The Tooth Fairy Strikes Again

For the second time this year, the tooth fairy will be visiting our house.  This time it was forced.  Stephen had an opening in hygiene today and it was time for Cavett to have his cleaned.  After his cleaning and exam with no cavities, it was pretty clear that the lower tooth he had been wiggling for several months needed to come out.  His adult tooth was coming in too far behind. 

I am so proud of Cavett.  I sat with him as Dad was ever so gentle and very strategic in word and needle as he numbed Cavett up.  Cavett said the first little bit of medicine gave him a little pinch, but he didn't feel it the second or third time and that it felt really funny and fat after a bit.  The "pliers" were grabbed, a bit of blood showed; I became queasy and sat down on the chair with Cavett.  The tooth still had a pretty good root on it.  Next came the "scaler" and more blood; I was light-headed.  The whole time Cavett is cool as a cucumber.  The tooth came out and that is when it really hit me, but "whew" it was over!

The good news is: when you have to get a tooth pulled at the dentist, the tooth fairy brings you more money.  We'll see how much there is in the "tooth fairy" wallet...

On another note, both boys belt tested today in Karate.  Cavett is now a Camoflouge belt and will go to a new class.  Kendrick is now an orange Tiger belt.  This means more time doing after school activites and waiting for classes, since there is not enough time to go home and come back between classes since they aren't back to back....

Snaggle-Toothed

It's happening.  My little boy is getting adult teeth.  This is a huge milestone!  They are actually called adult teeth.  He is one step closer to adulthood.  He is loosing those sweet tiny teeth he was born with and will soon have what seems to be monstrous teeth compared to his little smile. 

We first noticed it a little wiggly about 3 weeks ago and encouraged wiggling.  By this past Tuesday he began complaining of that tooth hurting, so I knew those roots were gone and short sharp stubs were left.  I asked him on Friday before I left to wait and try not to pull it until his Dad and I got home on Sunday.  But, that was not possible.  It was bugging him so bad that he sat in church with Grandmama and wiggled it the entire time.

After they got back home, he went off alone and yanked the thing out of his head.  He said it didn't hurt and that there was very little blood.  No big deal. 

For the past 2 years if you would have asked him what he wants to be when he grows up, he would say that he wants to be a dentist like his Dad.  He is now well underway to that goal, with his first tooth pulled by himself.  If he follows this path, this is only one of a lifetime he will get to pull.

No matter how many holes there are, I will still always love that heart-melting smile.

First Haircut

On Saturday we attempted to get the boys' haircut, but the wait was about 30 minutes and we had dinner to get toat a friend's house. We then thought about doing it on Sunday, but their naps went too long. So, today was the day, come rain or shine. I wanted Stephen there with me because this was to be Kendrick's first haircut and I might need help wrestling the two. I was correct.

First off, we got to Sports Clips and the wait was about 15 minutes. Fine, we waited. Unfortunately, Stephen's favorite girl, Betty, and the one that normally cut Cavett's hair was still busy and we were offered another girl. I think this might have been her first week. With Cavett's hair, she took forever and in the mean time nicked the middle of the back bad enough that Betty had to come over and "smooth" it out.

In the mean time, Kendrick was a handful. He didn't want to be held, and he was a bit fussy. Finally, his turn came. He sat on Dad's lap and the cape was put around his neck. Originally we were going to go for a trim of the mullet in the back and then over the ears. But, this girl got ahold of the #4 and went at it ALL OVER!!! My poor baby doesn't look like a baby anymore. (sniff, sniff) He was ok with it until the small trimmer came out for his neck and over the ears. By that point he was done with the manipulating of his head and neck. I tried poking a few raisins in his mouth here and there, but nothing helped. He is still adorable, but the cute "baby-ness" is gone.

An hour and a half after we walked into the joint, we were walking out with 2 crying kids. What a scene we made. (Cavett didn't earn a lollipop.) It was quite a moment and I'll never take the boys at 4:45 in the afternoon again. I think I'd rather wrestle them both on my own when the place is empty.

And, yes, Kendrick cried all the way home and once we got inside. Let's hope that maybe it was just that he was hungry, and not traumatized. Or maybe it's that a molar is trying to pop through?

Fangs

This week Kendrick has gotten more teeth in. As you may know, he got the bottom two all at once. Now the top two are in and they aren't the middle two! He has fangs. It's pretty funny looking, but it is normal. I remember my sister Karen's teeth coming in that way.

He has started making some really funny faces too as he feels these new teeth with his lips. The two centrals are in the process of errupting and should be here by next week. So, this stage won't last for long.

He has definitely got the crawling action down, but can't decide on the army, bear or regular crawl. Two nights ago he even pulled up on the bathtub faucet. He's growing up as they do, all too fast.

We are now off to Grand Saline for the weekend, with the "Core"--Brenda, Isabela, Crystal, Sammy, Anna, and Crazy Mark!

He's made Dad proud!

It looks as if Kendrick has hit another milestone. Last night he was really fussy when trying to go down for the night. At one point I put my finger in his mouth to let him suck on it and low and behold his 2 bottom teeth had ruptured through the gum, just barely. When we went to the Dr. last week she said it looked like they were on the way, but I didn't expect them this fast!