Dang, I’m over a month behind in this blog now …. and the reason is because I’ve been spending forever putting together a draft about our vacation in the Caribbean last month (which was MARVELOUS!).  Meanwhile, as I’ve been slowly putting that together, so much has happened with Natalie…that I felt obligated to write a quick update on all that has changed with her since her 1st birthday: She’s much more verbal now.  It sounds like she’s forming sentences in her own baby babble.  You can tell when she’s asking a question vs making a statement (or demand!).  Her words are still limited but they’re coming — she says daddy…