At the beginning of the year, whilst wrestling, we noticed that your front two teeth were loose!
"Oh yeah!" you noted. And then went back to wrestling.
Flash forward to early February. We went out to eat hamburgers. We finished the hamburgers. The waiter took our trays away. Your Mommy said "Aidan, wait a second...look at me? smile? Your Tooth is GONE!"
"Oh yeah!" you noted.
We didn't see the tooth anywhere at all... so we all assume it went to the same places that the hamburger went: down the hatch and then down the drain!
But look at that smile!
You wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy, and she still gave you a shiny coin!
As this partially completed writing indicates, you have teeth on the brain!
And so it went for a few weeks, with a handsome-looking gap in the front.
Until...TACO TUESDAY! You were eating the taco...plucked this bad boy out of your mouth...and then went back to eating the Taco!
And now look at THIS handsome face!
The tooth fairy took the tooth this time, and still gave you a lovely present: a shiny gold coin!
You are growing up so fast, and sometimes the changes are clear as the hole in your smile!
But don't worry...it looks like even more changes are coming soon!
Mid-dinner...Mid-Hamburger, you nonchalantly said "I loosed it."
We looked at you.
You slowly smiled and showed us your tooth in your hand.
"I almost swallowed it but I spit it out!"
Your sister pulled you over to see:
"There's some blood!"
Your Mommy helped you out with that one. Not the mustard though.
And then you let me see it!
We kept it in a little ketchup container for the rest of the meal.
You are now a TWO-Fer!
Look at that smile!
The tooth fairy came for your tooth that night. And, as you discovered in the morning, she'd left you a shiny gold coin! Way cooler than the five dollar bill she left you for your first tooth, apparently!
You were so kind that you gave your sister the tooth fairy pillow with your name and tooth-loss dates on it.
But you kept the coin.
You already have two adult teeth coming in their place.
You are growing up before our eyes, my sweet boy. And although you are the one losing your teeth, if you grow up to fast, your mom and I may be the ones to lose 'it.'
Remember back in late February 2017 when you turned 7 years old and a visit to the Dentist revealed how close you were to losing your first (one or two) front bottom teeth?
Well, over Passovster weekend, it really became clear how wobbly your tooth really was!
Very...very loose! One night I was helping you brush your teeth and we even saw a little bit of blood.
The end of the first baby tooth was nigh! You were so excited. Your sister was jealous.
And then...low and behold...less than a week later we got this amazing text message from Miss Mary, your kindergarten teacher:
"Aidan lost his tooth! We got our tooth necklace on!"
Our big boy's first lost tooth! So crazy! I know it's just a natural event in the growth of any child...but it seems like a milestone of your growth. And it's perfectly timed with new really awesome developments in your maturity and abilities. So, this really is a SWEET tooth to lose!
You really hammed up the GAP at dinner! Rockin' and Rollin' over your first lost tooth!
You left your tooth under your pillow...
Left the tooth fairy a note and a picture that you wrote all by yourself...
"Aidan rrc [you want some r's and a c in your name badly]: Toof Ferree. Jleu (Julia...the name you chose for the Tooth Fairy)"
Drawing is of you on a pillow on your bed with me, and mommy, and julia. And a scribbled-out bad guy.
...and awoke excitedly at 6:40 am in the morning to see that the Tooth Fairy had taken your tooth, and left you a certificate and a FIVE dollar bill!
As it turns out, you're in good company! Your good friend Brady lost his first tooth nearly on the same day!
Good buddies...Gap Kids!
Your smile is as beautiful as ever...and this new gap (soon to be doubled, I assume) is a wonderful reminder of how much you've grown!
Aidan, Julia, I had the pleasure of taking you to your Dentist Appointment the other day! Aidan, it was your second cleaning/appointment, and Julia, it was your first appointment ever!
You both did really, really well. It probably helped that they have little TVs above your chairs that you can watch while the dentist does her thing. But, even so, the gadgets, gizmos, and x-rays they have to take can be a little alarming- but you weren't alarmed at all! You were old dentist pros!
Aidan, you were so brave! And your teeth got a "GRADE A"! So you've done a great job brushing.
Here's a cool x-ray of your teeth- you can see your grown-up teeth coming up. But, even though you're 6 already, she says we won't be having any visits from the tooth fairy for at least one more year! So, we'll see. When do you think your first tooth will fall out? Before or after February 2017?
Julia, you had to hold super still at a crazy standy-uppy x-ray thingy, and you were so brave!
Here's a cool look at your teeth coming in too! You can see your molars about to pop up in the back and a whole mess of adult teeth already in your mouth ready to start pushing up in about 3 years!
Julia, I can't believe it, but you have been out here in the world now for as long as you were in your Mommy's tummy.
In nine months you've gone from this:
To this:
To this:
With every day you grow into a funnier, happier, more complex, more amazing young lady.
You have some issues with sleeping, as in you don't really like to do so more than 4 hours at a time (which is a bit troubling at night) but when you're awake, you're mostly all smiles.
You love to chase your brother and wake him up. But, you don't like it when he messes with you. That said, the foundation of a great friendship is there, and you guys love each other so much. Aidan asks you everyday "Julia, you want play with me? Okay!"
You figured out how to use your eyebrows and do so liberally.
You love to wave hello, and scoot around everywhere in your walker.
But, you're fast enough of a crawler now that the walker just slows you down. You are fast and determined to get where you're going.
You still love to clap and make silly noises. We even think you're trying to say the "J" in your name...it comes out like blowing raspberries...but that's still pretty dang good!
And, on top of all this, you can stand on your own...without assistance!
You do know your name, and respond to it readily, and with a smile.
You're quick with a smile, but also don't mind just contemplating your surroundings.
You also really like to see the world from different perspectives.
You LOVE the dogs' bowls and we constantly have to race you to their water bowl, which you so desperately want to splish splash in.
You're a sweetheart, and you're funny (and you know it), and you love to make people laugh.
And when you get happy, there's no stopping you. Check out this "avocado inspired happiness" from a few days ago, and see the many faces of a 9-month old you:
You have three teeth (all on the bottom), and your top two teeth have just about come through. They'll be here any day.
You officially weigh 18 pounds and are 27 and 3/4 inches tall. That means you are the 50th percentile on weight and height. But, you are at the 100th percentile on awesomeness.
You are a super kid, Julia. And your Mommy and I (and your brother too) are so in love.
The 9-month period that you were growing in your Mommy's belly seems so long ago, and seems like it went by so quickly. But the 9 months that you've been here seem like an eternity; you are amazing and I don't remember life before you joined our growing family.
We love you for all that you are- no sleep and all- and you lighten our days with your beaming smile, your curiosity and your spirit.
The journey continues, and I'm so happy that we're all on it with you, you sweet girl.
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