Natalie Playing with Rusty

 

Rusty is so good with her!

We brought Rusty home with us this weekend after being at my mom and dad's for almost 2 months!  So far he has done pretty good being at the new house. His feet get a little dirty, which Bobby has started using our tub to clean his feet (and doesn't clean out the tub so it is still dirty). I'm just waiting to see how long it takes for him to rinse out the dirt!  Rusty has been bad at nighttime though! He wakes us up several times a night for really no reason...it's getting old fast!

Annabelle (our old kitty) went to her new home yesterday. I felt kind of bad for giving her away yesterday, but at the same time I am glad. I really hope she does well at her new home that has 2 other cats, a little dog, and 2 little girls. If not, we'll have her back and find another home for her. We were really hoping that she would get to stay at Bobby's parents' house after being there for almost 2 months since they have another cat and they got along, but no such luck!

Natalie is currently eating Ella's Kitchen broccoli, pears, and peas and really likes them. I wouldn't taste this one because it smells weird, but Bobby tried it and said it was good. I tried to get her to take her formula using a transition bottle/sippy cup, but she wanted nothing to do with it. Amanda says she was cranky today and I am wondering if it's her teeth bothering her. I just wish they would come in already! She has been sleeping really well still at night (all the way through for about 10-12 hours a night). She is doing a great job rolling over to reach for things but gets really frustrated when things are out of her reach. Sometimes I do that to her intentionally to get her to figure it out herself. She is doing good sitting up by herself, but falls over without supervision often (not as wobbly as she used to be though).

It was nice having Amanda back, but I am sad that she will only be here for 2 more weeks after this week because then she will be picking up substitute teacher jobs since she hasn't found a full-time position yet. That means I have to find a daycare very soon :( That makes me sad, but I keep telling myself that the social interaction with other babies may be good for Natalie. However, I will probably be a nervous wreck at first because I feel very comfortable when my family watches her!