aren't much of a morning person- just like mommy & daddy.
You are MOBILE!!! You crawl every where, pull up to everything, will stand alone next to something without holding on, or even in the middle of the room. You are getting so strong. You are also a climber- you have figured out steps, how to climb into your car seat, and try to climb up into the chair or on the couch. We have so much fun watching you explore.
You love to see Kuba play and just laugh like its the funniest thing ever.
You are "talking"- your favorite thing is to say "Hi DaDa!" We are working on MaMa, but you usually just laugh at us when we say it to you. You jabber all day long, but when we are home and Daddy isn't you just say dadadada over and over until he's home. When you see him you squeal and crawl toward him- it melts our hearts.
You love to play, and be on the go. You are such a good baby, and we have had so much fun this fall doing fun activities.
Today you are 9 months old! I can't believe that in less than 90 days we will be celebrating your 1st birthday!!!
As far as weight and height, I think you are around 18-20 lbs, and I have no idea on height. You are in a size 2 diaper, Size 6-9 month clothes, and a size 2 or 3 shoe.
You go down for the night around 8 and are usually up once in the night to eat and then we have to wake you up most mornings to get dressed. You aren't much of a morning person- just like mommy & daddy.
You are MOBILE!!! You crawl every where, pull up to everything, will stand alone next to something without holding on, or even in the middle of the room. You are getting so strong. You are also a climber- you have figured out steps, how to climb into your car seat, and try to climb up into the chair or on the couch. We have so much fun watching you explore.
You are "talking"- your favorite thing is to say "Hi DaDa!" We are working on MaMa, but you usually just laugh at us when we say it to you. You jabber all day long, but when we are home and Daddy isn't you just say dadadada over and over until he's home. When you see him you squeal and crawl toward him- it melts our hearts.
You love to play, and be on the go. You are such a good baby, and we have had so much fun this fall doing fun activities.
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