the all-night fight for the pearly whites

my daughter already appears to have inherited my competitive nature.... she got the word that ethan's first teeth came in one at a time, so i guess she felt the need to top her brother... and caroline is now proud to sport TWIN TEETH in the bottom of her sore little mouth. (if you click on the picture, you can see her teeth really really well.) this mom would have been just as happy with the 'ole one-tooth-at-a-time thing if that would have meant more sleep at night this week. it's been a long one, folks. both sunday & monday nights, she was up five times in the middle of the night... at the exact same times. and this is my child who has been sleeping through the night since christmas. when ethan cut his first tooth, he and i were out of town... and this week, brian has been away on travel. how is it that he escapes the tooth debut yet again?

so, the first 2 teeth have broken through... maybe this means we'll be off the painful teething hook till her 1 year molars. it seems that the first ones are always the worst. at least she's cute with her little teethies. it makes me smile to see her toothy grin... though at 3 am i honestly can't see well enough to enjoy them. :) thankfully, she's been her happy self during the day and is still taking great naps. so it could be worse. thank you, Lord, for my happy (day-time) baby!!

brian will be home in the next hour, so we're gonna go outside to see if we can see "daddy's plane go round and round" as ethan's been saying all week. have a great weekend!