June 16, 2005
Gummy Gummerson
Dax still has no teeth. Most of the time I don't really think about this. But every once in awhile, I see a picture of his big ol' gummy grin and I am reminded of this fact. I've been calling him my little toothless hobo. Don't worry, I'll stop before he knows how insulting that is.
He's a cute little toothless hobo, isn't he?
I think I've mentioned before how much Dax loves his daycare center. Just as important, we love it. The teachers are all so wonderful. I know that Dax is loved and that he's learning new things every day.
We recently got the sad news that the director of his daycare is going to be leaving. We are going to miss her terribly. In fact, one of us cried. I'll let you guess which one of us that was.
This is actually our second goodbye. One of Dax's favorite teachers, Miss Jennifer, went to another center about a month ago. I plan on keeping in touch with both of them, sending them pictures from time to time.
I tried to explain to Cat tonight why saying goodbye to Alina makes me cry. Part of it is that she's awesome and we will really, truly miss her. But I think an even bigger part of it is that she is clearly so sad to say goodbye to Dax. I'm having trouble putting this into words. It's a bittersweet sort of thing. I'm so touched that someone loves my son so much that having to leave him makes her cry.
I know that life happens and that people must move on. I'm happy for Jennifer
and Alina because their leaving means new and exciting changes for them. But I'm seriously considering installing LoJack on some of Dax's other teachers, just in case they get any ideas.
In other, less teary news, Dax is getting really good at pulling himself to standing. Tonight he was standing at the sliding glass door, enjoying a little summer rainstorm.
