Pearly Whites

It finally happened!  No, the bundle didn't potty train herself, say her first real word, take her first step or dress herself...not yet at least.  Nope, she got her first set of pearly white teeth.  Ironically, neither the husband or myself even noticed at first.

Here's how it went down a few days ago.  Well, first let me set the scene...the day before we discovered those teeth, the husband noticed some scratches on the bundle's sippy cup.  Like idiots, we both asked, "where did those come from?"  Hmmmmm....wow, observant parents, huh?

The next day (or maybe it was later that day?  I don't remember anything these days...but I digress), the husband was sitting on the couch holding the little bundle.  She grabbed his hand, and like everything else these days, she shoved it in her mouth.  I heard the husband call out to me and I, in my "I-am-busy-in-the-kitchen-getting-dinner-ready-mode" respond with a short, "What!?"  He says, "I think the bundle has teeth!"

Well, you would've thought he said that he had found gold in our daughter's mouth with the way I responded.  I dropped what I was doing and rushed over...with I am sure, the dumbest, biggest smile on my face.  Of course I reached right in her mouth (my hands were clean I promise!) and there they were!  Two little tooth nubbins on the bottom of her mouth.  So freakin' cute!!!

I am still not 100% sure why I got so excited about those teeth.  Maybe it's because my dad is a dentist or maybe because that means she's getting closer and closer to enjoying some of the recipes I've been tearing out of Bon Appetit or Food and Wine Magazine.  Whatever the reason, they are adorable and even though they are driving her (and me) crazy, they are the next big milestone for our little bundle.  Time sure does fly.
Now move over baby oat cereal...teething biscuits here we come!

Jungle Gym or Crib?

Ok, so maybe I haven't been around enough babies to know, but is it normal to have your baby move around her crib like a gymnast doing a floor performance?

I am just wondering because the little bundle seems to think that her crib is the most awesome place to "exercise."  Instead of napping, she believes this little caged-in zone is her miniature jungle gym.  It never ceases to amaze me.  I'll get her nice and quiet, then set her in her crib...she'll lay quiet for about 30 seconds...and then, let the acrobatics begin!  She rolls from side to side, pulls on the rails...moving from one end of the crib to another...burning calories and her mommy's patience.

After all of these amazing acrobatics, she will eventually fall asleep...thank goodness.  But where does all of that energy come from and what in the world am I going to do when she figures out how to crawl????