Baby Has A Tooth!!!!

One would think after 7 children going before that the novelty of milestones would wear off at some point or another. But each and every one are still such an amazing miracle to me and I love how interesting it is to see how different each one develops and how much of their own person they all are.

Ivye still seems so little tiny to me......maybe, I suppose, because she is so little tiny. She is a petite little thing with girly dainty little features. And with her bald little head and pierced little ears there's something about her that just says "tiny". Usually the first comment she gets after one hears her age is, "Well, she's just a tiny little thing, isn't she?" Gavin stayed small for a long while too. But somewhere in there he found food and is now holding his own very well in the wrestling matches that go on around here between the 4 little boys. He can jump on the trampoline with the best of them and is now climbing to new heights on the swingset and flying down the slide at breakneck speeds....the same slide that projects him off of the end of it and into the dirt at lightening force speeds. He has the bumps and bruises to prove it.

With Ivye having just had her 5 month birthday exactly a week a go today she is still just now only 5 months old. Teeth have never been known to show up in any of our children until, at the very least, 6 months but more usually around 11-12 months. So, as we played and danced with Ivye today in the middle of the living room floor I noticed some white on her bottom gum. I went to wipe it away thinking it was just a bit of spit up. When it refused to be wiped away I stuck my finger in to swipe it away. When swiping, my finger ran over that infamous rough edge that can only mean one thing. In my unbelieving state I laid her down quickly and pried open her gums to get a better look. There, to my utter shock and amazement, sat her bright shiny new tooth poking through her pink little gums. She set a record for the absolute earliest that any of our's have ever cut teeth.

She is now also rolling around from front to back and back to front like a pro and is almost completely sitting on her own. The differences in children are just amazing and such a miracle to me. We went from Gavin who did not sit up until he was 8 months old and not walking until 17 months to the baby following him cutting teeth and sitting at a mere 5 months. They have all developed in their own time but it is always such an amazing process to me to watch it unfold right before our eyes.

She continues to be the sweetest, happiest thing ever. I seriously think with each and every one that they just get happier and more fun. She captivates the world with her smiley little self as she sits perched in her wrap watching the world go by.

I love her tiny foot peeking out in this one