Teething grumpies

I had auditions and posted the cast for the Shakespeare competition pieces this week. There was a little run-in with the drama teacher about my casting choices...hmmm. We just choose to run the program differently. However, I've decided that Shakespeare is mine. She hired me to do it. She told me she doesn't want to be involved at all. So I'll run it how I please. Ha. Anyway, it will all work out. We just have very different philosopies about certain things, but that's okay. We had our first rehearsal yesterday and it went really well. They are all supposed to be memorized by tomorrow. We'll see how that goes.

Glenn came home for the long weekend. It was so great to see him. We even got to go out on a real date. Thanks Mom and Kenz for watching Tate! It was wonderful. Now he's back in his field area and his professor and a field assistant are coming today to help him for a while.

Turns out there was a reason for Tate's grumpiness. He's had two teeth cut through this week! His bottom right one came in on Thursday and then his bottom left one came in yesterday. His naps and sleeping at night have been messed up and he's just been fussier than usual. He's also been really clingy. I love it and don't love it at the same time. I love that he knows I'm his mom and that when I hold him I can somehow make it better. I don't love that he fusses when I put him down, leave the room, or hand him to someone else. Especially here where there are SO many people who love him and don't get to see him all the time. It's been much better since his teeth have come through so hopefully that was just an ornery teething phase. We'll see.

We've been to a few of Auntie Kenzie's soccer games this week too. She's won all three. I think we're good luck. Tate does well unless it's nap time. Then he gets grumpy and needs his Grampa to hold him like this, to protect his ears from Nanna's yelling so he can go to sleep. Silly boy.

Glenn's gone for a while this time. Two to four weeks depending on some plans that are in the works. It's nice to be around family and to have so much help with Tate. I'm glad I'm here instead of by myself in Texas during weeks of Glenn being away. Hopefully now that those teeth are through Tate will be more like his pleasant self. He does love all the extra attention and toys at Nanna's house.

Tate at 29 weeks old.