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| Natalie's Beautiful Life |
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Natalie was a sweet and loving little girl. Thank you for sharing in this tribute to her happy, happy life. |
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| June 22, 2005 |
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Big sister Roslyn kisses Natalie still inside her mommy's belly. |
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| July 29, 2005 |
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Natalie is born at 9:38 p.m. in Providence, Rhode Island. A healthy 7 lbs. 1 oz. Welcome to our family! |
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| July 30, 2005 |
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Natalie comes home from the hospital the next morning. |
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| August 2, 2005 |
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Baby Natalie with her big sister, Roslyn. |
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| August 13, 2005 |
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Grandma Fouser comes from Las Vegas and Uncle Bobby comes all the way from Japan to meet Natalie! |
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| August 29, 2005 |
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Natalie is a month old today. |
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| September 22, 2005 |
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Look at that smile! |
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| October 4, 2005 |
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Look how big I'm getting! |
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| October 31, 2005 |
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Natalie's first Halloween. Daddy is dressed up in a matching bunny costume! And Roslyn is a tiger! |
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| November 14, 2005 |
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Enjoying a beautiful fall day at the playground. |
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| November 20, 2005 |
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Natalie is looking particularly adorable in her new cozy outfit. |
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| November 24, 2005 |
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Natalie's first Thanksgiving at Aunt Maribeth's in New York. No turkey for Natalie this year, though. |
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| November 30, 2005 |
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Mommy and Natalie are so happy. Photo taken by big sister Roslyn. |
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| December 25, 2005 |
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Natalie's first Christmas. |
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| December 30, 2005 |
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All tuckered out at Target. |
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| January 1, 2006 |
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Happy New Year, Roslyn and Natalie! |
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| January 5, 2006 |
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Natalie helps Daddy celebrate his birthday! |
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| January 18, 2006 |
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Natalie gets a massage from Daddy after her bath. Nice! |
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| February 11, 2006 |
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Natalie has her first solid food: baby cereal. She didn't like it very much. In the days and weeks that followed, she loved sweet potatoes, pears, and especially blueberries. |
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| February 16, 2006 |
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This is the look Natalie gave me when I tucked her in for bed on the last night of her life. Sweet, content, peaceful. |
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| February 28, 2006 |
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Natalie gets her first tooth! |
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| March 2, 2006 |
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There's that gorgeous smile! What a happy girl. |
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| March 11, 2006 |
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Happy sweetie. |
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| April 2, 2006 |
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Natalie gets her picture in the newspaper! She and her family are featured in an article on hypnobirthing, a natural birthing technique, in The Providence Journal. Already she's a star. |
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| April 14, 2006 |
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Natalie and Roslyn play with blocks together. |
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| April 15, 2006 |
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Natalie loved finger foods like Cheerios and especially blueberries. Mmmmm... Much better than that baby mush. |
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| April 18, 2006 |
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Natalie's first (and only) Easter, with Grandma Adamo in New York. |
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| May 26, 2006 |
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Natalie starts waving hello and goodbye. |
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| May 27, 2006 |
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Natalie, Roslyn, and Mommy getting ready to go to a birthday party in their pretty matching dresses. |
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| June 2, 2006 |
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Natalie started crawling AND clapped her hands for the first time today! Wow! What a busy girl! |
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| June 23, 2006 |
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Our beautiful Natalie Joy. |
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| July 5, 2006 |
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Natalie looking radiant and happy on her mommy's 40th birthday. |
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| July 22, 2006 |
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Two happy girls, Natalie and mommy. |
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| July 29, 2006 |
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Natalie turns 1! Happy Birthday, sweet girl! |
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| July 29, 2006 |
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The birthday girl opens her presents. She loved her birthday cake with blueberry sauce. Yum! |
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| August 15, 2006 |
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Lots of Natalies in the mirrors at the Long Island Children's Museum. |
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| August 20, 2006 |
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Natalie and her friend, Jamey, at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. She loved going to see the animals. |
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| August 23, 2006 |
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Natalie gets covered in mud in the sandbox at Margaret's birthday party. Too bad mommy forgot her camera that day and we don't have any pictures to share. |
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| September 7, 2006 |
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Natalie comes to play at Roslyn's first day at the East Side Nursery School. Natalie would have started school there in 2008. |
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| September 30, 2006 |
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Rolling around and playing and looking as sweet as ever. |
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| October 7, 2006 |
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Natalie is walking! |
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| October 25, 2006 |
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Here's Natalie and Roslyn drawing beautiful pictures together. |
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| October 31, 2006 |
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Natalie as Captain Hook for Halloween. Roslyn was Tinkerbell, Mommy was Wendy, and Daddy was, you guessed it, Peter Pan! We all had so much fun. |
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| November 1, 2006 |
