Things I love:

My husband is the greatest dad, even better than I could have expected. He and Nataga bonded even before Nataga and I did. If I can’t get Nataga to go to sleep I hand him to his daddy. He loves him!

Nataga is such a happy baby and always a crowd pleaser. It is a rare trip when we go somewhere and don’t have a crowd around us and our baby (it has happened once) b/c he is so happy and cute!

When Nataga is hungry it is almost instantaneous. I love it b/c that is how I am and I can tell when he is hungry b/c he looks like I feel when I get hungry. He screams for a few seconds until we get the bottle in his mouth (we keep those close by and handy). But we never mistake hungry for other things.

Nataga loves to have a blanket to sleep with. He is so cute and snuggles in once you hand him one! Our dog keeps a close watch on him just incase  he wakes up etc!

Nataga can say “Hi” and does to almost everyone. He smiles if you say “mommy” and “daddy” but is still working on those.

He sucks his thumb and is teething right now. He loves fingers or anything else he can shove in his mouth and rub his gums on.

He just started eating “regular” food and prefers peas, potatoes, carrots, etc. to any other food. So far the apples have been to sweet for him and he wasn’t a fan!

He loves his puppy mobile. We will wind it up and he looks amazed by it all of the time. It is so cute. He can watch it for long periods of time.

He also loves his bouncer. He looks like he is going to fly out of the thing b/c he gets so carried away and so excited bouncing. He giggles and the sound fills the house.

We woke up the other day to him giggling in his crib. If someone told me that I wouldn’t mind waking up at 5AM (after waking up a few other times during the night) I would have laughed in their face. Now it’s a joy to wake up that early to his smiling face!

I LOVE that he is small and also very healthy! I was not expecting to have a baby who only wears 0-3 mo. clothing at 7 mo. I LOVE it! I know it won’t last long but he is so cute in all of his tiny outfits.

Nataga is learning to crawl. He bounces back and fourth and gets angry that he cannot stand. He sat up on his own for the first time yesterday. It was awesome!

Lastly I love being a mom. I have a wonderful husband and baby. Life is great!