A Toothless Wonder!

A proud moment! Jonah did it - he shed his 1st AND 2nd baby tooth/teeth. :)
Above: Before, with all 20 baby teeth neatly in place.
Below: Bottom 2 teeth conveniently "removed" (we'll call it)...

... Jonah proudly showing his new look!

So the story goes like this:
After a month or two of a somewhat wiggly bottom tooth, one day in May, Jonah made the "mistake" (?) of showing Jared how extremely wiggly his tooth now was. SO Jared decided the tooth had to GO. We all filed upstairs to our bathroom where Jared proceeded to "lasso" the tooth with dental floss. However, Jonah wouldn't hold still long enough for Jared to attempt the extraction that way. It did, however, cause some "disruption" in the gums, which then started to bleed a little. So Jared, under the guise of wanting to simply "dab" the blood and saliva out of Jonah's mouth and away from the offending tooth, Jared grabbed a tissue and wrapped it around the tooth. After waiting the obligatory 5 seconds, to confirm the task at hand, Jared made an executive decision. With a quick jerk, the tooth was no longer attached but was now resting in said tissue. With a look of concern/fear/confusion, Jonah looked at Jared as Jared proclaimed, "What?! What just happened? Look what's in my tissue!!" Jonah stared in awe, ran to the mirror & immediately showed off his toothless grin! (...and... a quick repeat for tooth # 2 and that was that!) It was quite a scene. Merrik is of course now asking when he will loose a tooth and get a visit from The Toothfairy!

OH - the TOOTHFAIRY! So, that night, the teeth were placed neatly under Jonah's pillow. The following morning, which would've otherwise been a quiet Sunday morn, Jonah came bouncing into our bedroom at 6:00am, literally yelling, "LOOK WHAT THE TOOTHFAIRY BROUGHT ME!!!!", whilst waving his monetary treasure for all to see. In spite of being torn from a peaceful sleep, it was very cute!