Here comes the Tooth Fairy!

The big day that we have been waiting for has finally arrived...

Luke lost his first tooth this morning!

He presented it to us as soon as he woke up.  Honestly, I'm surprised he didn't swallow it in his sleep.

I guess tonight will mark the tooth fairy's first visit to our house!

Life's lessons

Mia watches Luke's every move these days, and tries to do everything that he does. Now, this isn't always beneficial, but on this particular night, Luke was teaching his little sister good oral hygiene.

I just love watching them together and seeing the way that she looks at him. Precious and priceless.

Two front teeth!

Mia finally has them - and she looks so cute, and so grown up!

Of course, none of these pictures really show them all that well, but we'll try again soon.

Graduated!

Mia graduated to the big girl highchair this week. She's loving it and so are we! It's so nice to have her at the table with us. She is still pretty small for it, but she was starting to really be able to throw herself out of the Bumbo.

In other food news, Mia continues to eat everything we've presented. We've recently added zucchini, watermelon, honeydew, plums, and spinach to her repertoire. The Beaba Babycook, a new kitchen gadget for us, has made all of the difference. It makes it very easy to make a puree in not much time at all.

And, this just in: our little girl now has TWO teeth. Her other bottom front tooth came through this past week!!

Tahoe firsts

Sometimes it seems like everything happens at once - things change overnight. I guess this is especially true in the world of parenting.

While we were in Tahoe this past weekend, Mia got her first tooth - the lower front left one. I can practically see the one right next to it through the gumline, so I'm sure that it will be in any day now also. Funny thing is, I still remember Luke's first tooth; it came through when we were in Tahoe over MLK weekend in 2008. Once Mia's tooth is really visible, I'll post another picture. Until then, rest assured that she is letting me know that she isn't all that happy about these teething pains. We've been up every several hours at night for the past 5 nights or so. Fun times!

Mia also took her first ride on a swing over the weekend. She loved it. LOVED it! She squealed and kicked her legs and smiled the entire time ... just like her brother did when he first tried out the swing. Looks like we're going to need to get another swing in the backyard!

And crawling - she'll be doing it pretty soon. Over the weekend I noticed her trying to push herself forward using her feet. She was also starting to get the idea of getting her knees underneath her. Now this I was NOT ready for :(. A preschooler and a crawler is a whole new ballgame.