First Tooth!

I was driving to the "Mexico restaurant" (more on that later) this evening with the girls; Clara was fussing; I reached back to hand her a toy or pacifier; she grabbed my finger, shoved it in her mouth, and I felt it! Just barely poking through the skin. But sure enough there's a tooth.

I think that explains the funny thing she's been doing with her tongue these last few days.

As for tonight, Zach has a really big RFP due for work next week so they decided to have a work evening to just get it done. I decided to take the girls out for dinner to avoid all the headaches of trying to cook while Clara cries and Molly asks a million questions. Molly asked if we could go to a "Mexico restaurant". I'm pretty sure she meant Mexican, and she seemed pretty pleased with my choice (Picante). We even got a free dinner because their computers crashed. Such is life in the digital age.

And the best thing is that the girls are both (mostly) peacefully sleeping in our bedroom right now: Clara in her crib & Molly in our bed. That was the part of the evening I was most worried about - orchestrating bedtime for both of them. But Molly was very sweet throughout the long rocking to sleep that Clara has needed recently. Then I snuggled in the bed with Molly and she enjoyed a long cuddle to sleep. Now, if I could just stop coughing, then I could go back in there and cuddle myself to sleep without fear of waking both of them up with the coughs.