A weekend full of exciting firsts...

This weekend was quite busy. First, Natalie attended her first political rally when Senator Barack Obama visited Bend on Saturday. The excitement and noise of the crowd was a little upsetting to her at first but by the end, she was a supporter--if only she could vote. Great great Aunt Julie came over for a quick trip to attend with us. It was very inspirational and we felt very proud and fortunate to be Americans. 

Today we celebrated my first Mother's Day. It was very nice. I received pink roses and fresh doughnuts for breakfast! Then we went to a great new place for lunch. I'm a fan of this holiday!

Natalie also clapped for the first time by herself this afternoon. We were driving home and I looked back at her in her mirror and she was clapping away. She was of course watching herself and seemed to be quite pleased with her newfound talent. 

Tonight I was making dinner and Nat crawled through the kitchen, through the dining room and through the living room. When I peeked out to check on her, she was crawling up the first step of the stairs! Guess it's time to bust that brand new baby gate out of its box! Anyway, she proceeded to climb up the stairs and only stopped short on the second to last step to the first landing. Of course I was carefully following her up each step. Jeramy and I were shocked at how easy she made it look! And she giggled with delight on each step. Yes, she's officially hot stuff.

And in case you haven't seen her in a while, you might like to know that her bag of tricks also includes giving kisses, waving bye bye and dancing. She amazes us every day! 

Happy Mother's Day!