The Tooth


“It’s loose, it’s loose!  I finally have a wiggly tooth!”  

We were all excited, as we had begun to wonder if any teeth would ever fall out of his little mouth.  Each visit to the dentist would be greeted with all is well and don’t worry.  First through kindergarten, then through first grade, his teeth had remained solidly in place.  But now the teeth were finally loose. 

We were so excited!  But quickly we realized that even though they were loose, they did not plan on leaving their spot in Ryan’s mouth anytime soon.  For many months the bottom front teeth wiggled.  The adult tooth slowly emerged from the gum behind the tooth and yet the baby teeth remained stubbornly in place.  So the weeks past and every once in a while Dave or I would ask Ryan how his tooth was.  We would do a check, but they were not ready yet.

Finally, Thursday, September, 13, 2012 on a routine check it was determined that the tooth was loose enough to try pulling.  With a quick pull Dave helped Ryan loose his first tooth.  Two weeks into 2nd grade the Ryan’s first baby tooth had been lost!

Ryan was very excited.  He jumped and ran around and posed for pictures.  Ryan called Nana and Papa, Grandma Rosi, and Uncle John.  He retold his story with each phone call with great pride.  It was very hard for Ryan to fall asleep that night.
Ryan holds his tooth in his special tooth holder.






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Little Robin

Image
Working from home has brought me the opportunity to increase my appreciation of my home and nature around. Every year a pair of robins tries to build a nest above my front door. Normally we keep cleaning it off and work hard to keep that nest from forming above the door, but this year I decided to let them construct their nursery. Everyone was excited when four little blue eggs were added to the nest and we all watched eagerly, waiting daily for the eggs to hatch. Then one day, we saw one of the robins bending down and sure enough, four little birds were in the nest. They were so small that their beaks did not even reach the top of the nest when they opened their mouth for their parents to feed them. Day by day they grew until we looked yesterday, and it almost looked like four grown robins in the nest. They started bantering for spots and occasionally moved (or were pushed) out on to the window ledge. It seemed like overnight the birds had grown from helpless to ready to leave.
Read more

The New Puppy

Image
Hi, my name is Jean Luc.   13 years ago I was adopted into the Nolan family and became Laura and Dave’s first child.   Life was great for the first 3 years.   Then one day they brought home a baby.   I punished my mom for 6 months and would not sit with her.   Unfortunately, it did not work and the baby stayed, so I gave up and went back to sitting on my mom’s shoulder.    So we all settled into life. Three years later they showed up with another baby.   By this time I had learned how to ignore these little people and it really did not bother me.   They did their thing and I did my thing.   Turns out that only worked so well.   I guess boys want dogs and my being cranky was not working for them. Ryan kept begging for a dog.   My parents almost gave in last fall, but when they took me to meet the dog at the humane society, I acted scared and my mommy felt bad for me.   But then this weekend happened.   Nana and Papa took mommy and the boys to a pet expo, next thing I know is
Read more
Image
Good Bye By Bandit Since Jean Luc was the one who introduced me to this blog, mom decided that I should be the one to write the goodbye to my brother.  I joined the family 3 years ago and during that time we became good buddies.  At first, I do not think that Jean Luc was very fond of me, but in the end, we could often be found sleeping side by side.  I would also run and wake him up if he did not wake up when the family came home, so that he would not miss out on our family time.   Jean Luc's was much older than me, in fact, he would have been 17 years old on July 7th. My mom and dad joked that he was their first child, at least that is what it felt like when they first brought him home and he woke them up at night.  When you look back on it the fact that Jean Luc and Dave and Laura found each other is a miracle from God in the first place.   It was Labor Day 1999, and Dave and Laura decided to use the long weekend to visit Dave's mom, Rosi.  Since it was a 1
Read more