Teething

YIKES! A stage I wish could be skipped! Poor little girl was hurting so bad last night. She was fine when we went to dinner but all day she was fussy on and off. I gave Tylenol every 4 hours and she ate normal so it wasn't too bad to keep her from eating. The minute I laid her in bed she lost it! I picked her back up after a few minutes of really hard crying (which isn't typical Teagan behavior). She gagged a few times and then projectile vomited for the first time over my shoulder. She had a low grade fever the previous night that broke Saturday morning and she is very runny nosed and sneezing alot. The throw up was mostly her drainage but that nasty stomach bug has been going around my classroom like crazy, I was worried I might have brought the germs home with me and given it to her. She thankfully didn't throw up again, but she did wake up every hour with a painful scream. She was very restless and ended up sleeping between me and Adam the rest of the night. Today she seems much better but still a little off behavior wise. She has taken 2 really good naps in her own bed today so hopefully tonight it won't come back to bother her again. We are guessing we'll see a tooth within a week!

On a lighter note...her first word with clear understanding of what it is said for would be....BELLA! I caught her saying it the other morning on video. She says it when Bella is around. She will look for her and say it if Bella is not in sight. It's so cute! She will also slap the ground with her hand as if she's telling her to 'come here.' She has been saying Mama and Dada for a while now but it is more of a babbling thing.
Here are some recent pictures of her that I haven't posted yet. I love the one with her toy in her mouth! Resembles her personality perfectly.



Grocery shopping with mommy

VOTE

Our photographer that we used for Teagan's newborn and 3 month Holiday photos is having a contest! We can come in 1st, 2nd or 3rd depending on how many votes Teagan gets on her photo titled "Close up of an Angel"
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Teaching

This is my 4th year to teach. Tonight I received 2 letters in the mail from one of the sweetest little girls in my 1st, First grade class. She sends letters to me every now and then. It is great to hear from her and I am always excited to open the mail when Adam brings it inside and says "you have a letter from Carleeanna!" He knows that it lights a certain spark inside of me to hear from a student I once taught. I sometimes forget how much I truely enjoy this profession and why. I wish I could have a Carleeanna in every class each year. One student who allows me to remember why I love my job so much. A student who reminds me that I am impacting little lives daily. Carleeanna- I hope you got my email and you are reading this! I miss your smiling face, but look forward to hearing from you each year!

I Like the Bow!

Where's the Ball?

Christmas and 1st post of the New Year

We cannot believe Teagans 1st Christmas has come and gone and now it's 2010! Here a a few pictures of our decorations this year



What a great 2009 we had. We have many things to look forward to and blog about in 2010. (1st New Years resolution: Get better and faster about blogging!)
(2nd resolution: Bring camera everywhere to document! AND camera battery charger!!) We forgot the charger on our adventure for Christmas... the pictures I have are from Grams' camera (my mom) on the days before and after when we were in Lubbock. We did however, get video of Christmas morning in Albuquerque!







Teagan's first Christmas was wonderful! We were able to drive to Lubbock Saturday December 19th and visit my family. Then we drove from Lubbock to Albuquerque on Tuesday December 22nd to spend 5 days there with Adam's family. We drove back to Lubbock for a night and then back to McKinney the following Monday! Lots of road time. Teagan was an angel and I was glad to make the trips with Adam. We enjoyed our travel time together. My car was loaded down with toys, a baby jumper, Bella and her kennel, luggage, etc.

I am working on the videos that we took during our Christmas break so they will have to be posted later...
Here is Teagan and some of her new toys!

Count down begins...

It used to be the countdown until Christmas, which we are still doing...
BUT I am personally counting down the days for Winter Break to be able to spend weeks and weeks with Teagan!
9 days! and Wednesday is a half day!
The weather is so cold recently. It's going to be a very cold winter!
Knock on wood- we've been very lucky- Teagan hasn't been sick yet. I'm still praying for a healthy little girl during the cold winter season. She had a few sneezes and watery eyes this past weekend but all has cleared up reports Holley today. No sneezing or runny nose! Must have been allergies! So thankful it isn't a cold.
We visited the VERY GOOD Santa at Northpark on Saturday. I was happy with her reaction!
She stared her blank stare and grabbed at his nose and beard. The picture is perfect because this is her usual face...

Looks familiar...






She has been grabbing a lot of noses lately. It's so cute.
No teeth yet. Haven't seen any behavior signs that she is teething so maybe one day they will just appear with no tears or pain. I've read that it has happend to parents before. All of a sudden there the tooth was! Didn't even see it coming!
We can only wish...
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family visiting. We made a ton of food!

That weekend we finally bought Teagan a highchair that she loves to sit in and I love that it matches our decor in the house! Mom and Adam joked that that was the 1st thing I was looking for in a highchair. Not true, but yes important...


I also got an early Christmas present from mom and dad that I love! The BabyCook! I have really enjoyed making Teagan's food and experimenting with different tastes and textures with her! So far she is a BIG fan of the Organic dark red apples, pears with rice cereal and sweet potatoes. I made butternut squash and corn last night and tonight! Next on the list to try homemade: bananas and zucchini!