byfirstlight's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Those poor little gums Poor baby. Her top teeth are causing her all kinds of misery. The bottom teeth came in without too much trouble at all. But these top teeth, yeesh. My poor baby is miserable. And they look so nasty. I mean, the teeth don't. They way they're coming through the gums looks so painful. They're very swollen and tender. Poor little thing. Teethers are not a friend this time around. She doesn't want to chew on anything, really, and she doesn't really care to suck from her bottle, either. I can't wait for this week to pass. By then, they'll have come through enough that she isn't so miserable. Tomorrow I'm going to pick up her 6 month pictures from Walmart, so I'll be sure to scan and upload them. She looks like such a cutie pie in them. Except, in each one, her right arm is out of the picture. She just did not want to leave that arm in. Maybe she thinks she has a chubby right arm or something. Hee. Honestly, though, I think it was a balance thing. She wasn't quite as adept at sitting upright at the beginning of the month as she is now. But arm or no arm, she's smiling in these ones, so I'm perfectly happy with the absence of half an arm. Today we went to one of those greasy spoon family diner sort of restaurants (the Thai restaurant we were craving was closed - at 6pm on a Sunday!). Anyway, the waitress just thought Isabella was the cutest thing ever, and just *had* to hold her. Now, Adam and I aren't exactly fond of handing her off to perfect strangers, but what can you do? Be rude to the person who will be serving your food? Not a good idea. So we let her hold her. However, we did not allow her to run her all over the restaurant and show her off like she wanted. The audacity of perfect strangers amazes me sometimes. It reminds me of the bold women who would rub my pregnant belly at the grocery store without first asking permisson. Hrm. I'm thinking of taking most of this week off from work. It's spring break, so there are no classes, but the school is still open. It's pretty much pointless for me to be there, though, since none of the professors in my department are even in Michigan for the week, and I have absolutely NOTHING to do. The thought of sitting in my office for 8 hours doing nothing but playing online is less than appetizing. The only thing is that I don't think I have any vacation time left and only one day of sick time (I had to use them all on my maternity leave before my leave of absence would kick in). So, even though they would normally have no problem with me taking the time off, I'm not sure if it's okay since I don't really have the time available to me. I guess I'll find out tomorrow. I really hope they don't mind, because I'd rather be home snuggling my monkey. She's become quite cuddly lately, and I like it. Usually, she only likes to be snuggled when she's really sleepy or when she's still groggy after a nap. Even when she was a newborn she was very independent. She hated to be swaddled, and she has always liked to be held facing outward rather than inward. Now she seems to be growing into the "mommy and daddy, feel free to squeeze me to you as much as you want" phase,and we absolutely love it. And with that said, I hear her stirring on the monitor. It's bottle time. 10:55 p.m. - 02.23.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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