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Another spectacular fall day at the playground. We all had so much fun sliding, swinging, bouncing, and playing with all the push toys. |
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| November 2, 2006 |
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Couldn't resist taking a few pics of Natalie in the Cat in the Hat costume. Can't get much cuter than this! |
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| November 3, 2006 |
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Daddy's three beautiful girls: Mommy, Roslyn, and Natalie. |
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| November 11, 2006 |
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Wheeee! Here comes Natalie down the slide. |
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| December 17, 2006 |
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Natalie feeds herself yogurt. She was so proud of herself. |
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| December 25, 2006 |
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Merry Christmas, Natalie. Put the blocks together to hear the animal sounds: mooooo, baaaa, woof, meow, rooooar! |
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| December 26, 2006 |
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Beaming in her Daddy's arms with big sister Roslyn. |
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| January 7, 2007 |
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Natalie and her family. Picture taken by Grandma Fouser who visited us for Christmas. |
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| January 15, 2006 |
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Natalie doing one of her favorite things -- taking all the videos off the shelf and dumping them on the floor. Whee! |
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| February 1, 2007 |
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Natalie in her Winnie-the-Pooh fleece with mommy. She loved to point and say "Pooh Pooh". What a sweet voice she had. Mommy trimmed Natalie's bangs for the first time today. |
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| February 6, 2007 |
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Natalie and Daddy celebrating big sister Roslyn's 4th birthday, one day early. |
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| February 7, 2007 |
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Natalie has a febrile seizure after lunch. Mommy calls 911 and we all go to the hospital. Doctor says Natalie will be just fine. |
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| February 11, 2007 |
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Natalie in her decorated birthday hat at Roslyn's birthday party. |
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| February 12, 2007 |
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Natalie wakes up at 2 a.m. and again at 5 a.m., each time with a nosebleed. Doctor says it's probably just the dry winter air. |
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| February 14, 2007 |
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Natalie has her 18-month checkup. Doctor says she's doing great. |
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| Febraury 15, 2007 |
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Give me that camera, Mommy! Natalie loved playing with the digital camera. |
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| February 17, 2007 |
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Natalie loved to climb and get into things. Here she is on the craft table! |
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| February 17, 2007 |
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Natalie loved this Dora the Explorer vest. "Dora" was one of the first words she ever said. Purple was also Natalie's favorite color. |
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| March 3, 2007 |
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Natalie in her newest favorite pink fleecy vest, a gift from our dear friends in England. Sadly, this is the last picture ever taken of our beautiful Natalie. |
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| Wednesday, March 14, 2007 |
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Today was a beautiful early spring day. I took Roslyn and Natalie to the playground near our house, and we stayed for over two hours. We were all having so much fun. We played in the sandbox, on the slide, the swings, and running in the softball fields. I would push Natalie on the swings and bend over then pop up and say "peek-a-boo!" She giggled each and every time I did it. We played chase in the fields and Natalie was getting to be so fast. The mud is still on her sneakers.
Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that this would be the third-to-last day I would enjoy with my darling Natalie.
Natalie slept well that night, exhausted from all the fresh air and exercise, I'm sure. |
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| Thursday, March 15, 2007 |
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It was another beautiful day. Roslyn was at nursery school, so Natalie and I went to the playground by ourselves. I held her little hand the whole way as we walked the short distance to the park. She wanted to swing most of the time we were there. After quite awhile, I saw Daddy pull into the driveway, home for lunch. So I told Natalie it was time to go home. She didn't want to leave and started to fuss. When we got home, she saw Daddy and went running to greet him. He scooped her up and gave her a big hug, as he always did.
After dinner, I really wanted to go out for ice cream. Roslyn was sick with a cold so Daddy stayed home with her and I took Natalie to Cold Stone Creamery. It was our first time there. We shared a waffle cone with dark chocolate ice cream and banana ice cream. No mix-ins because I didn't think Natalie would be able to chew them. She loved looking out the window at the hustle and bustle of Thayer Street. All of the college students, not accustomed to seeing a small child, were enchanted with her. We brought some ice cream home for Daddy and Roslyn, too.
Natalie slept well again, all the way until morning. Finally, things were getting better in the sleep department. |
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| Friday, March 16, 2007 |
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Daddy was home with the girls because I work on Fridays. Before breakfast, they were having so much fun giggling and laughing. Later we found out from Roslyn that she was making silly faces and making her little sister laugh. Daddy said that the sound of their giggles was the best sound in the world.
Both Natalie and I came down with a mild cough that day. It also snowed about 5 inches. Natalie didn't sleep well and she woke up several times during the night coughing. We were all tired the next day. |
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| Saturday, March 17, 2007 |
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After a rough night, we awoke to rain and slush. Natalie was surprisingly chipper despite her coughing the night before. I kept a close eye on her to check for fever, but she was normal. It seemed like just a mild cold. Mid-morning we all bundled up to go outside so I could shovel the walkway. I didn't want the slush to freeze. Natalie refused to put on her one-piece snowsuit, so boots, winter coat, and hat it was. She wasn't a big fan of the snow and stood watching me most of the time. We went and played with a ball in the backyard for a few minutes. Then she put up her arms and said "up" and I picked her up. We went back inside, had lunch, and then it was time for Natalie to take her nap.
She had a hard time staying asleep for her nap. I nursed her again and stayed with her for awhile and then left her to look at books by herself. When I checked on her a short while later, she was asleep.
After dinner, Natalie and Roslyn played "Go!", a game Natalie invented where the girls would borrow our pedometers (we were both competing in the Shape Up Rhode Island competition), clip it onto their pants and chase each other around the house. It was one of my favorite times of the day, the last burst of energy before bedtime.
After "Go!", Natalie and I sat together on the couch, while Daddy and Roslyn sat in the chair across from us. Nobody was really talking. Then Natalie grabbed her foot, brought it up to her mouth, and licked her toes. We all saw it at the same time -- and we all started laughing. Natalie stopped, looked around at each of us, and smiled, very pleased with herself. Her expression was like "What? What did I do?" We were all connected in that special moment, and it's something I will always remember and treasure.
But it was time for bed, so up we went. I got Natalie ready for bed, as I always did. She was happy to wear | | |
