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Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Teeth!!
Well, she's finally got teeth! Her first tooth came in while we were in Jamaica, her second came in shortly afterwards and I just saw her third tooth starting to pop through. I can always tell because there's often a small pooling of blood at the bottom of her gum where the tooth is about to pop through. (yuck, i know). She's also had a cold, with alot of congestion and a runny nose. I switched her formula from milk based to soy based which has helped quite a bit with her congestion. I've also decided that I'm not going to start her on cow's milk, but rather calcium fortified soy milk, full fat. Since she has no objection to soy formula, she shouldn't have any issues with soy milk. I just don't feel right about cow's milk. I might try goat's milk at some time, but for now, soy it is.
We had her first birthday party last Saturday! It was great, although I was kind of stressed. I should probably let people help me more, but you know.... if you want something done right.... (!) I made two cakes, using date sugar and maple sugar crystals. The chocolate cake didn't turn out so well, since I put all of the cake batter in one of the silicone baking forms...oops! So we had to turn to Betty Crocker for a little help there! But the mousse and the ganache turned out wonderfully, and the pumpkin spice cake was just as delicious.
Mom and Ron came out, and we really enjoyed their stay. It's always such a bummer when they leave, but we hope to see them soon. Cassidy had the time of her life playing with Cole,Morgan, Charlie and Deanna. All the kids, including Mark and Jo gathered in Cassidy's room, and she just had a ball! Morgan and Cole were dragging her around in the little home made "train" that Eric made out of laudry baskets. It was so cute! He tied my bathrobe ties to three laundry baskets, put Cassidy in the "caboose" with toys and her blanket, and drug her around the house. It was hilarious! Cole got in the middle "car" at one point, and we had a few spills, but of course nothing that caused anything more than a whole lot of laughter. Cassidy got some amazing toys, and everyone who participated in the bead gathering did a wonderful job. She got some beautiful beads, and some wonderful sentiments and wishes for her in the future. I'll work on taking pictures of all of the beads for her scrapbook, and I'll past all of the notes next to the pictures of the beads. I mean, let's be realistic, her necklace may not last forever, but the memories will be once I put them in her scrapbook!
Well, she's finally got teeth! Her first tooth came in while we were in Jamaica, her second came in shortly afterwards and I just saw her third tooth starting to pop through. I can always tell because there's often a small pooling of blood at the bottom of her gum where the tooth is about to pop through. (yuck, i know). She's also had a cold, with alot of congestion and a runny nose. I switched her formula from milk based to soy based which has helped quite a bit with her congestion. I've also decided that I'm not going to start her on cow's milk, but rather calcium fortified soy milk, full fat. Since she has no objection to soy formula, she shouldn't have any issues with soy milk. I just don't feel right about cow's milk. I might try goat's milk at some time, but for now, soy it is.
We had her first birthday party last Saturday! It was great, although I was kind of stressed. I should probably let people help me more, but you know.... if you want something done right.... (!) I made two cakes, using date sugar and maple sugar crystals. The chocolate cake didn't turn out so well, since I put all of the cake batter in one of the silicone baking forms...oops! So we had to turn to Betty Crocker for a little help there! But the mousse and the ganache turned out wonderfully, and the pumpkin spice cake was just as delicious.
Mom and Ron came out, and we really enjoyed their stay. It's always such a bummer when they leave, but we hope to see them soon. Cassidy had the time of her life playing with Cole,Morgan, Charlie and Deanna. All the kids, including Mark and Jo gathered in Cassidy's room, and she just had a ball! Morgan and Cole were dragging her around in the little home made "train" that Eric made out of laudry baskets. It was so cute! He tied my bathrobe ties to three laundry baskets, put Cassidy in the "caboose" with toys and her blanket, and drug her around the house. It was hilarious! Cole got in the middle "car" at one point, and we had a few spills, but of course nothing that caused anything more than a whole lot of laughter. Cassidy got some amazing toys, and everyone who participated in the bead gathering did a wonderful job. She got some beautiful beads, and some wonderful sentiments and wishes for her in the future. I'll work on taking pictures of all of the beads for her scrapbook, and I'll past all of the notes next to the pictures of the beads. I mean, let's be realistic, her necklace may not last forever, but the memories will be once I put them in her scrapbook!
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