Teeth!

We have known that Charlotte was close to having her first tooth since around New Years.  She was pretty fussy around New Years and we could feel a huge lump in her gums so we were hopeful that this tooth would come in before our trip to California so that Charlotte wouldn't be in pain.  However, our trip came and went and Charlotte became less fussy and her tooth never showed.  She would occasionally cry as if she was in pain sometimes and orajel would take away her discomfort so we knew that a tooth was coming it was just going to be a matter of how long it took to get here.

Sunday before last (the 17th) when we felt her gums we felt the razor sharp edges of her first little tooth!  We couldn't ever get her to open up enough for a picture (or even for us to see the tooth for a few days) but we could feel it and she was much happier.  My parents were out of town all week and so when my Mom saw Charlotte on Friday she pulled down on her bottom jaw to see if she could see the tooth and she told me there were two teeth!  That was news to me!  Jason had looked at her teeth Thursday night and there was only one so the second tooth must have come through Thursday night.  Charlotte was such a trooper with that one since we didn't even know it was coming and didn't give her anything before she went to bed Thursday night!  Here's a picture from Saturday with both of her teeth.  The left tooth (facing her) came in first and then the right tooth.

It seems like she's such a big girl now that she has teeth!  She has been chewing puffs, pancakes, really anything that goes into her mouth for a long time now but now when she chews I see little teeth working!  And Mom got her some new books and they already have real live teeth marks on them!  Here are some other pictures from Saturday when we were taking pictures of her teeth.