Hyrum Lost His First Tooth

After waiting patiently for about a month, Hyrum's loose tooth finally came out (with a little help from Daddy).  Hyrum was so brave to let Dave try all sorts of things to get it out.  Pliers, tweezers, floss, string, a balloon and washcloth were all unsuccessful; however, they loosened the tooth enough so that Dave could yank it out with his bare fingers.  The tooth went flying once it came out and landed right down the drain.  Luckily Dave was able to recover it and Hyrum placed it under his pillow with a note which read, "Dear Toothfairy, I want to show my class, for show and tell, my tooth.  Can you please not take my tooth.  From, Hyrum."  He was surprised to wake up this morning and find 4 quarters wrapped up in a paper tooth.  Hyrum has had fun putting his tongue through the new whole in his mouth.  Maybe by Christmas he will be saying, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!"

Donuts and pizza and cake...oh my!

Donuts, pizza and chocolate cake have brought me such happiness lately.  I know it sounds crazy, especially coming from me, but let me tell you why.  About a month and a half ago I took Hyrum to see an allergist that a friend of mine recommended to us.  He did a skin prick test in his office and then sent us to have blood work done.  A few days later he called to let us know that Hryum's allergy levels for milk and eggs had decreased to the point where he wanted us to start slowly introducing them to him in baked goods.  It has been so fun to watch Hyrum try new foods.  At first he was a bit hesitant and afraid to eat things he has been told his whole life he can't have, but now that he knows how good "real food" tastes he's pretty willing to try anything.  A few weeks ago we went to a community service project that served Crispy Creme donuts afterwards.  I told Hyrum he could try one if he wanted to and he eagerly accepted the offer.  I looked over at him after he'd been eating for a few minutes and he was just standing there all alone with a huge smile on his face.  I asked him how the donut was to which he replied, "soooo good!"  That was the first time it really hit me that this was real...Hyrum was eating his first donut and savoring every bite.  He has been a real trooper over the past six years to graciously say, "I can't eat that".  What a blessing this is for our family.  I think it will be awhile still before Hyrum can tolerate straight eggs, milk or milk products that have not been cooked, but we are definitely moving in the right direction.



Hyrum eating his first "real" pizza, cheese and all

 

The newest member of our family....



Bella the parakeet! 

Dave surprised us friday when he came home early from work with this little bird.  The boys were so excited and have hovered over her cage non-stop.  Since she has the look of the Brazillian flag, we decided to name her Bella, which means beautiful in Portuguese.  Having Bella in our home has brought Dave back to his childhood days.  It's fun to hear him tell stories to the boys of all of his bird adventures growing up.  Now our boys can make memories of their own to share with their children someday.