DSL

Ahhh...We no longer have dial up at our house. :) We have spent most of today playing on-line and watching how fast all the pages come up now. Of course, now that we can send pictures faster, our digital camera isn't working. Such is life. Everyone here is fine. Natalie had more shots this week, but she handled them better this time around. And, she started cereal a couple of days ago. Tonight was the first night that she swallowed more then she got on us. She has learned to "spit" things. She finds it quite entertaining. If she spits up a little, she holds it in her mouth and then spits it out like a fountain all over everything. It's quite a deliberate act which brings laughter from her heart. Mom, however, is not so enthused or impressed with this new trick. But, there isn't much rationalizing with a four month old so I just carry a burp cloth. She especially loves to spit the cereal back out and watch it fly. Real food should be interesting.
We are also in process of teaching her to fall asleep without our help. She is getting much better, we aren't bouncing or rocking her anymore. We have our routine and when she hears her favorite song, My Wish, by Rascal Flatts, (a whole other story) she starts settling down. We lay her down and right now, she is letting me just stand beside the crib and she eventually goes to sleep, usually after grabbing my finger. I'm slowly moving further from the crib. If anyone has any other advice, we'll gladly take it. I think that is most of our exciting news for now. We'll chat more soon. Remember God loves you and has amazing plans for you today, ordinary day or not. :)