December 13, 2006
A tooth is a coming!
Guess who's getting their first tooth? I'll give you a hint: she has blue eyes and nine chins. Give up? :-) My sweet Olivia! It's barely up, but I can feel it when I rub my finger alone her gums. It's the lower one on the right side.
She's been really fussy today, poor baby. She keeps calling "mama mama mama" and reaching for me. At least she now knows who mama is, but it breaks my heart she's feeling badly. I can't complain though. I've though about baby Amelia (GFF's baby) a million times today. She's the prettiest, sweetest baby. Olivia was so quiet and cranky the day we met them, so I can't wait see let Amelia and Olivia play together again. I know they'd get along well because they are both so full of personality. I'm just glad Amelia's procedure is done and she'll hopefully be feeling better soon.
Here's the picture I took my the tree last night. I think I might use it for Christmas cards, which I am so behind on.
And here are a few more I snapped yesterday morning. I was putting on my make-up, and I turned around to find this. I need to be more careful. This child would eat poop if I let her. Wait, she already has.
Don't worry-- she didn't swallow any. And excuse those nasty toilet stains. No matter how hard I try, I can't get those dark spots off around the top.
On another note, my grandma has remarked a few times how she wishes she could travel abroad again before she dies. She has trouble walking and doesn't have a lot of money, and she just found out that my aunt and uncle (the ones we visited a couple weeks ago) are taking her to Mexico for the opening of my other uncle's charity that brings eye glasses to poor people. She's so excited! She'll get to see an old Colonial city and the Mayan pyramids! We honeymooned in Mexico and got to see them, and it was awesome!
Posted by Hannah at December 13, 2006 10:13 PMTry coke on the toilet. It worked wonders on mine. You could also try rubbing it with a fine sandpaper. This is my first visit to your blog, your daughter is lovely.
Posted by: Emma at December 14, 2006 02:52 AMShe's getting a tooth!!! yeah!! You do know that here in South Africa it's tradition to have a pancake the day your child gets his/her first tooth. So best you make some :)
Posted by: Melany aka Supermom at December 14, 2006 08:04 AMYAY OLIVIA :) I know you are excited about this 1st tooth! Hope she feels better from the teething though~teething can make them more fussy than usual. That 1st pic of Olivia in front of your tree is absolutely beautiful~she's just precious! I would definitely use that for your Christmas cards :) That's awesome about your Grandma getting to go to Mexico~I know she must be excited!
Posted by: Connie at December 14, 2006 08:29 AMThe pic of Olivia under the tree is TOO cute! She looks just like a princess in her red dress~
Congrad on the tooth...she really is growing so quickly.....
Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas.
Posted by: Rebecca at December 14, 2006 08:47 AMOh my gosh! They got their first teeth within DAYS of each other, just like their birthdays :) I laughed out loud at her eating the toilet paper (Also remembering the poop incident!) Amelia is such a stinker in the bathroom. Since she wants to pull up on everything, she makes a beeline for the toilet, but I feel like she'll stick her hands in there or something, ugh!! Thank you so much for thinking of Amelia, she is doing so much better today. We just finished watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse which she adores! I cannot wait for the girls to play together again soon, can you imagine the precious pictures we'll get? I can also take some "Semi-professional" pictures with my camera of Olivia, I've been practicing on all my friend's babies lately. (I posted those pictures on my other blog!) xoxo
Posted by: girl from florida at December 14, 2006 09:02 AMThose are cute and funny pics of Olivia. Glad your grandmother can go to Mexico!
Posted by: Ani at December 14, 2006 07:49 PMcongrats on the first tooth olivia!
Posted by: Georgia Girl at December 14, 2006 10:12 PMYay!!! I wish I could send over some biltong for you or more rightly, for Olivia. That stuff kicks ass when it comes to teething! Whenever I stop off at the biltong counter at the mall, the bubby spits out his dummy in anticipation and holds out his hands for me to hand him the fist piece. He then proceeds to chew on it like some kind of bizarre meat lollipop. You can always spot a tourist when they see the kid with this stuff in his hands, they're like, "They're giving that baby WHAT? to chew on?" and you can also spot the locals, toddlers in tow, queueing up with the kids all clamouring to get their piece first!
Posted by: Valkyrie at December 15, 2006 11:35 AMCongratulations to Olivia on reaching that *important* milestone of the first tooth! Yay! :) She's really getting to be a big girl, huh? Those photos are adorable ~ especially the Christmas one. Precious. I think that I'll *try* to take Meredith to the mall so that Santa can hold her, but she's still *so* little. Hey, haven't heard from you in a while ... is everything OK? Just wanted to make sure. I know that the holidays are incredibly busy!
Posted by: Lisanne at December 15, 2006 02:54 PM