Pearly Whites and Speckled Skin

Two weeks ago our littlest Handsome went through a very cranky phase... crying and whining all the time. Ok, maybe it only felt like all the time but he was certainly persistent with his griping. We wondered how my poor Mother would deal with him when we left for our long weekend trip to Madison.

Nico loves the outdoors and on this particularly emotional day he was begging to go outside. We let him out in the back yard hoping some sunshine would be the cure for his crankiness and of course, he wanted back in. In and out, in and out - we did this forever. So, I did what every sane Mother would do... I grabbed the camera for a little blackmail later in life..

But in the end this face melted my heart so we went in and out 100 more times before we called it a day.

To our utter delight we returned from Madison to find Nico in his usual high spirits, finding disaster and destruction a hilarity, complete with a devilish giggle when caught in one of his detrimental acts. It appears that our littlest handsome sprouted two brand new pearly white molars on the bottom while we were away - explaining his whining spell shortly before our departure. If you check out the picture above (yes, the one I plan to blackmail him with later in life) you will see he only has one molar on each bottom side of his mouth. He now has two molars on each side.

And just because this is how Nico does things, he developed a nasty rash all over his arms and legs after sprouting these new teeth... We'll see if daycare buys the "teething" justification for his latest speckled skin.