A Peek at the Poulsens

Natalie Jane is a very expressive baby - she never has a blank, boring, or blah face. Here are some of our favorites from her fifth month: THE CHARMER I mean, ya just can't beat it rosy cheeks, big eyes...the best I mean come ON, people! THE POUT "But Mommmm..."  variation/progression of the pout: the wail THE CONCENTRATION furrowed brow... ...flared nostrils... ...this face means one thing: POO! THE EXASPERATION "Sigh. Will you please take me out now?" "What do you want, I'm busy!" "Are you done yet? I just want to go to bed." "...why would you disturb me? Gosh. Parents these days." THE TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL "Peath out, Napoleon"

  She is just growing so fast : )

Reasons why I love Christmas break: 1. Daddy is home with us more often. YES. 2. Natalie gets full, satisfying naps (which means I can get things done!). 3. I have time for house projects and can tidy to my heart's content! newly organized closet (very juicy) finishing touches on our room (we LOVE our new canvas picture!) A clean home is a happy home, and right now our home is ecstatic. I love being home to make good, more time-consuming dinners and have our evenings more free to be together instead of running off to some school thing or practicing. 4. BOOKS! I love having more time to read, especially after a Christmas of getting a total of 18 books between the three of us. We also got a new bookshelf from Austin's parents, thank goodness! (mostly) my bookshelf Austin's Star Wars shelf  the new (joint) bookshelf it totally completes our bedroom I love having so many books in our home, and now we have a place...

Not all toys are created equal, according to Natalie Jane. She loves some toys (the orange holey ball), doesn't really understand other toys (Chloe doll), and hates certain toys. One particular toy she despises is a key ring with fruit. Looks harmless, you can even freeze it for teething relief, but for some reason Natalie always rages when she plays with it. It seems fine for a minute, and then all of a sudden she emits this gutteral growl and flaps her arms and legs, flinging the fruit across the floor. Fruit rage. kinda mad... starting to rage... RAGE When she has finished raging we have to calm her down by giving her the toys she likes.  post-rage  hugs from Chloe doll Also, Austin had Natalie take some "selfies" one morning. rest break...  that's our happy fuzzy girl : )