tooth number six

i forgot to mention that mason got tooth number 6 on monday. it has been visible for weeks but just couldn't get through the gum. so now he has 4 large (bigger than maddie's) teeth on the top and two little bitty teeth on the bottom. and there doesn't seem to be any indication that the bottom two will have company any time soon.

and i have to brag on madelyn a little bit because she has been so wonderful lately. besides being a great helper, cleaning up her toys, being a good listener, there has been little to no crying or whining. and she has been the best possible big sister! when mason got one of her favorite toys last night she told us, happily, that she was going to wait for it to be her turn. (the house rule is that if she leaves it where mason can get it, he gets to play with it.) matt and i just exchanged shocked expressions and then praised her for waiting her turn and sharing with mason.

she is always trying to get mason to play with her. they were playing while i was on the phone tonight and i realized that it got very quiet and that mason was not in the living room any more. of course that means i needed to go check things out. they were both inside the tent in her room and playing with her instruments. when i saw them madelyn proudly showed me how she had taken out the large pillow she keeps in there to use as a blanket. this was significant because when mason first started crawling i told madelyn that the pillow was way to big for mason - i was afraid that she would smother him with it. not to mention that it has been a really long time since we discussed this in the first place.

in a time when i am still feeling lousy with my cough/cold, mason isn't sleeping all that late, and i have a lot going on this week, madelyn has been my shining joy over the past few weeks. and in more positive news, mason has learned to sit himself back down instead of standing and screaming in his crib for hours. we can finally let him cry it out. last night it took only 20 minutes instead of the two hours or more that matt has been helping me with over the past few days/nights.

i expected the worst from this week and it is exceeding my expectations. love.