And the tooth is out!

So, Michael's tooth FINALLY is out! Any last minute votes on how it came out before you read . . . ?

Well, mom and I thought for sure that he lost it at his game on Wed night, because while playing left field, he kept pulling at something in his mouth. At first we thought he had dirt or grass in the way, then we both remembered his tooth and guessed it had fallen out. In the end, it was the sunflower seed shell that he was still eating on! (Guess mommy didn't explain them well enough when I sent them with him-- not in the field, only on the bench!-- anyways. Here's his before picture tonight.


Then here's him letting Daddy try to pull it out again. We tried last night too. We counted down from 10 as a group but it slipped from Daddy's fingers! Tonight Isaiah counted down from 5 by himself (I was impressed) for Daddy & Michael . . .5 . . . 4 . . . (Michael doesn't really even look worried does he? Big smile under there :) ) 3 . . . 2 . . . 1






And Daddy PULLED REALLY HARD . . . (yes, only one try, and yes, somehow I snapped at the right moment!) . . . And next is the bloody mouth picture.



Just kidding mom, you can uncringe. I did take one, but I didn't post it here.

Finally, we have Michael, with much bigger holes in his smile, and his lost tooth safely tucked away in his tooth fairy pillow that Great Grandma Ginia made for him.

At the beginning of this school year, it being the first year that Michael attended St. Marks, I had most every teacher that Michael encounter tell me that he has THE BEST SMILE, or HIS SPIRIT JUST SHINES THROUGH THAT SMILE. Everyone, library, PE, music, all his teachers commented to me on his smile. . . Can you imagine what this "best smile" is
going to look like when the other top tooth (which is also pretty loose at the moment) falls out? How he'll eat, I don't know!

BTW- His first tooth he let Daddy pull too (I had been teasing him to let me, and he said I could. So I started and grabbed ahold of it and then, realizing that he was serious, I chickened out and made Daddy do the dirty work!). His second fell out one night at supper. His 3rd he lost when he and Daddy had their boys trip to CO- just noticed at the end of the day that it was gone. His 4th tooth, I honestly can't remember, I'll have to ask Daddy or Michael. And #5-Daddy pulled it!

So, there was ONE person who voted he'd let Daddy pull it--- Who was the correct voter? ? ?