Teething is Hard Work

Oh, teething. Poor Amelia and her teeth. Like I said in my last post, our girl is teething like a maniac right now. She is literally getting nearly a dozen teeth all at the same time. Five have broken through already and at least five more are on their way from what we can tell.

Ever wonder what a baby getting all her teeth at once looks like? Wonder no more...


(yes, that is blood on her chin and in her mouth)

Each evening she gets cranky and upset. Can you blame her? Luckily her Nana thought to freeze go-gurts for her to consume through the pain:


After her mouth goes numb she does better, yay! I cannot wait until she has her teeth in and we can put this teething business behind us!!! I am getting a little nervous to see her with a full mouth of teeth. I mean, after 20 months of gummy smiles now there will be teeth in there...it's gonna take some getting used to!!!

Another Week Gone By

I am really struggling to get online lately. We now officially don't have any Internet access at grandpa's house so when I get to my parent's house I am doing online bill/banking maitenence among other things before I can get to this blog. As you can probably tell over the last month or so, I don't get to blogging often anymore! I am trying and for now will do my best to continue to post at least once a week.

We haven't been up to much. Jason and I have been fighting colds this week (I think I have beat mine!) and we are just doing our best to keep Amelia healthy! Speaking of Amelia, she is teething like a maniac! I guess that is what happens when you only have 2 teeth and 18 months old... They are popping up all over her little mouth this past week. The poor thing hardly wants to eat and the only thing we can do is hand her a bowl of ice to chomp on. I am not sure how many teeth have broken through at this point but it is more than 5, I know that for sure!

Jason had a job interview/audition earlier this week at Meritage in downtown St. Paul. He was the first of six people that they contacted to come in and stage. He was there for five hours on Tuesday morning and demonstrated his knife skills, made one thing (an omelette) and helped with their lunch in addition to sitting down with the owner/executive chef. He feels like he did pretty well and now it is just a waiting game while they meet with the other five hopefuls. We should know if he got it by next weekend and we are hopeful!

Grandpa Peterson left this morning for Florida, where he winters. Jason and I are staying at his house this winter with his dog, Molly. We hope his travels (he drives his RV down) over the next few days go smoothly while he makes his way to Florida!

That's about it! We lack pictures since we've been feeling under the weather this past week but we'll be sure to have some next time we post! Until then...


...Amelia says, "bye bye!"

Why I Love Teething

Amelia has never been much of a cuddler or snuggler. She is very independent and likes her space. However, a teething Amelia snuggles up to her mommy all the time.


While we are on the floor playing she crawls into my lap and snuggles up. While we are standing in the kitchen making a bottle. Whenever I hold her she gets real close and lays her head on my chest or shoulder.


It seems, for once, she can't get enough mommy and that is why I love teething.

Almost There

Amelia is getting closer...


...and closer...


...to standing on her own! In fact, I just looked over, as I was uploading photos, and she was standing next to the coffee table, with a block in each hand, on her own. Then she sat down and hasn't done it since so I don't have proof...yet!

For now, she is content just sitting around...


...with her ball.

She has been a pretty happy girl the past few days :)


Her little tooth (do you see it?) has broken through and I think that is the reason she is happy again.

The time has come...

...for Amelia to get some teeth! She is 13 and a half months old and just now we are experiencing the joys of teething. Sense the sarcasm? Sunday and Monday days were so terrible. By Monday afternoon when Jason came home from work I could barely think straight. I was just so wiped out, frustrated and upset. She has one part way out, bottom center, and I think the other bottom center tooth is on its way. I can't be sure on that though. This is the best picture I could get of her pearly white:


It looks like a shiny reflection but I can assure you, it is a tooth! Click on it to enlarge, for a better look.

This is the Amelia that we see most of the time lately:


There isn't much I can do for her. Her baby Orajel has gone missing, which is probably ok. I can't ever seem to actually get that stuff on her gums, just her tongue! Instead, she has discovered the artificial grape flavor of baby tylenol:


I think it is hilarious because after I give her some, she makes this noise that sound like "yum" or "mmmm". Either way, I know she likes it!

Today we had a better day. She was able to make it through most of the day with minimal tears or meltdowns. She even did a little dancing when we were eating some dinner between errands:



While we were there she also decided she should relax and put her feet up:


She is such a character!

Notice her socks? In honor of her grouchy mood the past week or so, I put her Oscar the Grouch socks on today:


In other news, Amelia's favorite toy is still a cat toy. She drags it around with her everywhere.



I love it when she gets to a piece of furniture because watching her hoist that toy up can be quite funny!