Finally

Alden finally cut his second tooth!  This one has given us a lot of problems as noted in the last post, but last night was amazing.  It pretty much made up for the past four nights of me having to sleep on the couch with him most of the night.  He's been really needy and cuddly and I was wondering how I was going to get him back to sleeping in his own bed when this was all done.  Well last night was the night.  He was asleep by 10:00 and then woke up a little after 3:00 to eat a little then went right back down (in his own bed) and slept until 6:00 and was only awake for a little bit then went back down (in his own bed) and I didn't hear from him until 8:20.  I almost had a hard time getting back to sleep after the first wake up because I usually don't get to go right back to sleep :)  I'm glad that he's no longer in a bunch of pain.  It was awful to know that he was hurting and there was nothing I could really do for him.  He would rub his hands on his cheeks like he had an itch or rub his eyes with both hands.  That's how we knew he was in pain and his teeth were giving him troubles.  Every time I went to pick him up this week his whole face has been red where he's been rubbing it. 

Today has been a great day so far.  We've been able to play, run some errands, do housework, and even baked some muffins.  It's amazing what getting sleep at night does.  I feel like a human being again and I'm able to play and be the mom I want to be to Alden instead of feeling like a zombie all day.

One of Alden's new favorite games is rolling on the floor or bed with me.  He's getting really fast and rolling over so I will lay down and roll either towards or away from him and he'll either roll away or chase after me.  He laughs the whole time and it exhausts him.  We have a lot of fun spending our days together.

Alden loves to pull himself up on anything and loves to stand.  I helped him stand up in his bed, but he stood and held on by himself for a long time.

I thought I would also add this picture because Patrick took it and thought it was really funny.  Alden uses his feet a lot to grab and play with toys.  He especially uses his big toes, and sometimes they cut the back of his heels when his toenails are too long or sharp.  So I was cutting his toenails when Patrick walked in on us.  He thought it was hilarious how I had Alden's arms pinned back and out of the way.  (Also note the drool spots - it was the end of the day and that's all his does all day long)