*toothless*

Ian's 2 front teeth have been lose for about 6 months.

But 2 weeks ago they were so lose he couldn't eat anything

without biting it sideways, using his back teeth.

He even started using his tongue to bite down on food.

And he DID NOT want us to pull them out.

Last Sunday when church was over, he came into the RS room

and his tooth was bloody.

So I took him into the woman's restroom and...VOILA!...

he let me pull it out.

(Here he is when we got home that day)

The next day we woke up to this:

one VERY crooked leftover tooth!

I teased him for a week that he looked like a hillbilly,

but he wouldn't let me touch it!

A few mornings later, he ran into my room

and said that his tooth was gone and had fallen out while he was sleeping.

Go figure!

It just so happened that the tooth fairy visited Alec that same

night for a molar that he lost.

Ian was sure that the tooth fairy pulled it out for him while he was asleep. :)

So now we have a very TOOTHLESS 7-yr-old.

Here we are at his field trip together on Tuesday to Ann Arbor's

Botanical Gardens.

(Blurriness is due to the other 7-yr-old taking the pic.

But I'm just now noticing Ian's red, puffy eyes -

love those allergies!)

And there you have it, folks!

His full, gummy smile up close!

Gotta love those field trip bus rides!