Little Muncher!

The time has finally arrived...my tiny baby girl has her very first tooth! Even though it just barely cut through her gums today, it's just adorable. The second one feels like it will be popping through shortly. Ellie is an awesome eater, so these little teeth will, I'm sure, benefit her!

Did I mention she loves doing Patty Cake with anyone who will indulge her? Well, she does! She signs 'more' the same way. She holds her left hand still and slaps it with her right. SO CUTE!

Wild Woman!!!

Apparently my little FiFi didn't get enough of the blood and guts on Halloween...so she created her own today. First, the poor little bugger got her finger shut in a door at church. It was so bad I thought her little finger was going to fall off.

But that wasn't good enough, she needed more BLOOD! So she took a dive off the font porch railing right onto the front steps and split her chin open. And boy did she do a fine job getting the blood flowing...It was every. The gash was so deep the fat cells were hanging out and the skin was protruding. Six stitches later and she's 'aw better!'

FiFi was pretty hysterical (so was her mama). Fortunately, my friend Tami was over and rushed us to the InstaCare. Tami's a pro with kids and was so sweet with FiFi. She sat and held her hand and talked to her during the process...I was hunched over at the foot of the bed trying not to pass out.

After checking in, the doctor got right to work on FiFi's chin. They numbed her up with some Lydocane (I wouldn't recommend any mom watching that part) and then put six stitches in her little chin. While the doctor was working, FiFi went sound asleep and slept until we got home. Once home, her eyes popped open, she reached her hand to her chin, and with the most high pitched, dainty little voice asked, "What's this?"

Most know, I don't do blood, guts or scary movies, so by the time I got home, I was mentally exhausted. I tried to put FiFi down for a movie with her blankie, but she wanted nothing to do with that. So Aaron got her a bowl of ice cream to make her feel better, while I took a little quiet time.

After two hours of listening to kids run around the house and Aaron begging them to settle down, I climbed out of bed. Aaron asked what the heck they gave FiFi at the doctors office because she was being the wild one in the house. She's been climbing on top of the table, the bar top, jumping on the couches, running around the kitchen...she's driving me crazy and making me a complete nervous wreck! Her stitches have started bleeding again...