A few weeks ago Ireland came to Chris and told him her front tooth hurt. He took a quick look at it and knew why right away. She had her adult tooth growing in behind her baby tooth. Her baby tooth was a little loose but not much... the adult tooth was almost half way grown in behind it! Crazy!!! She has been working at her baby tooth for about 3 weeks now.
On Monday night it looked like this:
We thought for sure it was ready to come out. I refused to try and pull it (gross) so it became Chris' job. Since he has baseball mitts for hands, he decided to use some thread to pull it out...
Ireland was really brave and didn't mind at all. It took a lot of concentration on Chris' part.
He tired a few times to get the tooth out, but it wasn't ready... So we left it alone for the night.
Thursday night came around and Ireland said it was too hard to eat dinner because her tooth wouldn't let her bite her food. After another quick look it was obvious that it was ready to come out. Chris didn't even bother with thread... he just yanked it out! No tears on Ireland's part or anything! She did get a little freaked out when she saw the blood in her mouth after... but she handled it really well!
She was really worried that her tooth was going to get lost under her pillow and the ToothFairy wasn't going to be able to find it. So she decided to decorate an envelope and put her tooth inside there. She was very excited and proud of her creation! She even wrote on the outside, "Tooth inside" so the ToothFairy wouldn't be confused.
The next morning she checked under her pillow and she found another envelope just for her...
Inside she found some money...
and a letter!
After reading her letter she quickly counted her money... $5!!!! She decided she was going to put it in her piggy bank and save it up with all the rest of the her tooth money and buy something awesome, "like maybe a Buzz Lightyear or something!"
It's safe to say she was one happy 5 year old! Every single person she saw on Friday she had to tell them she lost a tooth. That includes the receptionist at my doctor, the nurse and doctor, every mom and kid outside her classroom door, and all our neighbors!
Just one more step to being a "growing up" and it is all happening so fast!!! :o)
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Losing teeth and riding with no training wheels, say it ain't so! It seems like yesterday she was learning to talk! How fun for her that the tooth fairy is such an artist.
Catch the Tooth Fairy in the act and prove she is real when that tooth pops out:
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How awesome Ireland. I am so proud of you. I am also proud of your Dad too. I love your letter to the tooth fairy and I also love the letter that she wrote to you. You are a aswsome little girl. Gran love's you.
that is one awesome blog!!! :o) love how you can see her excitement in the pictures- and i can just hear her telling everyone about her lost tooth! :o)
I can't believe it either! I was so excited for her when she called me! Love. It.
Dude, $5?!?!?
Man, the Tooth Fairy jipped me. I only got quarters!
I can't believe she is old enough to lose teeth! That means Jackson isn't far behind. YIKES! Where did our babies go?
Sooo cute! Camdyn had told me that Ireland had lost her tooth. She was super excited for her cousin! Side note: I don't know if Mya's tooth fairy is going to be as generous as Ireland's!
That was an adorable story,Ireland you are so brave, Daddy is your hero, thanks mommie for such an awesome blog.
I can't believe the inflation since the last time the tooth fairy visited me! I hope you don't lose too many too fast because how would you eat? I love you!Aunt Missy
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