How We Rang In The New Year

Aftyn's First Time in the Snow

With some help from Daddy, her first snow angel !

Evening Snack

Food's all gone - her "how could it be all gone?" face

Mid chew :)


All in all, we had a nice relaxing evening with some playing in the snow

(good thing we did that, because it's all gone now. :( ) Reed was out by 10:30, Aftyn was in bed by 9:30, I decided to call it a night at 11. That was probably a good choice, since Aftyn's teeth began bothering her again last night at 12:40, and she couldn't settle back to sleep until sometime after 2 am. And she was up again at 5. But boy was she chipper at 6:30 when I finally got up to feed her! (This all happened because I mentioned to Reed just last night that Aftyn had been sleeping through the night for about a week and a half, and neither of us had really taken any notice of it, but boy had it been nice. I'll keep those things to myself from now on. )

Hope you all had a happy and fun New Years Eve and we wish you all the best for 2010!

Our Christmas

Happy Holidays!

Our Wishes for All !!

Looking For:

A loving and patient caregiver to a teething baby. Earplugs a must. Patience required. Lots of hugs, snuggles and otter pops. Only needed for a few weeks, until tooth appearance. Future help, if available, will also be needed. Must bring own kleenex.

They're Coming! They're Coming!

Yesterday was a day like any other, only 4 days before Christmas. Aftyn and I went grocery shopping, I worked on some projects while she slept, nothing out of the ordinary. And later that evening as we had Family Home Evening, Reed wiped Aftyn's runny nose while we pondered if she had a cold, why she was sneezing so much and where it had come from. Off to bed, and around midnight, a cry arose from Aftyn's room, which has not been "the norm" for quite some time. If anything, when Aftyn is awake, she will just start to talk to herself and we will follow up with sticking her binki back in, rolling her back to her sleeping position, the "L", and turning on her white noise.

Reed had only recently gone to bed when her cry arose, and since he had work in the morning, I went to Aftyn's room to stick her binki back in. Several times. None of the times seemed to be doing the trick. She just continued to cry.

Until it hit me after about 30 minutes. Aftyn is teething! Holy cow! I felt inside her mouth, and sure enough, she didn't want me to have anything to do with the top of her gums. We had luckily already prepared for this moment. With teething tablets, Orajel and tylenol, Aftyn was back to slumberland only a short 30 minutes later. As I lay down to finally go back to sleep, I thought, man what a blessing that we were prepared. The end. Or really, just the beginning.

Any tips on how to deal with this snotty sneezy baby that has replaced my own happy child?

Dear Grandma,

Here's what I've been up to:

Giving Mommy kisses!

Guess who I ran into last night?!?

Click on the picture above to see Aftyn's mole on her hand. Her first beauty mark! :)
Don't worry, a doctor is watching it to make sure it's not a bad thing.

What a funny face, huh?