We have a tooth!!

Last night one of Lily's front teeth popped out!  Finally!!  I have been waiting a month for this.  That is one of the biggest surprises for me, I thought that teething was a few days long, continuously, but it is not, it lasts forever, and we go through phases when Lily is feeling the pain and is crabby.  I knew that this tooth was going to pop soon, yesterday I could feel it, some little sharp ridges, and she had periods where she just cried for a while and then she would be perfectly fine again.  I looked this morning when she woke up, and there it was, the tiny top of a tooth.  I was very excited and called Greg right away.  Our first tooth.  I think that the second one will join it soon.

Lily is in a big learning phase right now.  We have taught her the 'so big' gesture.  where you say how big is Lily and she puts her arms up and you say so big!  She thinks that is fun and once you get started she wants to keep going.  She is also learning to clap when you clap, and we are working on the more gesture for when we are eating.  She doesn't get the gesture for food or hungry at all yet.  

For the most part she is still a very happy girl, she is very talkative right now as well.  We bought her a tunnel and tent thing, and she likes to go over there and play in it, which is great. Another thing she loves to do is pull her toys out of the cabinet where they stay.  

Today Lily and I are going to be busy cleaning the house, doing laundry and starting the packing process.  We are very excited for the trip home, well maybe not the trip itself which will take upwards of 26 hours from the time we leave the house tomorrow night.  We are excited to get there and see everyone, and (for me) to have some freedom again.  I am also looking forward to sharing Lily with everyone, so they can see her in this new phase of her life.  Just beware, she is into everything, and her reach gets longer and longer, I really need to watch her.  Greg and I are looking forward to maybe having a date night and going to a movie!  (anyone want to babysit?)  

I might blog again tomorrow, if not then the next post will be in a few days when we are state side again.