Snaggletooth

Our baby lost her first tooth today. Doesn't she look adorable? Every time she spoke to me this afternoon I was compelled to interrupt her to tell her how adorable she was. A teenager might have rolled her eyes, but in her sweet 5-year-old-ness, she just basked.

Her tooth has been loose for about 2 weeks. When she initially told me that her "tooth hurt", I examined her and was absolutely shocked to find that she had a loose tooth! Upon further reflection, I realized that she has just turned 5 and it's getting to be that time, but I was completely unprepared for this newest milestone. They're coming fast and furious these days.

She wouldn't let us touch her tooth, and it eventually got so loose that she could push it down horizontally with her tongue. We warned her that she might lose it and not know it, and sadly, this is what happened. The best we can tell, she swallowed it while enjoying her lunch of rice and pork at Fuji, our local yummy Japanese restaurant. I expected her to be devastated, but she took it in stride, and I was more sad about it than she was. Thankfully, the one next to it is loose, too, and will probably come out very soon, so that will be my keeper. And the tooth fairy will come tonight regardless, so all is well. The big question is, in light of our impending trip to America, will the tooth fairy leave American money or Thai baht?