I'm testing you, Momma...

Morgan had a great morning...but by the afternoon things had gone downhill. Adam left for a class meeting at 12:45 and our afternoon of a quick errand and then nap did not go as planned. Long story short - lots of snot, whining, crying, trying, and frustration all around resulted in a nap at 4:45 for about a half hour. Top it off with a 100.3 degree (hardly a fever) fever, potential teething (still?!?) with NO teeth, and it's a recipe for sleep disaster. She's working on something very similar for bed and after about an hour of battling, I think we might have a sleeping child in our house. Will keep you posted.

So today during try #2 for bed, Morgan had a new game to stand up while I was sitting on the exercise ball next to her bed. I'd lay her back down and tell her night night. She'd smile, stand back up, and we'd repeat (me, thinking she'd eventually get it that I wanted her to lay down). So after several tries of this, I just let her stand there when it happened. (Adam said she's been testing him with his laptop but I just hadn't seen it yet.) She went to put her mouth on her crib. She's left teeth marks on the side closest to the door (cries a little - it's no longer "perfect") so I told her "no mouth, not a choice" and she pulled back right away. Then, the little stinker quickly puts her mouth thisclosewithouttouching to the wood again, the whole time staring me in the face. It took all I had in me not to laugh my head off and I was actually shaking while doing my very best (and succeeding, I think) to keep a straight face. She did it a few more times too but by then I was done and let her cry a bit. :) Watching her think this through and look for a rise out of me was. hilarious.

For the record, if Morgan's runny nose, crabbiness (although there are TONS of giggles, too), and unpleasantness are NOT teeth attempting to come in, I'd like to know now, please. It might just make things a billion times better when we're working on her third hour of crabbiness.

For the record #2 - Morgan is stinkin' hilarious. Really, she's not as crabby as the last bit sounded, but she makes us laugh all. the time. Dang if we loved that kid any more I think we'd burst.

Ok, enough rambling. I'm enjoying a Macintosh apple even though my canker sores from all the other apples I ate are killing me. :) It's tastes oh so good. :)