Ok, I know, Christmas is over, but Jeremiah did lose his very first tooth ever yesterday. We had that close call when he bumped his mouth after crashing off his scooter, but this was his baby tooth on the bottom. I didn't even know it was loose. He came into the room yelling, "Mommy, my tooth is loose!" I asked to see and feel it and it was definitely loose. It wasn't ready to pull, but soon. I told him it would fall out soon and he just cried. I assured him it was ok and that his teeth were supposed to fall out for new and bigger ones to grow in. You'd think he'd know this with three siblings whose teeth he's watched me pull with dental floss!

Anyway, I told him to keep wiggling it and it would soon be out. He crawled under the coffee table (his new alone place where I find him often now) and told Louis (our cat) that he had a loose tooth. Minutes later, he screamed, "My tooth fell out! I pulled it out!" Sure enough, he had wiggled so hard that he pulled his own tooth right out. There it was in his hand, mouth bloody, look of panic on his face. I clapped and congratulated him and then cleaned him up. He wasn't prepared for the blood. When daddy got home, he ran excited to tell him. We found a box to keep it and all future lost teeth in.

Other than that, we're relieved the holidays are over.  Jeremiah did not handle the stress of the hustle and bustle well.  We had lots of meltdowns, rages, and crying spells.  I was almost ready to call Dr. Rao and suggest an appointment earlier than our regularly scheduled one a few weeks from now, but this week seems to be going smoother.  

We are anxious to get back to school next week.  After seeing a neat shelving unit a friend's kids got for their room for Christmas, and then helping another friend organize for an open house, I have been desiring an open shelf with bins for our living room between the bar stools for Jeremiah's toys and small educational gadgets.  In closets and cabinets they are too much out of sight and, as a result, out of mind for him and I both. 

Anyway, Michaela has befriended a little girl in our neighborhood whose mom I met yesterday.  When we went to pick Michaela up from a little playdate with her daughter last evening, she said, "By the way, I have this shelf I have been meaning to get rid of.  Before I throw it away, do you have a need for it?"  God is so good!!  Anyway, here it is and Jeremiah was more than excited to fill the bins with some of his favorite things.  I'm hoping it makes school mornings a little less stressful with him having to wait for his turn and find things to do to occupy himself while I work with the others.