tooth watch 2009

the lookout for the arrival of thea's teeth began in earnest this past week. i thought surely they were coming as she had been overly sensitive since the weekend, crying when she woke up from her naps and such, which isn't like her.

then on wednesday morning she came down with a fever and the threat level was raised to orange. i gave her some tylenol and she laid low for most of the day. however, when she woke up from her afternoon nap, she was burning up with a temp of 101.8 degrees so zack called the doctor and he said her fever was too high to be caused by teething, rather it appears that she contracted a virus. i feel pretty good that we made it just shy of seven months without any sickness...it must be all that purell. oh, how i love the purell ;)

thea was a pretty sad camper on thursday with barely any energy. she's also been very clingy and hasn't wanted to be put down, so we've been holding her a lot this week. i realized what it would be like to have a mellow baby that sits peacefully still in my arms and while i can't deny that it was a nice change, i wouldn't trade nuggie's boundless energy for anything. friday she was 75% better and today, as zack said, the sparkle returned to her face. we missed that devilish little glint in her eye!

i still think teeth are coming soon. i hope we make it through our trip back east without them [red eye, here we come] but in the meantime i'm trying to capture as many toothless grins as possible. we'll keep you posted!