First Baby Tooth to Go!

Oh man, talk about bittersweet. Cruz lost his very first baby tooth the other day. It was an exciting day but on the inside I thought "waaahhh, my baby is growing up!" Such is life. 

Look at that happy, handsome, gap-toothed face. I just love him.

 He actually already had a little bit of a gap next to the wiggly tooth, so upon closer inspection it looks like he may have lost two, but it really is just one.

I could not believe how itty bitty the tooth was!

Is that a tooth or a grain of rice?

Marveling at his tooth

At his last dental cleaning, they gave him a tooth box for just this occasion.

Cruz said to me "I'm so excited my tooth came out, now I'll be rich!" When I asked him how so, he replied "oh you know Mommy, the tooth fairy gives you money for your teeth. Like $10". Good luck with that kid, we're in an economic recession, haha!

Putting the tooth box under his pillow

The next morning, he found a friendly note from the Tooth Fairy, encouraging him to stay away from too much sugar, and keep up the good work brushing and flossing. She was quite generous still and he scored 5 buckaroos :)

And just like that, another milestone reached. I can't keep up, SIGH.