Finally, it's out!

Song of the day: Brian McKnight's "Another You"
(Just so pretty...)

I can't believe it. After months of seeing my baby's gums swell up she has gotten her first tooth. The right (Alana's right) bottom tooth showed up today, glorious with all its ridges. She's been having a hard time staying asleep for several days now. I could see the whites of the teeth gleaning through her gums before it "cut" through. She's almost a year old and is finally getting her teeth. Kaia got her front teeth, top and bottom, by the time she was 7-8 months. It still blows my mind how different my two girls are already.

Alana is her own little person. She is so incredibly strong. She can pull off most things that even adults have to struggle a bit to pull off. She smiles so much, even if she's been crying for a while and should be upset with me. Kaia used to cry for me after naps and such and once I came in she would look at me with anger and cry harder, probably because she was upset that I took so long. Alana instantly smiles when she sees me. She's never woken up grumpy. She's always so cheery. Kaia still wakes up grumpy. Haha~ It's so funny how they share the same blood but are so completely unique.

In less than a month Alana will be turning a year old. It seems so unreal to me that a whole year has gone by since I gave birth to her. Seriously, life goes by in a blink of an eye, especially after you have children. Soon, she'll be talking with real words instead of her Alana-speak (such cute jibber-jabber with fluctuations and intonations like the rest of us). She's walking like a pro now after about a month of practicing and developing her skills. She loves playing games. She'll initiate peek-a-boo by pulling her blanket over her face when I go in to get her out of her crib. I love it. It makes me laugh so hard when she encourages me to play with her. Kaia never did that. You needed to initiate play with her. I love how they're so different. They have similarities, like their fire (the Korean side) but are definitely their own person. I have had to relearn how to be a mommy because of Alana. She keeps me on my toes. She makes me laugh out loud all throughout the day. She melts my heart completely.