Teething?

Geesh, I hope it is teething. That means that a) this is not a permanent personality change, and b) there will be an end to this behavior.

We've got it all: drooling like a mad woman, chewing on everything in sight, very fussy days, and very very frequent night-awakenings. It's been grand!

But seriously folks... the complexity of the human body amazes me. The detail is astounding and ingenious. Who can remain an atheist after taking a physiology or neuroscience class? Someone has remarkable attention to detail.

But teeth breaking through living tissue? Really? THAT'S how we get teeth? I mean, really?

Sharp, sharp enamel. Soft tender gums. Voila, tooth!

Uh, there wasn't a better option?

Now, some of you might have noticed the remarkable timing of this (should I be right in my toothing hypothesis) amazing occurrence. More remarkable timing has not yet been observed in young Kate's life. I mean, freaking creepy, the stars have aligned timing. You know what I'm talking about.

X-Men Origins is out this weekend! That's right, all the pain that Wolverine feels when those metal talons tear through his skin is remarkably similar to what our poor baby Kate is experiencing! This is all the more apropos since Wolverine is indeed my favorite X-Men character, and Kate is, well, my favorite daughter, so yeah, it's pretty freaking weird the coincidence!!!



Here's some rolling from yesterday. No video from today. Unless you really wanted to hear how she whined and cried all day long. Yeah, thought so. She's realized she can roll consecutively and get across the floor. Then once on the hardwood she's noticed she can move pretty quickly just using her arms without having to really figure out this arm-leg crawling business at all.

I'm not oblivious to the implications. A baby gate is now swinging happily at the top of the stairs, all potentially falling objects have been removed from her bedroom, and outlet covers go on tomorrow. I am, of course, as any good survivalist mom would, leaving strategically placed challenges such as the exposed tile step, random cords, and books at baby height available so that no one can ever say that survival of the fittest no longer applies to the human race.