Teeth!

Emily got her first teeth this morning! She was up several times last night, acting as though she wanted to be sleeping but something was hurting her. (I am so spoiled with her sleeping through the night - it was torture to get up several times) This morning, on the way to church, I looked at her gums and there were two little white dots on her bottom jaw. No wonder she's been so incredibly drooly lately!

She's such a character. She's starting to learn which toys she prefers over others, and there are some that she's tired of already. She's interested in whatever I have in my hand at the time - a glass, a remote, an apple. We're not supposed to start solids until 6 months, at which point it'll be a nice slurry of rice cereal and breastmilk, but she's been gnawing on apples as I eat them, and she really enjoys it. I doubt she actually consumes much, but she sure enjoys the taste of it! (pictures are posted at her picasa site). I'm really amazed at the attention span she has. My afternoon apple snack will entertain her for a good 15 minutes, and a new toy might keep her occupied at least that long. And now she'll examine things with her fingers and eyes, not just her mouth. And did I mention she's gorgeous?? :)

I think we've decided on a church to go to. It's a Methodist church in the vicinity of Drake University, so similar in demographic to the church we liked at ISU. It's really very liberal - there are pamphlets for renewable energy such as wind energy in the lobby, and one of the bulletin inserts today was an invitation to a screening of a film about reconciling homosexuality with Biblical scripture. The fellowship seems welcoming without being so... intimidating somehow. I think we'll probably get Emily baptized this spring, yet. We've gotten our first nudge from grandparents to do so, so... yeah.

My daycare provider tore her ACL, and will be going in for surgery in just under 2 weeks. She'll be on crutches for up to 8 weeks afterwards, so I've gotta find other daycare for most of that time. Fortunately, between grandmas and other family, friends, and vacation days, I think I can get it covered. I'm more worried that Emily will have to learn to be comfortable at Amanda's all over again, so I think I'll spend some time over there on my days off. I figure Amanda can use a hand anyway, and it'd probably be fun for me too. It's weird to think what Emily will probably learn to do in those 8 weeks. She's growing up so fast!!