+ All She Wants for Christmas is Her Two Front Teeth +
And Santa's already coming through. So is another tooth! Your right front tooth has begun its descent. There is a sharp edge poking out this morning. Maybe Santa will bring the other tomorrow. I wouldn't bet on it, but it still probably isn't too far behind.

You are at school today, for a half-day. Grandma Laurie will be picking you up and taking you on some last-minute errands, then we're all off to the children's service at church. This will be the first time we've gone to the early service, and I'm hoping you like the kids' pageant. We shall see, right? After church, we'll come home for our traditional German Christmas Eve dinner and everyone will retire so Santa can come.

Tomorrow morning, presents and more presents! Grandmas and Grandpas will be swinging by to partake of our ham, etc., and that's right! More presents! In the afternoon, we'll head off to go see Grandpa Dan and... you've got it! More presents! Silly girl will have too many presents for your own good. Alas, that's what happens when you have this many grandparents. You're not getting much from Daddy and me, that's for sure.

Well, hope all our friends and families have a blessed and joyous Christmas full of good cheer, lots of love and just the right amount of traditional celebration. We shall "see" you all on the flip side!

Merry Christmas!

+ Christmas Eve Eve Eve update +
Oh, I had a nice couple of days off. Thursday was daddy's 30th birthday, so we spent the day with him. We also went to see Santa! You were so good for him, and were really quite curious about the whole affair. Fortunately, going at noon on Thursday was a smart thing to do, and there were only a few kids in front of us in line. You didn't cry until after the pictures were taken and I whisked you off of his lap before you really cried at all. Good baby! I'm hoping to make some duplicates of the picture (shhh- it's copyrighted!), and I'll scan it in if I ever get time to get my scanner working again.

Friday you went to daycare for a while so I could CLEAN! It's impossible to clean when I'm trying to keep up with you. You're such a little monkey, getting into absolutely everything! You tore down every single DVD and VHS video on the entertainment center no less than four times yesterday. I just let you do it because it's easier to put them all back up than it is to remove/distract you every 3 seconds. You were so methodical about it, too, carefully pulling each one of the shelf onto the floor.

Saturday you got to see Aunt Chelsie at her MBA graduation party, and you got to see Grandma and Grandpa and all kinds of other people who've never seen you. You were a little fussy, and still definitely going through all of your attachment issues, but generally pretty good.

Yesterday you got your first haircut! We finally broke down and did it. Well, daddy did it. I told him I didn't trust him (Bad Mommy!), but he told me his game plan and I relented. It looks soooo good, I don't know why I questioned him. You can see much better now, and we trimmed the back of your hair so it's even. It's much shorter but you don't look like you have a mullet anymore. We didn't touch the sides or much of the top, so it should grow out much more even now. I saved a lock of your hair in your little keepsake box, so that's done now.

Today, back to daycare. You were running a slight fever last night and your cheeks were insanely red. You also are doing this weird pursing thing with your top lip. It was cracked over the weekend, and I've been keeping vaseline on it, but I think you must be teething really angrily right at the moment. It's the only answer I can find. I hope that's it! You really want those teeth to just be in. And I want you to be comfortable and stop drooling so much. Heh.