We've got a tooth!

The day is here, the day I dreaded for both Sophie and Tripp ... tooth day is here. Tripp has a tooth! Ugh.

Was that a little dramatic for an opening line? LOL I'm serious though. I just have never wanted my kids to get teeth. I was lucky enough to be able to stare at that sweet, gummy smile of Sophie's for 9 months, but I guess I'm out of time with Tripp's gummy smile. I know Tripp will be cute as a button with a tooth, but I love his little gummy smile oh so much and I'm just not ready to give that sweet smile up. Plus, I swear it seems like when a baby gets a tooth he or she just looks that much older. I don't want my baby to look any older. He's my baby and now that he has a tooth I feel like he'll speed right thru to toddler-hood.

Tripp's tooth came through on Saturday, 9/20. It's very hard to see, but you can feel it. It looks like he may get another 6 teeth any day now. Seriously! I better hurry up and take a few more pictures of his gummy smile before the tooth becomes very noticeable. :-)

As parents, you all know how a "first" anything is a momentous occasion. Nobody wants to be away from their babies when they experience a "first", even a first tooth. I'm sure that is why the tooth popped through on Saturday. John and I were out of town. The kids were staying with John's sister and mom. Grandma Nancy and Aunt TaTa called to tell us that Tripp had a tooth. We were in Boston at the UCF game and, believe it or not, I actually cried to hear the news. Both because I didn't want him to get a tooth yet (we already covered that) and because he got it when I wasn't there.

I guess the silver lining in all this is Tripp isn't bothered by the teething process. He slept all night and just woke up with a tooth. No crying, no night waking, nothing .... just a tooth! That's much better than some of the horror teething stories I've heard. Knock on wood, let's hope it's like that with all the other teeth that still have to come in.