All is well that Ends Well

Yesterday, Gabe and I walked to the park as a respite from the packing/unpacking that has consumed our lives for the last two weeks. At one point Gabe was climbing up a slide (with an incline of about 2% - it's the toddler slide) and fell, hitting his chin. He cried like crazy for about 30 seconds, but after rinsing his mouth out with water and getting a good look I decided he had merely bit his tongue on both sides and all would be well. He calmed down and insisted on playing more, so off he went. He was a bit cranky on our walk home, which I blamed on the fact that he's used to riding in the car to get anywhere, not walking in the stroller. But after a very short nap and noticing that his tooth was looking a bit funny, I decided to take a better look in his mouth. That's when I realized the park incident caused more injuries than a hurt tongue - he broke his tooth! The crack only manifested itself in the back, with the front face holding the tooth together. I called the pediatric dentist about one minute after they closed and left a message. But we became very good friends with the whole office this afternoon after spending the majority of our day there. Gabe now has one less tooth. Until he's 5 or 6 anyway.

So, Uncle Andrew, next time you ask for that big smile, this is what you'll see...


(minus the drug-induced hangover look)

Leg pits and more

Gabe thinks out loud much of the day and will announce what he's just about to do. This proves quite useful when he plans on hitting someone or getting into some other sort of mischief. During his bath, he'll announce what body part he's about to wash. Tonight he said "leg pit" and I looked over to see what he meant - and there he was washing behind his knees.

And some random pictures from the last few weeks...

Gabe loves when we let him "go on" the website: www.starfall.com. He loves his dad way more though.

He's also taken to helping me bake.

We've taken a couple of trips to NOLA and he's had a ton of fun with cousins, aunts, uncles, GG, and Pops. Unfortunately, I'm terrible at taking the camera out when we're there so we don't have a ton of pictures.

This is Gabe's cousin, Claire. She thought it was really funny I put her bow on her tongue. Sorry Caroline.