Newsflash

Folks, we have A TOOTH! Hallelujah and the three laudies-laudy, laudy, laudy!!!

Yesterday when my beloved husband took G to playgroup (which was in our backyard and hosted by Sarah and Elliot, who live 50 feet from us, but STILL, what a good husband he is!) so she could splash around in the pool with her buds, they discovered the tooth had finally crowned! And man, was crowing that tooth a lot like giving birth for our brave girl. For me, it's just relief that- 1) all that whining had an end result; 2) Gillian won't have her father's late-tooth-gettin' genes. I don't think we're out of the clear just yet. The tooth next to it is probably going to bust through in the next 4 or 5 days (if not sooner). We are armed with the teething ointment and Tylenol, so we'll all manage..maybe not comfortably, but we will.

Some other notable developmental things: G has started leaning forward when she is sitting and rocking like she wants to crawl-who knows when that will pan out, but she really wants to get stuff that is -of yet- out of her reach. She also gets mighty excited when the cat crosses her line of vision, and makes this little under her breath "thuhhh" (almost like whispering to kitty to come here) sound follows by "heh-heh-heh" (think inches from hyperventilating she is so excited), shrieking and leg jogging/bouncing (depending on whether I am holding her or if she's sitting). The cat, however, wants absolutely nothing to do with her, or her grabby, cat-dehairing, sticky little hands. It is seriously the highlight of G's day to get within two feet of the cat. Sean and I think the desire to play with the cat may single-handedly get her motivated enough to crawl. I guess we'll see. In the meantime, we have another tooth to birth. And just for the record, if there is anything cuter than a toothless grin, it's a "two lone bottom-teeth showing" grin.

G and Kitty: