Tooth and a Tree

It was an eventful weekend.  Fi's first tooth finally popped through on Saturday!  I feel like she has been teething forever, so it was nice to see one of those sparkling whites finally made an appearance.  Now that it has come through, she seems to be enjoying it.  I can see her running her tongue back and forth over it and sucking on her pacifier in unusual ways.  I'd say that the tooth will help her eating, but she has been doing fine without teeth.  This weekend, she gummed a pickle down surprisingly far.  I love letting her try whatever she wants (I don't want her to be a picky eater like I was through college).  My only concern is that she has a knack for sucking pieces of food that are a bit too big for her.  She's also gotten really good at feeding herself the little Gerber puffs.  The first time we gave them to her, it was just fun for his to watch her try to get the puffs in her mouth (and as they get wet and stick to her hand).  Now, she gets them to her mouth amazingly quickly. 

  

Because the weather was looking questionable for Saturday morning, we decided to pick out a tree at the fire company Friday night.  It was cold and rainy, and Fi wasn't that into picking out the tree, but we got it done.  We brought the tree into the house Saturday, and I expected Fi to be sort of amused having a tree in the house, but that didn't strike her fancy either.  It wasn't until Sunday morning, when she woke up to see the tree fully decorated with lights and ornaments, that she seemed interested.  She really liked touching the snowflake ornaments that Nana made a long time ago.

 

We squeezed in some holiday photos too.  Fi was very accommodating.  I gave her the Christmas rattle ornament from the Cornelison's, and she played contently.  I decided not to share the photos we are using for the Christmas card (there are some cute ones!), but here she is with Tim under the tree.