Teething

Getting new teeth is no fun. The past few days, Sarah has been running a low-grade fever and been cranky. Poor girl. Motrin, Tylenol, gum-numbing gel, and teeth rings help, but she's been clingy and just not her usual self.

Update: This morning her fever broke, and she seems in much better spirits. Thank goodness! :)

Keep it Simple

Whenever I find myself worrying about being a good dad or Sarah walking or using a sippy cup or whatever, I try to remember something my wife told me when I first started taking care of our daughter about a year ago: "Love her and have fun with her." Good advice for any parent. :)

Videos

A few short videos we shot yesterday from our digital camera:

What Sarah Loves

• Sarah loves going for walks with her bro-bros.
• She loves sliced cheese.
• She loves her Geoffrey doll.
• She loves playing and being silly.
• She loves her daddy.

The end.

What Daddy Did Today

1. Got up around 5 a.m. to feed Sarah. Went back to sleep (as did Sarah).
2. Got up around 9 a.m. to watch Sarah since Mommy goes to work.
3. Played with Sarah, fed her, changed a diaper.
4. Went to the park with Sarah and her bro-bros.
5. Played with Sarah, fed her, changed a diaper.
6. Took a three-hour nap with Sarah (yay for long naps!).
7. Played with Sarah, fed her, changed a diaper.
8. Sat out in the front yard with Sarah and the bro-bros, pulled some weeds.
9. Played Sarah's video, cooked dinner, wrote this blog.
10. Ate dinner with Sarah and Mommy (we had hamburger helper, she had cheese and some of our stuff).
11. Played with Sarah.
12. Helped Mommy put Sarah to bed.
13. Stayed up playing computer games til 11 or so.
14. Went to sleep.

Reading

Sarah loves her books. Luckily, grandma Coker saved all of mom's (and mom's siblings') books from like 30 years back, and now Sarah has like 100 titles, ranging from Disney to Little Golden books to Dr. Seuss.

If she's anything like her mom, who is a voracious reader, then Sarah will have a life-long interest in reading.

Almost Walking

Sarah is getting more confident in her bipedalism. Though the average walking age is about 12 months, at 13 months she's doing just fine. One thing us first-time parents have to be careful of is comparing her overly to the "average" and just let her be. Sarah is a happy, healthy girl, so no worries. :)