Good-bye Good Friends

We said good-bye to our good friends Katy, Keith and Jack Lane this weekend.  Katy and I were undergrads together in the math dept. at Texas A&M.  The Lanes have lived in Tucson for the last 8 months and Natalie and Jack became fast friends.  They are headed for Indiana now.  We wish them the best of luck and hope to see them soon.  Here are some pictures of Natalie and Jack from the past 8 months.

July 2008

Aug 2008

Sept 2008

Oct 2008

Dec 2008

Jan 2009

Blanket Obsession

Natalie has finally picked her "blankie".  We only let her have it in her bed so she has it for naps and bedtime.  We even went out and bought another one this weekend so we have a back-up.  Here is what Paul saw the first time he saw her sleeping with her blankie.

Travel Update and Nat's new discoveries

So Paul went to Ohio this past week.  Interview went well.  He has gotten one offer so far, but he is waiting to hear back from a few more places.  He heads to Pennsylvania next week for his final campus interview.  He has to let this first offer know by February 27th so we should know in the next few weeks where we will be headed!  We'll keep you posted.

As for Natalie, she is learning new things every day.  She can point to the following body parts when asked: head, hair, belly, toes, teeth, and ear.  Sometimes she gets confused with eyes and nose.  We're working on those as well as knees and shoulders.  She loves the song "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and it's really cute to watch her try to point to all the body parts when they are sung.  She also is working on her vocabulary.  We definitely hear "mama", "dada", "bathtime", "backpack", and "bye-bye" (which is really more "buh-bye").    She has a cute Southern accent..no clue where she got that!  She also is starting to say "duck" and "quack" and makes wonderful monkey sounds!

For those of you who haven't seen her lately, she's finally starting to grow.  According to our home scale, she is almost 19 lbs.  That is a big jump for her.  We'll get the official tally next week when we go for her 15 month checkup.  I'll update the blog with her new stats once we get them!