Teething hell

The title should say it all. One of Lauren's front teeth came through early last week and we kind of thought there were two more working their way through. However, according to all the baby books, teeth move up and down many times until they finally break through the skin so when the other two teeth we were watching went back down we thought we were in the clear. WRONG!

Wouldn't you figure that at 9:58 on Sunday night her teeth would start on the move again? I was just lying down for bed when I heard her start to scream. Between her screaming, her crying and Josh waking up to yell at Lauren I'm working on about two and half hours of sleep.

That aside, she has mastered the art of standing and pulling herself up on things. She'll pull herself up into a standing position from anything; the couch, a stair, the dog, your leg. At first it's kind of cute but soon you realize that she can crawl as fast as you can walk and you end up having a 25 pound ball and chain around your leg.



Don't get me wrong...I need the exercise. But dragging your child around on your leg is probably not a method of exercise Richard Simmons would endorse.

Stupidly, Dustin and I did not think much past the amazement of her new found ability. Sunday afternoon we decided to all lay down for a nap after church. We got about a solid hour of quiet time before we heard Lauren laughing and playing in her crib. I shoved Dustin out of bed and told him to go check on his daughter. He yelled for me to come see this...



Needless to say....the mattress is being lowered ASAP!

Once Josh heard all the commotion he came running in and they both started laughing uncontrollably. I'm not sure at what....but it was cute.



I realized last week, when Lauren's feet were dangling out of her car seat and when I nearly buckled Josh's "pee-pee", that it was time to get the kids bigger car seats. You'd think that this would be a simple feat. I mean, everyone carries car seats, right?

I ended up going to five different stores and ended up spending $250 for car seats on Friday. To say that the shopping process left me irritated and broke is an understatement. The stores either had $30 seats, which in my opinion my children would be safer with a phone book and a roll of duct tape OR $270 seats, which in my opinion my children would have to ride in until they turned 18 in order for me to get my money's worth.

So when I found one in stock for Lauren for $149.99...I grabbed it. I lugged them out to the car and informed my children that their mother loved them even though she couldn't bring herself to buy the "Cadillac" of car seats. Josh didn't care...he was just happy he didn't have to wear a nut cup to get buckled in anymore.

Two Josh Stories:
1) We went to a Chinese restaurant last Friday for lunch. The waitress was of Eastern decent and had a very thick accent. I struggled to understand what she was asking and quickly gave her our drink order.

Amazed, Josh looked at me and said, "MOM.....I didn't know you knew how to speak Spanish?"

2) Dustin's been fighting a cold for the last two weeks. Unfortunately, it's sitting in his chest and throat so his voice is really hoarse. I asked Josh to go wake Dustin up on Saturday morning because breakfast was ready.

He came running down and said, "Mom, Daddy's voice sounds awful. I think he's got some froggies in there."

Too cute, huh?

Other than that, not much else is new. It is snowing for the millionth time this winter and the temperature is unbelievably cold. Hope everyone is staying warm and driving safe!!