It finally happened, just shy of Arden’s first birthday - our little hatchling has ONE tooth! Amazing! Most babies her age have an average of 8 teeth. Well, now Arden can chip her way out of her nest or something - she’s got one about 1/4 of the way out and another one about to burst through the gumline. Both are on the lower gum. No sign of the upper teeth yet, but considering the time it took for her to get one, we’re just so proud of her. Way to go, Denny! You finally have a tooth!

Lily had a great day at school and “allowed” Mike to pick her up since I was dropping off the Subaru for its cleaning session with a detailer. Jennifer is now officially on maternity leave, and I will be missing her mightily every day until she returns, probably in January. E-gads, that sounds like a long way away.

I ran into someone I used to work with at CCA today (insert barf sound here). Made me realize what a bunch of Nascar-lovin’, wife-beater-t-shirt wearin’, cigarette-smokin’, male chauvinist pigs I used to work with. Nothing’s changed around there except all the good people have left and the dregs of humanity are still hanging on by their dirty, yellow fingernails. The best thing my boss there ever did to me was tell me I was laid off a month before my wedding and a month after buying our first house. I hated his guts at that moment, but I would never had thought something like that could turn my life in such a great direction. Seeing this old co-worker couldn’t have come at a better time. It really made me realize how fortunate and happy I am now, even on days like this, when I think I’m not going to make it without Jennifer. I’m 42 kabillion times happier than working at that crap hole. Did I mention my ex-boss had a penchant for kiddie porn? Yes, Mr. Born-Again Christian, let’s have a Corporate Chaplain and all pray before everything, including a trip to the bathroom, loved his virtualvirgins.com site or whatever crap he was into. Thank god I no longer have to worry about walking into his office and being greeted by the site of naked girls on his computer . . . even working with lawyers is much less painful than that!