Eden has been congested for a week now. We have gotten her familiar with the bulb for clearing out her nose. She hates it, of course. But Elisa manages to turn it into a game. Eden laughs to see the bulb dancing around in front of her face, then BAM! She still doesn’t like it. Elisa picked up a humidifier and some vapor medicine. Hopefully it helps soon.
We were worried because she hadn’t made a mess in her diaper since Christmas Eve. That’s not automatically a bad thing for a baby her age. She seemed like she was comfortable. We were a little concerned still. Finally on the 31st we got the awaited and anticipated mess. Straight to the bath she went! Chad had given her a bath just the evening before. It was amazing how much smaller her belly was after she got everything out. I couldn’t help but to be relieved and proud. It’s funny and a little bit weird how your perspective changes after you’ve had a baby.
This was the first white Christmas that we have ever seen in Seattle. The roads were horrible the whole time. We were lucky that Parry’s were able to come. They spent 17 hours on the road and on the side of the road for what’s supposed to be a 12 hour trip.
On Christmas Eve, Gramma Sophie and Jeff and Lauren spent the night here at Church’s. It was still snowing enough that we were afraid the roads would be impassible on Christmas. We don’t remember what we did.
Presents were fun on Christmas morning. I got a RC plane that I haven’t tried out yet. Elisa gave me a Sedaris book I wanted. My big present to Chad was a $3 oil vial. 🙂 Three days after Christmas I gave Elisa the DVD that I ordered but had been delayed in the mail. 🙂 We did good. 😉
There were some fun presents to see opened. We got everyone go-cart racing. They had to put together puzzle pieces that were attached to their matchbox car present. Daniel gave us all tickets to the same concert he was given tickets for on his birthday. And then there was the enormous scavenger hunt for Dad’s Apple computer. He had to use his GPS and his metal detector. One of the clues was submerged in the lake and anchored to a tree branch with string. It was pretty cool. They whole time we had to trudge through the snow.
The Parry side celebrated Christmas on the 27th at the Hilton. We snagged a boardroom. Elisa and I got a digital camcorder from my parents. They forgot we had already gotten one (practically unused) for our wedding. There’s no reason to have two camcorders, no matter how cute Eden is, so we will exchange it. We gave Sophia a kick bike, and I think Elisa and I were the most excited about it. Jeff didn’t let us assemble it because then he wouldn’t be able to transport it back to Idaho. 🙁
[Impossible] Do you have any idea how hard it is to take a picture of an infant’s mouth? Didn’t think so. It took 6 sessions over 2 days and 150 wasted photos. And we had to improvise a blindfold so that the flash didn’t blind our helpless little model. 🙂
So what’s the big deal? There are signs of incisors already appearing! Yes, they are months early. That’s the part that is truly impossible. Eden is only 2 months old today. She is showing all the symptoms, like drooling and refusing to eat. When we put lidocaine on her gums she calms down and takes food. We didn’t believe it ourselves, so we had to get some photographic proof. Look for the 3 white dots on each side of her bottom gums.
