*there's a tooth and some phobias

Do you remember when we had a teething false alarm? That was back in July! And we have heard "he's probably teething" ever since. This time there is actually a real tooth. Will is 13.5 months old, which would be 11 months old if you correct for prematurity...so either way he is pretty late in the tooth department. This time we are absolutely sure there is a tooth there because you can see it, feel it with your finger, and the pediatrician confirmed it is there! Stay tuned for photo evidence. And that little rough white spot that was on his gums back in July? The tooth isn't even in that spot. It has been there ever since! A cyst I guess.

Since this has come up several times lately I thought I would also make a record today of Will's current phobias:
*balloons
*hats

He didn't like the balloons at his birthday party. That one is sort of understandable...but hats? We first noticed that he cried when his Daddy put on a hat at home. Then one day I went to pick him up from daycare and he was screaming but no one knew why. I looked around and saw that there was a father there picking up his child who was wearing a hat. As soon as I walked Will into another room where he couldn't see the hat he calmed down. Here is where I am going with all of these details - he also starts to cry sometimes when there he sees a new/strange man. We missed his first opportunity to meet Santa last weekend because he was sick. Next weekend will be his second chance to meet Santa. Assuming everyone is well and able to get there this time, we wonder how a situation of meeting a new man in a hat is going to go! And if there are balloons nearby I'm guessing Santa will not get a warm welcome from Will. Check back for news and hopefully pictures of how that goes.

Pictures from this week. 

One day he woke up with this cute little hairstyle:

And here is Will and the snow at our house this morning!