Tooth Troubles

Poor little Jacob is getting his second tooth and he is not liking it! He seems to also have a cold, which doesn't help matters. The video above shows his multi-method techniques for relieving the symptoms--two finger in the mouth, making sounds and banging his head with the free hand! Sorry the video's dark, we were playing by the light of the Christmas tree! The second tooth broke through yesterday so we're hoping after this we'll get a break from teething for awhile. You can hear him say "ba ba ba". He also says "da da da" which dad is pretty excited about! The other day when Dan went to check on his in the crib he was up on all fours rocking back and forth apparently angry that we'd taken too long to come get him when he woke up. I don't think it'll be too long before he starts crawling.

Here is another video of our happy boy!

Our other happy boy enjoying some morning lounge time in his bathrobe :-)

We had the opportunity to meet up with my cousin Bruce who was in Little Rock for a conference at UAMS. Bruce and his wife Myra and kids Ethan and Anna currently live in Namibia, where Bruce works as a professor at a developing university there. They have been in missions in Africa for several decades now, so it's not every day that we get to see them! We had brunch at a Cracker Barrel in town and had a chance to catch up on the basics. Wish we had more time! Here's a family photo for posterity. The visit prompted a lot of questions from Micah: Africa is very far away? There are lions and giraffes there? Is Curious George there? Yes, we asked Bruce if he'd seen George, but of course I explained that George now lives with the Man With The Yellow Hat in the United States and had come from Africa years ago :-) Bruce told us some stories about the monkeys they see everyday over there and I think Micah thought that was pretty cool. Maybe someday he'll get to see that for himself.