The first "first" has been the appearance of Anna's first molars. We noticed two on the bottom coming in about two weeks ago and then last week two more on the top started poking through. We'd heard that these can take a long time to come through all the way, but Anna's don't seem to be taking too long; the first ones are almost completely through already. Anna doesn't seem to be too bothered by them other than a pretty variable appetite and some crabiness that we can't otherwise pin down.
Another "first" we've had has been the introduction of stickers into Anna's play. Sadie loaned some to Anna during church a few weeks back and Anna was enthralled, so I picked some up at the store. She especially loves putting them on her chest, or on Mommy or Daddy. The face stickers in this picture were positioned by us :)In addition to Anna's firsts, my "first" trimester is pretty much over. I've been starting to get some energy back and I can even manage most stinky diapers without a clothespin now; I just have to take deep breaths through my sleeve :)
Unfortunately, I wasn't completely over my nausea before Anna came down with her "first" case of the stomach flu late last week. We'd all been pretty blessed so far in that Anna's only sicknesses have included coughs, a runny nose, the croup (last winter) and sometimes a fever. We'd known for a few weeks that the stomach flu was making its way around the families at our church so I wasn't too surprised when Anna threw up all over the kitchen floor on Friday morning. At least it was in the kitchen and BEFORE we'd left the house to run errands that morning. Anna seemed pretty under the weather on Friday and Saturday, but we opted to stay home from church on Sunday, too, since she had a pretty disgusting diaper right before we were going to leave. All seems better as of today. The picture below was taken on Thursday night before we knew Anna was sick. Maybe we should have had some sort of idea :)
Finally, today we seem to have gotten our "first" real snow here in Madison, or at least at our house. We've been having flurries off and on now for a few weeks, but in the past hour we got about an inch of snow to stick in the grass. Nothing major forcasted any time soon, but looks like we need to be ready for it!
