Well, I thought Buttercup's top 2 chompers would have made their debut before Christmas so we could sing that ridiculously annoying song, but I was wrong. I am so excited to share that her latest pearly whites popped through yesterday. The left side is a little ahead of the right, but they are both fully visible.
I don't know why I feel like her two front teeth is such a monumental occasion. Thinking about it, I guess her getting one step closer to a full grill is also one step closer to her looking more like a big kid and less like an infant. I keep trying to picture her with a big toothy grin, long hair and mobile, and it is so hard! She's already so big, so sturdy and so far from her fragile newborn being, that I can't believe she's only been here a few months.
Rascal's babyhood crawled by very slowly (which was great). I always wondered why everyone remarked: "it goes by so fast." For me, I felt like Rascal and I were enjoying a prolonged lazy summer day, and I loved it. By the time he turned 2, I felt like he and I had known each other for 80 years.
Buttercup's infancy has been different. I blinked and I had a 6-month old. And now that she's 8 months, about to crawl, babbling and saying mama and dada, I feel like I want to put a screetching halt to it all and just breathe her in with a deep inhale.
Wow - who knew teeth could evoke such emotions! As long as she doesn't test those bad boys out while nursing, we'll be all good.
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