Week of firsts

The week before Thanksgiving we had 'firsts' three days in a row. On Wednesday, Avery had her first school injury. She was swinging on a bar, slipped and landed on her left elbow. I immediately took her to get it checked (huge thank you to Erica for watching my kids with a one minute notice). She ended up with a sling until the radiologist could check the x-ray. Friday, we got a call confirming that it was broken. So, Monday morning, we went to the orthopedic specialist to have a splint for about 10 days and then had a candy cane cast put on for 2 more weeks. She's excited to get it off Friday!

On Thursday, the day after breaking her arm, Avery lost her first tooth! She has been dreaming of this day for many months. Even though I can't stand pulling teeth out, we worked together to get it out. The trick that finally worked was me holding on to her tooth and she would pull on my hand to get it out. Eden then decided that she wanted to pull a tooth, too! Avery just lost her second one this past weekend.On Friday, Wyatt laughed for the first time. It took a while to record it, because there is still a very fine line between laughing and crying for him. But, honestly, is there anything sweeter in the whole wide world than your baby's first laugh? (I've been trying to edit the video, because his best laugh is in the first 15 seconds, but I can't do it.)