Spoiled, A Brat, or In Pain?

     Our sweet baby boy has been getting a little clingy lately.  He cried for the first time the other day when I dropped him off at the gym, but I think (hope) it's because another child was crying as his mama dropped him off.  He didn't cry long, and when I returned the nursery worker said he had been, "just perfect," so it wasn't THAT bad.
     In another news, he's been the sweetest child during the day, laughing, cooing, and babbling.  But once 5pm hits, oh he's a different child.  He swats at us (especially when I try to wipe his face), throws his toys into the floor repeatedly (and doesn't think it's funny), and just cries or fusses for no reason.  He normally sits in his high chair and eats his puffs while Mark and I sit at the table and eat our supper.  Last night, Mark had to put him in his crib with toys for a "timeout from Mama and Daddy" time.  He cried, on and off, while we finished our supper, but it's exhausting trying to talk over him as he makes noise.  It did all of us good because Mark and I could carry on a conversation and he liked us more, once we went and got him.
     Then, for the past few nights, Marcus has cried big ol' crocodile tears when we put him to bed.  He'll be fine for the first 10 minutes or so, talking, rolling around, and playing in his crib.  But when he realizes we're not coming back, he SCREAMS.  If we go pick him up or give him a paci, he's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine, so we were wondering...is he in pain (possibly his teeth?), or is he just spoiled rotten? :)
     There are plenty of books about this whole parenting thing, but in the end, it all boils down to how Mark and I are going to handle certain situations as we raise him.  Crying and being fussy because you're in pain are different than just being a brat.  But at this age, how can you tell which it is?  Oh well, we'll keep reading and working with him, but in the mean time, he's still just the cutest thing we've ever laid our eyes on...even when he is losing his mind.

This week Marcus and I were able to go hang out with Adelyn.  While she was taking a nap, Marcus tried out all her gear.

Deer in the headlights?

Look how long and pretty Adelyn's eyelashes are!

Trying to keep the two lovebirds apart. :)

I didn't know this but Bruegger's Bagels gives a free bagel to every child 2 and under so this week Marcus tried his first bagel.  He LOVED it!

He gnawed, sucked, chewed, and gummed this thing to death.