Toothless

No, not the dragon :) Nathaniel finally lost his first tooth last Saturday.  Seven and a half years old and he thought he'd never lose one. Joshua was the same way a few years back. He was about 7 3/4 when he lost his first one.  Anyway, Nathaniel was a trooper and worked on that tooth a good part of Saturday afternoon and evening. Finally, about 830 he decided that he needed some help to get it out because it was hanging by a thread (he kept asking me to show him the thread or string that I kept saying it was hanging by...cute kid). 

 

Finally getting to use the loony bird tooth pillow Grandma Lorrayne made him for his birthday!

Another finally - he filled up his jewel bottle - now to decide the reward for that!!
Each jewel represents choosing the right, or doing something difficult that he really didn't want to do, but in the end decided to do (lots of make up homework when he was sick, taking antibiotics when he despises medicine, getting that tooth out even thought it kinda' hurt and wasn't fun).

 

 

 

 

 

And here he is, cute little Nathaniel at about 6 1/2 months in March of 2007 with his first tooth (which is also the first one that he lost).

And here is a post that mentions that first tooth coming through...seems like it was just yesterday, not seven years ago!
http://leehappenings.blogspot.com/2007/03/oh-yes-oh-yes-its-springtime.html
That was on his Great-Grandpa Ken's 79th birthday.