Firsts

We have had a lot of firsts at our house lately. It all started with Andrew losing his first tooth. It was more or less just hanging out of his mouth, but it had a deep root that was holding on the front of it. It was quite dramatic when all said and done. I think that it was just a bit nerve racking to him to have Troy pulling on his tooth, the pain involved, and mostly that he was bleeding. The kid can't stand the sight or thought of blood. It was a Sunday and Troy had him put a piece of floss around it and just kind of pull here and there. Well a lot of tears and two hours later, Troy finally told him that he would just take the floss out of his mouth, leaving out the fact that with the floss Troy was going to yank the tooth also. Troy pulled so hard that the tooth flew one way and Andrew ran the other. A week later, he had another lost tooth. But this one feel out at school.

Labor Day weekend Sarah and Mike came down for a visit, and we all ran our first half marathon together. We decided to try the Three Creeks Trail down in Groveport Ohio. We got down there at about 7:00 am and it was so beautiful. The drive reminded me so much of Tennessee. It was so green and there was a mist. The trail was beautiful, going by a pond and a lot of greenery. It was just the perfect weather and perfect company. I can't remember our exact time, but we were all excited to have finished!

That same weekend Dylan took his first steps. We were out in the garage putting together a bike trailer, when just happened to look up and see Dylan take about 5 steps. He kept walking back and forth between people all weekend, but after that, he really didn't take any steps. Then these last two weeks he has been a walking machine. His usual stance is to have his arms up in the air and his little hips just wiggle back and forth.

Andrew and Parker also started soccer this fall. Parker's league was more an instructional atmosphere, but the coaches made games out of doing soccer drills. The funnest thing, though, was that at the first practice the coach asked Parker what his name was. Well, in Parker's cute little voice, he responded, "Pahcah", and the coach thought that that was how you pronounced his name. So for the rest of the season when a coach was trying to get Parker's attention, they would call out "Pahcah!" It was hilarious! Andrew's league was just a very easy going environment, with practice once a week and games on Saturday. They wouldn't keep score at the games so everyone had fun. Andrew made some good friends on his team.