Back in the Saddle

Where has the time gone? Addie will be 16 weeks on Thursday!!! My baby is 4 months old? What? Where have I been? OK, enough of the shock and awe. She is doing so well. I think she is having a huge growing spurt because the last two nights she has slept 12 hours STRAIGHT...and then she takes naps during the day too. Did I mention she is the BEST baby ever? She is happy and smiling all the time. She coos and babbles, sometimes with quite a bit of volume. She laughs when you tickle her around her shoulders and belly. She also has a new trick when you change her diaper. She puts her feet on the changing table and pushes up so her bottom comes up off the diaper and she scoots up on the back of her already bald head. She is obviously eating well and for those of you who care, the supply is GOOD. I just adore this little girl and I can't wait to see who she becomes as she gets bigger and shows us more of herself.

Tucker, Tucker, Tucker...where do I even begin? He is so incredibly funny! The other day I was taking the polish off my toes and he comes in the bathroom and says, "Mommy, what doing?" I respond, "I'm taking the polish off my toes." "Oh, good job Mommy. You are a big Mommy." WHAT?? I just smiled and said, "Thank you, Tucker". Not that I want to be a "big Mommy" by any stretch of the imagination, but it made me feel good at the same time. Let me explain. When Tucker does something well we say, "Good job, Tucker. You are such a big boy." So the fact that he hears compliments enough from us to say them back to us, makes me feel really good. He has also complimented Matt by telling him he was a "Big Daddy" too. The other hysterical thing he does is he will walk up to you, throw his arms up in the air and say "Gimme a hug!!" One last good one is "Ohhh, man!" He will say that when we send him to time-out, and if you are familiar, it sound a whole lot like Swiper! He is a blast! He is teething a top two year molar right now, so sometimes he is showing us a horrible case of the terrible twos. I'll blame the behavior of my sweet boy on those awful teeth. Sound like a typical Mom, always making excuses for her perfect children!!! I hated those moms when I was teaching!!

As for me, I'm back in the saddle. I have mostly recovered from my oral surgery and I'm back to normal activity (other than enjoying tortilla chips, which scare me because they are so sharp and crunchy). The roof of my mouth is still healing and I'm sure it will be for several months. There are still spots that are numb because of the incisions which is weird. That has happened with all 3 surgeries and the last two times the feeling eventually came back, so I'm expecting the same. My stitches got taken out on Thursday. I have had the "dissolving" stitches all 3 times, but I must have some deficient spit because my mouth doesn't dissolve the stitches like they say they will. Taking out the stitches was a good reminder of how much I hate this process and how thankful I am that the worst is over. This last surgery was the last of the bad, it will only get better. I will have one more procedure to put an implant in the place of the tooth that was extracted, but I have to assume that's easier! So my body is finally healing from the medical circus I've been through in the last few months. I think I might lay low for a while and not see a doc anytime soon. ...although I have my first "real" appointment with my orthodontist next Monday....and I thought the pain in my mouth was over!!! Well the good news is, I'm smiling for now and the sun is shining. By the way, Tucker took that picture of me! I think I will get him a kids digital camera for Christmas. I think it's very interesting to see the world from his view. Besides, when he uses my expensive camera it makes me sweat a little bit. I hear the kid ones are covered in rubber so it can bounce off the ground, unlike the thud that mine makes when it hits the floor!