Thanksgiving & New Teeth

It has been a long time since I posted. We have been really busy and lots of stuff has happened. You have adjusted well finally to sleeping in the toddler bed. It took awhile because you liked the new freedom of being able to get out of the bed on your own. And because you knew how to open the doors in the house already, it was really easy for you to go wherever you wanted. We fixed that by putting a baby gate in front of your bedroom door. That worked for about 3 days, before you decided to hop over it and crash down on the other side. So finally, we decided to tie a 40 pound dumbbell to your doorknob. That worked pretty well! I think you got the idea that when I lay you down in your bed and give you your blankie and binkie, that it is easier just to go to sleep. But that wasn't before quit a few nights of mommy sleeping on the floor of your room with you.

You have regressed with the potty training. I was a little inconsistent with taking you for a little while because of my schedule. And now you don't want anything to do with the potty. We are going to try to start going more often now.

We moved into our new house in Rocklin a couple of weeks ago now. You are adjusting a lot better than daddy and I.

You are also cutting all four of your canine teeth. The top ones came in about a week ago, and now the bottom ones are starting too. You definitely have been a little bit crankier than usual. And you are constantly chewing one everything and tugging at your ears. I can tell that you are uncomfortable. I wish I could do more to help you, but the only thing that seems to help is the teething tablets.

Finally, yesterday was Thanksgiving. It was nice to see the family. We stopped by Grammy & Grandpa Vanderzanden's house. Not everyone was there yet, but we were able to see Great Nana and Auntie Debbie. We had to leave early to go down to the Bright Thanksgiving. This year we ate at Great Nani & Bompa's house. We even got to see Auntie Val, Uncle Steve, Stephanie and Scott. You were a handful though! You ran back and forth around the house and I had to keep chasing you down so you didn't break anything. Then when dinner was over and the dishes were being washed, you decided to take all the silverware out of the dishwasher and put them in the old metal truck. At least it kept you busy for a little while, and it was super cute.

Love Always,
Mommy