Teething.

Teething means A screams a lot more than normal. It also means he wakes up at night a lot more than normal. Orajel has become a Godsend--I dunno if they put a sedative in it or if he goes to sleep because of the reduction in pain, but it is truly a wonder drug.

I'm debating whether or not to retake A's Santa picture. A friend of mine called the mall on my behalf (yeah, she's a little nuts like that!) and asked if it would be a problem to redo it. They said no problem. I just don't know when I'll have the time to go back to that mall...

We're also trying to take holiday photos here in "the home office." We tried last night, and A had a dazed expression on his face. Couldn't get him to smile... he was definitely sleepy at that point and a little hungry, so maybe we'll try again tonight.