teeth are the enemy

Let's see what all has happened since I last wrote. You had an allergic reaction to your last set of shots. You broke out in a rash on your chest, back, arms, and face. We set up an appointment with the allergist to isolate your next set of shots. Whew, I know you must be suffering with your teeth hurting and all, but please give me a little rest honey. Not only are you biting me constantly while you eat, but you can't keep anything out of your mouth and you are back to eating every three hours at night again. I have had to resort to feeding you from bottles because you are abusing me so badly. Last night you cried for an hour and a half when you woke up. It was torture. I have had to resort to feeding you from bottles because you are abusing me so badly. Your grama and aunts would disagree, however, seeing as how you can't do anything wrong in their eyes. They just spent a few days with you after Christmas and we all had a lot of fun. Everyone fought over who would get to pick you up out of bed in the mornings and after your naps since you are in such a good mood at those times. Grama even got to go through your evening routine and bathe you and feed you and put you to sleep. You surprised her with how much you enjoy your routine and she didn't realize that after your bath and a meal you are ready for bed!! No playing or anything else, but bed. You had a wonderful Christmas and received too many gifts of course. From your dad and I, well mostly your dad, you received a crib, which you have been breaking in. It is so beautiful and your dad since such a good job making it. Your room now looks complete and he was only 5 months late! That's okay, it worked out fine, because you were about to not be able to sleep in your basinette any longer. You received a lot of books which we have been reading. You really like them, especially the ones that you can feel textures on. You can't keep ANYTHING out of your mouth, so I suspect we'll have teeth before too long. You didn't get to see grandpa over Christmas, but hopefully we'll see him soon enough. He is due for a break and maybe he'll make it out east in the near future. Your dad just got shoulder surgery so he is struggling with not being able to pick you up and love on you. You get to sit on his lap for a little while each evening and you grab his face and he gives you a kiss. I know it breaks his heart to not get to hold you and play with you, but his recovery is progressing and he'll be able to again soon. You can now suck on your own toes, which you don't do very often and you are getting close to sitting up without any support. You love standing and I think you will be crawling within a week. You are all over the place in your crib and you won't sit still for a minute on anyone's lap. You don't giggle as much as anyone wants, but when you do, it is well worth it! You really like dogs and want to touch them and you like to laugh at them. We went to see your friend Cayden today and before we left you grabbed his hand. It was so cute. You two just looked at each other and smiled and talked for an hour or so. I wish so much after the visiting we got to do over Christmas that I lived closer to family. It's nice to get a break every once in a while. As long as people keep coming out to visit you though, I think we'll be fine. I think grama is planning on coming out for Spring Break, but we still need to get your grandpa out here. He's been having a little trouble with foot rot though and he has a finger that may quit working on him. He's a crazy cat and hopefully everything heals up sooner than later.