Rhea's Birthday Party - No Explanation Needed

DO NOT STICK YOUR TONGUE ON THE DOOR HANDLE!

-51 degrees on Mt Logan. What does this mean for me? ½ inch of ice on my double-pane kitchen window. I didn’t know this was even possible!

But look at the bright side- our humidifier must be working quite well. I thought all this time that extra humidity was going out the door, but in reality it was just freezing to our windows, yes, all of our windows, and some of our walls, and to the occasional door handle. whatever you do- DO NOT STICK YOUR TONGUE ON THE DOOR HANDLE!

Tara must really love me, but as I have been told, that love is conditional upon us not spending another winter here.

Nelson Christmas Card

...coming soon to a mailbox near you!

Poor Baby

rhea's teeth are still wreaking havoc. we're up for another fun night!!

She drew blood!

So, I didn't blog yesterday. We had such a crazy day. My mom's flight was delayed, the weather was awful which caused our drive to be even longer and we found another tooth in Rhea's mouth. I was out the minute I hit the pillow.

However, that's not what I wanted to write about. What I wanted to tell you is that those teeth Rhea is growing are some serious chompers. Such serious chompers that when she bit me for the bajillionth time, I yelled, pulled her away and decided it was time to wean.

Rhea has bitten me before. The first real time, she drew blood. It hurt so bad that I screamed "NO!" and she just giggled. I didn't think anything of it until I went to nurse her again and oh.my. That pain was ridiculous and enough to make me grumpy the rest of the day. It took a week to heal. She's bitten me (dare I use the word nibble? I can't think of a better description) a few more times but today's hurt especially bad since she's up to 4 teeth and I just can't do it anymore, even though I'd planned to nurse until she was a year old

So, tonight while I was bringing dinner to the table, I heard my mom and Adam snicker. They were watching Rhea eat a little cheese puff snack. She was putting it into her mouth, grinding back and forth then violently yanking it back out. She reapeated this over and over again.

My mom said, "Oh Tara, that could've been you!" And with that I decided that although it's not something I planned, if I ever hope to nurse again, I must cut her off because she was looking to do some serious damage. If you ask me, Rhea's a wolf in sheeps clothing.

Wearing Thin

We're working on our another tooth and it's been a rough one. Boycotting naps, angry (extremely loud!) whines and irregular hunger makes for tired parents. Luckily tonight we were able to go out on our own for a little while but came back to an unhappy baby and that stubborn tooth.

So, I'm coping out on the blogging tonight because as I write this at 11:10pm, I have an overly awake baby laying next to me, acting as if it's perfectly okay to be up at this time of night.

Thanks goodness we have another set of Hail Mary's flying in tomorrow....

Get some sleep for me, will you?

Exploring

Rhea is learning and changing every day. She has developed a new habit of become extremely hyper in between bath and bedtime. We love the time with her even though it makes it harder for her to go to sleep. Her facial expressions crack me up- you can tell she is so proud of herself. Here's a video of her learning to stand by holding herself up: