Wow....My Little Problem Solver

So Friday afternoon Evan and I were having our usual play session when he pulled out all his puzzle type toys....His geometric shaped blocks with the bucket with the shapes in the lid, his farm animal puzzle and his stacking rings. He's always played with them but not really figured them out 100%. He started putting his blocks in the correct holes all by himself, stacked his rings in the correct order, then proceeded to get his puzzle pieces matched up like before but actually turned them so that they fit correctly!!!!! I have attempted to show him how those toys all work and never really thought he was paying any attention to what I was doing since he usually moved on to his own thing so I was really impressed. He then went and grabbed my water cup, put the straw in his mouth and managed to suck out the water!!!!! He's never figured that out before he'd usually get hold of it and chew on my straw. He made a big mess but it was water so no biggie and it made me laugh since he was smiling this gigantic smile and laughing when he'd get water in his mouth. The other thing that was fun that afternoon was that he started to spin himself in a circle so I started to sing the first song that popped into my head, " Ring Around the Rosie," and after joining him and sitting down at the, "we all fall down," part Evan started to "fall down" with me and would laugh and laugh. Gosh he's getting so big lately and I mean that in every sense of the word as he's maturing and learning at a really fast rate.

Our other thing that we've all been going through for a while now are Evan getting his molars....its a family affair as we all share in the pain. This is not so much a fun milestone to hit. We thought all the other teeth were bad but this makes me feel really bad for Evan. He's been eating very little food and I don't blame him; his gums are really red and swollen and we're still waiting to see the center part of the two top molars. Right now he has the outer and inner edge through the gum and I can tell that he's feeling a bit better since his appetite is improving and he's starting to eat more than yogurt, soft fruit and applesauce. I have been giving him an extra bottle of milk a day since it soothes him and to help him get some more calories. He's been drooling like a St. Bernard through this go round of teeth and I hope that the bottom two are less painful for him and less disruptive to all our sleep, eating and may we have less crying....poor baby boy!!!!!