*Sigh*

Work is kicking my butt right now. I am home by 4:30 or 5, then it is play time with Natalie followed quickly by dinner preparation, her dinner, our dinner, play time, bath, pick out her clothes and mine for the next day, pack my lunch, sit down, go to bed. Not much time for anything else. The house stays messy until Saturdays because I am too tired to care. Random other things get put off because I have no time or can't remember to do it (that is becoming a big problem these days). I haven't had any time to update the blog and let you know how our little one is growing and changing!

Next week she will be 6 months which means I am already behind on her 5 month photo page! Argh!  She is eating her rice cereal really well, but still only once a day. She is sitting up by herself with only a little support at times, and I am loving this! It is so fun to watch her explore. She drools ALL the time, and lately has been a bit crankier than normal. We are guessing a tooth is bound to pop up any time now. She constantly 'chews' on her gums like she has some bubble gum, and her fingers are always in her mouth.

She has just completed week 3 with the sitter, and it is working out beautifully! She has so much fun with her new little friend, Sadie. They 'talk' to each other all day apparently. Meagan says she does really well when she takes her out and about and still gets lots of ooohs and ahhhhhs. We are so blessed to have Meagan keeping her! Every day when I pick her up she gets a 'report card.' On it she tells me her nap times, feeding times and amounts, what they read that day, what toys were her favorite, and what her mood was like for the morning and the afternoon. It is the cutest! Natalie really seems to enjoy going because she never cries and it always happy when I pick her up.

The weekends don't get any calmer because we are using all of that time to do our running around that I can't do during the week! This weekend is special because it is Easter and Brian's 31st birthday! Hope I can make it special for him.

Thanks for the outfit, Mimi and Poppi!