We're on a roll! 7 Months old

Last month Ethan got his first two teeth, and is awfully proud of all his work getting them here (as you can see from all his pictures he likes to show them off). The last few days he's been really grumpy, and upon a thorough inspection of his mouth yesterday, he's getting yet another tooth right next to his bottom front right. I'm sure Aunt Val could tell us the exact name of this tooth, but to Ethan it's been the "worst tooth ever"! and he's been letting us know about it too. Thanks to Hyland's natural teething tablets, and a combination of Tylenol, Motrin, and Orajel we've been able to keep our sanity...so far. It's so frustrating when he is hurting so bad, and nothing that we do makes it any better, and of course the nurse in me just wants to make it all better and take his pain away. We knew we were a little too lucky with Ava when she would just wake up with four new teeth and we never heard a lick about it. If I remember correctly she had a whole mouthful by her first birthday. I've also heard that the younger a baby gets their teeth the more problems they have with them later in life. I'm not sure how much of this I believe, and since I still have never had a cavity I'm hoping our kids will follow in my genetic footsteps!

Ethan is also about to conquer his next major developmental milestone.....CRAWLING!! So far he has not just taking off across the floor; however, he will get up on his hands and knees, move his hands forward (like normal crawling) but instead of moving his legs forward individually, he'll drag them both forward as if he was army crawling on his belly. Just a bit ago, for the first time he got up on his hands and tippy toes, and stuck his butt way up in the air like he was making a bridge for someone to crawl under.

Overall, he's getting so big, and I can't believe it's already been 7 months. He's eating anything you'll put into his mouth (especially table food), can get from one end of the living room to another by a combination of army crawling, Ethan's style of "crawling", and rolling. He can pull himself up on things, and today we are moving the crib down to the lowest lever before he takes a long, hard dive out onto the hardwood floor. We still love nursing, and usually sleeps about 9 hours at night without having to nurse. (Yeah!!!) I'm not ready for him to grow any bigger, and since we're not sure if he is our last, I'm cherishing every minute of him as a baby.