The Heidt Family: A Discussion

Last night, John and I sat on the floor with our adorable little boy and tried to figure out when a tooth is officially a "tooth". My mother (who is wise and experienced) told us that when you can actually see the tooth, it counts. So, we tried to take a look. It was not an easy task shoving 2 different sets of hands into William's mouth and pushing his tongue out of the way. But, we did it. The tooth is there. Visible and white. We are excited and I have to admit worried. What if it is crooked? Is it too soon for braces? When are kids supposed to go to the dentist the first time? Are we supposed to be brushing it? With toothpaste? What if he bites himself? Will he cry (answer: yes)? All kinds of thoughts are running through my head. Time to start reading and looking things up. Usually just leads to new worries and thoughts, but always worth a try. Tooth number 2 (bottom row, right side) should be making an appearance shortly.

The cake got made. It was lovely...sort of. After presenting it to the birthday boy early, I realized the reason the frosting was uncooperative. It would NOT spread itself onto the cake and the festive sprinkles would NOT stick to the frosting. The second half of the milk called for in the recipe did not get added due to the very unhappy baby that lives here part time this week. Sweet John claims he wouldn't even LIKE it with more milk in it and ate it anyway.

Today, we went to downtown St Charles for the Fleur de Lis Festival. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed ourselves very much. We also actually SAT on our deck in ON our patio furniture this evening. It was wonderful. It was shady and a breeze was blowing. The chairs were inviting and cushy, but not overpowering. Tomorrow we will be attempting a hike with some of my coworkers in honor of John's birthday. We are packing a picnic lunch and will be using our baby carrier again. I suspect this will be one of the last times we will be able to use it as the weight limit is 25 pounds. Two weeks ago, William was just under 20 pounds and....well, you saw the pictures of the swing. Time for us to look to upgrading to a hiking baby backpack. If only they didn't cost an arm and a leg!