Losing his first tooth!

At the end of December we visited the dentist and he noticed that Jackson had a slightly loose tooth. Jackson was VERY excited to hear this. We were sure that it would take a long time for it to fall out, so we were telling him it probably wouldn't be until summer that is came out. Well, we sure were wrong. Of course he played with it all the time and finally in March it started to get quite loose. Then we noticed that the adult tooth was already growing in behind it. That was something I didn't think about and it looked really weird. Apparently that adult tooth decided it was time for the baby tooth to come out! So, he twisted and he turned....

And he ate apples just hoping that would help it fall out! And of course I encouraged this~he ate at least one apple a day for several weeks.

On April 9 we left to go to Mark and Diana's for a night. That day and night it was really bothering him. It was hanging by a string and it was hurting him. He even couldn't fall asleep that night because it hurt so bad. The next morning we got up and went to Cabela's and after that we met Mark and Diana for lunch at Taco Bell. We were all enjoying our meal and Jackson came up to me and said "Look Mom!" I looked and his tooth was in his hand. He said that he took a bite of his taco and felt something hard. What do you know~after all his hard work it just came out while biting into a taco!! He was so excited and of course we had a little celebration for him. That night we went to Church with Mark and Diana and her family and Jackson told them all that he had lost his first tooth and they gave him $5.00. Wow was he excited!!

The first pic of my little man minus a tooth. Oh is he really that old already?????? It made me a little sad, but what an exciting thing for Jackson. Now~what does a tooth fairy leave these days??

I suppose I am a bad Mom because I'm not so good at playing along with these things. Jackson already know that it is just Dad and Mom and not really the tooth fairy. We tried to play along by telling him to make sure he leaves his tooth under his pillow so that the tooth fairy can leave him something. He looks at me and says "Mom, I know it's just you!" We still managed to get in there unnoticed and left him a little treat. He was probably disapointed with the "tooth fairy" because earlier that night he got $5, but this tooth fairy doesn't leave that much money!!!