Teeth, Bees, and... A Brand New Car!

Keira has been frantically teething for the past few weeks and I had a feeling that a tooth would make an appearance soon. Sometimes she crams all her fingers in her mouth and chews on them, sometimes just her thumb, and she often grabs other people's fingers which seem to be more satisfying than her own. One day last week she bit down on my finger and a little razor sharp tooth poked me! WIthin one week, two more teeth have popped through. She'll be eating steak and corn on the cob in no time!

Not only does she have teeth, but she has gained significant mobility. For example, this weekend while at Grandma's house, I put her down to play on her rainforest play mat in the middle of the room while I went in the kitchen for no more than two minutes. I heard her fussing a little so I came in to check on her and she was nowhere to be found! I could hear her, but I couldn't see her! I followed the sound to her location which was clear across the room, BEHIND (and half way under) THE COUCH. I have no idea how she got there that fast, but if I had to guess, I'd say it was a combination of rolling and backwards crawling. She crawls all over the place, but she can't seem to get any forward momentum but she still gets around... just backwards.

The reason I was at my mom's house this weekend is really quite interesting. Friday night Art discovered a bee in the bedroom and, while hunting it down to kill it, heard a buzzing coming from the air conditioning intake vent. Not just any buzzing, but the frightening buzzing of a massive number of bees meandering through my air conditioning system. I called my landlord, who said nothing could be done about it until Monday and after another bee appeared in the kitchen, we decided it would be best to stay at my mom's until the bees were evicted. I have never been stung, so I don't know if I am allergic or not and was not anxious to find out. We didn't get to come back home until Monday night. I just hope our uninvited guests don't plan on returning.

We finally took our new car home last Thursday! Yeah, it's just a Chevy, and it's not black, but the air conditioning has been appreciated in the hot weather this week and I love how much space there is. We must have filled it up like 3 times since we got it and never even had to take the stroller out. We loaded up 3 huge bags of bark and concrete edging blocks to put in a flower bed at my mom's house, and tons of other stuff without any problem. I am also happy to report that the anti-lock brakes work wonderfully or else my new car would be totally smashed up by the idiot that pulled out in front of me the other day. And even though the horn might not spread happiness, it sure got the message across that I was not happy about almost getting in a wreck instead of them thinking they just heard the snow cone bike. I still maintain my stance that cars ought to be equipped with a happy horn and an angry horn so we can be ready for whatever comes our way.