Conner looses his first teeth!!!

Yep, not just one, but TWO! He has had one supremely loose tooth since before Christmas and with a new one coming in behind it, we were all working hard to encourage him to pull it out. Lots of time passed & sure enough the one next to it became equally loose. We were getting to the point they either had to be pulled by him or a dentist. We made the appointment and hoped for the best. These parents didn't enjoy the thought of having to pay the dentist $146 per tooth, especially considering they were hanging on by a thread. Yet we wanted this experience to be good for Conner.

Monday before the dentist appointment came, it also happened to be Mommy's birthday, so as we walked him in to brush I hinted that it would be the best birthday gift ever if he would pull them out. His little heart just struggled with this, he was so scared it would hurt and bleed. Daddy suggested he help him brush just this once and Conner hesitantly let him, his little body knew something was up. Steve did a fantastic job, with just a little pressure, the first one was out!!!! Celebrations ensued, he was just beaming. What came next was pure brilliance, Steve took a napkin and asked Conner to sit on his lap so he could "dab" at the little bit of blood and stealthy took care of tooth # 2 without Conner even noticing! We are so proud of you Conner and thank you very much for doing it on my birthday, I will never forget how happy you were and excited for that tooth fairy to come!!!!!

The impossible task of getting him to open up and show off his missing teeth ended badly and thus this is the best shot we got. Bottom row, front two!