Just a quickie

I'll post full details later, but we're still catching up on sleep from our fun trip to visit Chris' family in Minnesota. But at least there are some new pictures!

We have eruption!

And I'm not talking about Lauren's diaper. Lauren's first tooth came in on Saturday. No pictures yet, and if you've ever tried to take a picture of the inside of a 7-month-old's mouth, you know why. Plus, it's still pretty hard to see. But you can definitely hear it clinking on a glass when she drinks, or a spoon when she eats. Tooth #1 arrived without much fussing or screaming. This is probably a complete fluke, and I'm sure we'll be punished for the ease of the first tooth at a later date.

In other Lauren news, we've finally been able to get her to take a nap in her crib. She's always had this odd fascination with sleeping on the couch, with her face buried into the corner of it. Perhaps it's from the last 2 months in the womb when I slept exclusively on the couch. In any case, the last couple of days we've put her in the nursery awake, let her jabber away for a few minutes, and then.....silence. Ahhh, a lovely sound when there's a baby in the house. This is obviously good for us, since we can now do productive things, like cooking and cleaning, without worrying about waking her up. Of course, we'll probably still end up sleeping or just watching TV, but we could cook and clean if we wanted to. Lauren will also now go to bed for the night on her own. She was getting too distracted by the TV, especially if there's a hockey game on, so we started this maneuver before the crib-napping. So far, so good.

Finally, we've hired a new house cleaner. Well, hired isn't quite the right word, since we don't technically pay her. Let's just call it earning her keep...




17 days and counting until Hurricane Lauren arrives in the Twin Cities!