At CMU! Lucky me. Thought I’d update my blog, since a lot has happened since last time. Levi has 2 new tricks: one makes me say “AHHHHHH” and the other makes me say “AWWWWW”. I finished the quilt I was working on, with loads of help from Levi.

In other news, Levi now has four teeth fully popped through. 😯 I thought that it would make breastfeeding more difficult, or at least painful, but he hasn’t bitten me so we are OK with the top teeth. I have pulled out the lanolin and am using that again because the top teeth rub and make me a bit sore. The lanolin helps protect my skin, and I’ve noticed a marked decrease in uncomfortability since using it. On another note, I think he is getting yet another tooth. Last night was a wakeful night… **yawn** and he is congested again. He’s been congested twice before. The first coincided with the bottom teeth coming in. The next, his top teeth. I’m expecting to see another bump somewhere in his mouth this morning when he wakes up.

Which leads to new trick #1. Ugh.. He’s grinding his teeth! It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. I’ve been told by other moms that this a phase and the newness of the teeth is why he is doing it. Let’s hope so! We have a dentist appointment (supposed to be today in Mt. P, but canceled due to weather) in Feb. and the dentist agreed to have a look and see if there is a reason or if it is just a normal phase.

New trick #2 really needs a video attached. I’ll work on that. Last week, as we were leaving from daycare, I told Levi to say “bye-bye”. He did! He turned to Fawn, said “ba-bye” and waved. We looked at each other as if to say, “Did that really just happen???” So I asked him to do it again, and he did. And again. So not a fluke. And he did it after leaving church, and when we left my friends house, and… it’s SO cute. And Grandpa Doug and Grandma Deb got to see it over iChat, so they can verify the veracity of my account! Other than mama, it’s his first word! How exciting…

Can I get a collective… Awwwww. 🙂