In the tooth business

First it was waiting and waiting at our house for a first missing tooth from Hunter, all it took was losing one and now open the flood gates. All of a sudden there are loose teeth everywhere in this household. Avery's front, bottom, middle, left tooth had been loose for quite awhile. As soon as Hunter lost his and had an encounter with the tooth fairy, Avery was wiggling hers daily. I have to admit with her little personality I figured she would probably pull it out somewhere on her own and calmly come in and bring it to me one day. That is what I was expecting. Hunter wouldn't let either of us near his tooth and ended up pulling it on his own. I knew Ave would want to do it on her own. On Sunday after church she was trying to eat lunch and was complaining about how her tooth was really bothering her. "Dad, I want you to pull it out" she told him. At first she was all smiles, not seeming worried at all. "This is going to be a breeze for her" I thought to myself. So they began the process of getting that tiny tooth out of there. Deke was having a hard time getting ahold of it since it was so small. Avery was actually pretty nervous and not quite sure about this whole process, hence her expression... Deke tried using a tissue to help him get a better grip, he tried using a little bit of floss but it was hard to keep a hold of it because it was just so small. Here they are still wiggling and working on it. Still working on it.After tugging on it for quite awhile, Deke started pulling a little harder, then the tears came. She was not a fan of this experience and did not want to do it anymore, even though the tooth was hanging on by a thread. Deke gave her a hug, told her to be brave and then pulled. Okay seriously these pictures make it look so sad. She was actually pretty scared about the whole thing. Then a second later...it was out!! She still was not thrilled until she had cried it out for another minute and let Deke comfort her.
Within a minute or two she was fine and happily discussing the details of a "tooth fairy visit" and ready to call her Grandma's and aunties and tell them all about it. She looks so cute with it missing. Deke did such a good job, keeping her calm yet making sure to get the thing out. The tooth fairy brought her five dollars and a teeny, tiny rolled up note, just like he brought Hunter. Except when she showed him the note Hunter excitedly said, "Mom! Avery is so lucky, she got the tooth fairies autograph. Wow, Avery that is lucky, she didn't sign mine." Avery grinned ear to ear. "Look Mom she wrote her name on it!!!" she told me. Ah yes good ole' tooth fairy. I think it is safe to say we are going to be in this business for quite awhile now.