Andrew Anecdotes ~ First Tooth Lost

It finally happened! Andrew lost his first tooth. I thought the kid was going to follow in my footsteps and have to get his teeth pulled. The kid had been working hard at wiggling that tooth and I think he may have even broken the root and that is what really got it loose and wiggly. So, on February 1, 2012, he was bugging me to pull it for him. It was just hanging there. However, mommy does NOT do teeth. Loose teeth totally gross me out, so daddy pulled it when he came home from work. I have to say it's a good thing they didn't do it in the bathroom because it bled a lot and neither Marc or Andrew do blood. The tooth even had a little bit of the root left, but it was ready to come out. The permanent tooth was already there waiting. The funny thing is, that his second permanent tooth just broke through and his baby tooth is just starting to get wiggly. So, we may have to get some teeth pulled anyway. Let's hope not.

Our neighbor made this tooth pillow for him when

he was born. The Tooth Fairy put a dollar coin in the pocket.

If you look close you can see his

permanent tooth.

Here it is, root and all.

He doesn't look so sure about this tooth pulling thing here.

See, it was a little bloody. Andrew doesn't know this

or we'd NEVER be able to pull another tooth.

Christmas 2011

Forgive me for taking SOOOOOOOOO long to post this and for the pictures being out of order. For whatever reason I couldn't move them around like usual. We had a great Christmas. We went to El Paso and got to spend a lot of time with family. We didn't get to stay as long as we wanted because he had to rush home so Andrew could get his tonsils out. He was so excited for Christmas this year and to see all his cousins. To top it off he only threw up once on the car ride there. It even snowed while we were there. The twins on the other hand had no idea what was going on but liked having a lot of attention.

After 3 years, the Kirkland's finally have a play kitchen.

Santa left this at our house (he knew it was too big to fit in the car)

and Andrew was so surprise to find it when

we got home.

Here are the kids with their stockings. Timothy had no
problem saying
"Chocolate!"

Santa brought Andrew mostly sporting equipment.

He must have known Andrew was starting a new sport.

Playing with their tub letters and numbers while

wearing their backpacks that they love.

A bat and shinguards

The tree after Santa came. The

Twins' piles look so pathetic compared to

Andrew's pile.

Coming to see their toys.

Mean Daddy made the poor kid wait

like an hour before waking the babies up

so we could check out the tree.

Here they are ALL smiling on Christmas Eve.

Say cheese Great-grandpa Arthur

YAY! Matching outfits!

4 out of 5 smiles ain't bad!

Getting her hair rolled for the first time.

Minus the hair she looks just like Andrew here.