The Tooth Fairy has arrived

Joshua lost his first tooth on Wednesday night. He wasn't quite sure about the whole Tooth Fairy thing, so I'm glad I started planning ahead when he first told us his tooth was loose. I went to the bank and got "Tooth Fairy" money (i.e. $2 bills and $1 gold coins) and inquired with friends about the current value of a tooth. Gary actually finally helped the tooth out as it had been hanging on by a thread all afternoon. Before bed, we decided it needed to come out. Gary only put his fingernail underneath the tooth and it came out without pain or drama. Joshua got $5 for his first tooth and the Tooth Fairy must have lost some fairy dust during her visit, as Joshua awoke to fairy dust on his pillow. He lost his bottom tooth, but you can't really tell, because his adult tooth is already practically there.

Meanwhile, my sweet 7 month-old Macy is growing teeth. Her bottom 2 teeth erupted in January. I tried to get a picture of them, but she wouldn't cooperate.