Dear Nathalie,
Again, I am tardy with your letter. Three whole days! Why oh why can I not get this timing right??
Wee girl…you are full on crawling all over the place these days. I expect you will be walking soon. You seem much happier now that you are mobile and in control of (to an extent) what space you inhabit.
Also, rumor has it that your sleeping is starting to develop a pattern. By “starting” I mean I just heard about it and by “pattern”, I mean that one day you sleep through most of the night and the next you are up hourly…that is a pattern, right?
Your eating is progressing with more and more foods of the baby kind being introduced – unfortunately, that spitting up thing is still an issue…
As of my last peek into your mouth…you have two little teeth on the bottom. The 
only way for your Mummy to get a picture of them was for her to give you something to shove into your pie hole. Look how cute (ignore the food all over your nostrils) your little teeth are!! Now that you have teeth, you are also learning how to adapt to having your teeth brushed. Mummy thinks she takes better care of your teeth than she does her own… She was always really difficult when it came to getting her to brush her teeth. DON’T be like Mummy in that regard.
Also, SHOUT OUT TO MAXTON for getting his first tooth as well!!! 5 months old…seriously dude, cut your parents a break. All these babies getting teeth just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The universe was calling out to the baby food companies to create a baby food combo of corned beef and cabbage – AMIRIGHT?
Now, back to you Nathalie…Let us talk about your cuteness: I must say, you are super cute when you open your mouth for one of those little Gerber puffs but when you WEAR a yogurt puff… oh…my… word… the cuteness level is a bit more than I can handle…especially when you adorn your face with them.
Okay…I’m exaggerating. It’s cute, but I am not losing my mind over it.
However, stick you in a pair of overalls and THAT is unbearable…okay, I am exaggerating again. The real and ridiculous truth is that all I have to do is make this wacky noise that is my version of Whale-speak – it makes you giggle and then when you try to mimic the sound…THAT puts me over the edge…ALSO, it makes Grandfather smile and I really like it when Grandfather smiles. (PSSST…you totally have him wrapped around your little finger.)
Not too much has changed since my last letter…primarily the crawling, perhaps a battle with some dry skin issues that Mummy is concerned could be Eczema and with the crap shoot of skin conditions and allergies that are within your heritage…it is highly possible. Here is to praying it is not… I imagine we will have an answer by my next letter.
Until next time sweet girl, you keep rocking that crawl and teeth growing thing…perhaps soon I can introduce you to the best food in the world…CHEESE!!!
Peace Out BABY!
Love, GranDawn
ing like it somewhere along the way in your lifetime… Seriously, your mom managed to get her nose broken twice within a 6 month period. Don’t fight it…tuck and roll. Don’t get me wrong, I am not encouraging you to become a scrapper like Great-Grandma Sharon, I am just warning you that, in this family, shit happens and it is better to expect it than to fight it. Protective gear is suggested. I figure, now that you are mobile you deserve this warning – to be honest, you were much safer when you were stationary….ahhh, the good ole days.
Just Venting...or something like it 