Tooth Explosion

On Monday night, Megan woke up around 1 or 2am screaming. Normally, I let her try to work it out and go back to sleep on her own, but that wasn't happening. So I went in, comforted her, and went back to bed. Then around 5 am - same thing. In my groggy state, I didn't really think too much about why she was up, I just wanted her (and me) back to sleep. So when I was changing her diaper after we got out of bed (again) for the day, I noticed some white inside her mouth, and sure enough...new teeth! I think I've mentioned before that her teeth only seem to come in around 3am...

I think there are 3 new teeth coming in: 2 on the bottom and 1 up top, and they are pretty far back, so maybe molars. She has 8 in right now (4 bottom and 4 top), and this will bring her up to 11. What a mouthful! She appears to be feeling better now. We did give her Tylenol Tuesday night to help ward off any nighttime pain, but haven't needed to give her more since. Here's a picture of her toothy grin. Ok, that's not much of a grin!!

In addition to the tooth explosion, we've also had little vocabulary explosion. Up until now, Megan's been pretty content with her dozen or so words that she says. But in the past week and especially these past few days, she's really started trying to say more things. She now says baby, moo, moon, owl, oink, diaper, pillow, and beetle. Granted some (ok, most) of them aren't crystal clear, but she's showing a lot of interest in trying new words and we're certainly encouraging her!

Then and Now

Ok, last post for tonight...I promise! It seems like lately it always comes up in conversation about just how much Megan (or any of our friends' children) have changed in the last year. So I thought it was time for another "then and now" photo post.

Then (August 2008):

Now (July 2009):

New Tractor Game

We made up a new game to play with the tractor. Instead of rolling the tractor down the driveway with Megan on it (which is still lots of fun!), Mommy rolls the tractor down the driveway and Megan tries to catch it! She thought this was a cool game, and was proud of herself when she caught it. She only missed catching the tractor once, and it was too cute watching her run all the way down the driveway after it.

After playing with the tractor, we found an earthworm in the driveway. Megan really likes worms, snakes, lizards, and bugs in general. She thinks all snake-like animals hiss and anytime she sees anything resembling a snake, she starts hissing. She also hisses when she sees any kind of hole, because she knows that snakes live in holes in the ground. She's a smart little girl!!

Playing at the Park

Yesterday after swim class, we went to a nearby park for our playgroup. Megan must not have had enough of the water, because she got soaked playing in the sprayer.

Megan really liked bouncing on the bouncy-dolphin.

She and her friend Max also played in the little car, but they didn't get very far in it...it had a flat tire! They still had fun beeping the horn and turning the steering wheel.

Random Photos

I copied photos from Grandmommy's camera this weekend, and have some new photos that were too cute not to share.

Megan practicing water safety on the boat:

Megan playing in Granddaddy and Grandmommy's new horse trailer:

Megan and Mommy:

Megan and the barn:

Swim Lessons

This week Megan and I are back in the pool for swim lessons. The lessons have been so much fun - for both of us - but especially Megan. She's doing really well with them, too. We sing songs in the water and practice swimming by throwing little floaty toys and reaching and pulling for them. She splashes and kicks, and has even gone under water a time or two (she's not wild about that, though). Her absolute favorite thing is jumping into the water of the edge of the pool. She even practices jumping off her little tractor at home. She's also practicing kicking and splashing in the bathtub, and the other night, she laid down on her back in the tub and started kicking and laughing. I think we've got a little swimmer on our hands!

(Thanks, Grandmommy for taking awesome pictures!!)

Megan and the Kitty

Our neighbor Tatum recently got the cutest little black kitten. Megan, who is obsessed with cats anyway, absolutely loves little Mini-Kitty. (That's what I call her, but her name is really Ellie.) One of Kitty's new toys is a mouse-shaped laser pointer. Kitty spastically chases the red laser dot all over the floor and Megan laughs so hard that you can't help but laugh at both of them. Megan even likes to chase the dot, too!!