Something to Celebrate

Halle the One-toothed Pirate

We just spent a very busy and fun afternoon/evening at an old friend of mine's house. She's recently moved here and I just ran into her by chance a couple of months ago. Then we kept winding up in the same places, for example, at the Health Centre getting our babies vaccinated. Anyway, we have lots to chat about and with her hubby away she's very busy. She has a three and a half year old and fraternal twin babes two months younger than Halle. Add my two to the mix, play, dinner and bath and you have a lot of multi-tasking and tag-teaming! At one point bouncing a winging Halle and chatting it suddenly occurred to us both that maybe she just wanted to be put down! I sat her on the couch and bent down to have a chat with her. She squealed and flashed me a smile and there it was: a shiny white tooth tip glinting at me! We all rejoiced. Anneka and her friend were marching around the kitchen island singing "Hooray, Hooray, Halle's got her first tooth!" I was so excited for Halle and we all made a big deal about it. It seemed as if Halle knew it was all about her and as if she'd been trying to show me it all afternoon. It was very celebratory.

I no longer am questioning giving her Tylenol two evenings in a row and in the middle of the night last night! She really was teething!

PS. And Anneka, my friend who we'll just call A, commented on your joyous soul. Your love of life shines on!

Anneka the Baseball Star