The LONG awaited day!

Scott has been SO anxious to loose a tooth... It would just be humiliating to be the only 2nd grader with ALL baby teeth. The past 3 times we have been to the dentist his top front teeth were loose, but regardless of how much he tried to wiggle them, they are still about the same as they were a year ago.

But this morning while eating his waffle for breakfast, he said, "Mommy, my bottom tooth is super wiggly!" And sure enough, it was REALLY loose! Uncle Jeff, my brother in dental school who Scott idolizes, gave the kids a Berenstain Bears book about going to the dentist. Scott wanted to reenact the book, which was basically that Baby Sister bear woke up with a loose tooth, and then the dentist used gauze to pull it out. Therefore, I also needed to use gauze to pull out his tooth. And the momentous event happened at 8:22pm. If you want to see it in action, check out the video. If you just want the final result, the picture is good enough :)

Just when you thought our pool couldn't get any more awesome...

...we added this little beauty thanks to Craigslist! Can't wait for the cousins to get here!

Expensive Swimming Pool 2.0!

I actually did consider for a bit a REAL expensive swimming pool to replace our previous expensive ($8) pool that bit the dust at the end of last season. But I settled instead for this new $16 beauty:I came from from work today and was greeted by 3 of the happiest kids I have ever seen. They were SO pumped about playing in the pool all day long! Trevor had a lot to tell me about it when I walked in, but unfortunately I only understood about 2 of the words. But the enthusiasm was undeniable. I would post the video, but it contains a little 2-year-old going commando... No tan lines for that kid!

Welcome summer!

My little man

I have been trying for months to get him to wear this tie, and for some reason he decided he was willing to do it last Sunday! I love this little guy...

The graduation pilgrimage

For spring break we made the trek across lovely Nevada to go to Utah for the BYU graduation. Drew's 2 youngest siblings, Holly and Eric, were both graduating! A very exciting day... Drew has made it a personal mission to attend all of his siblings' graduations, which includes BYU Provo, BYU Hawaii, BYU Idaho, Weber St., USC, and someplace in Georgia for Army Officer Candidate School. What a good big brother.

We had a fantastic time with the Syphi gang since 8 of the 10 kids and their families were together. We missed you Allison and Shannon! Even with the broken bone, it still was a great trip. We are the lone Syphi still in CA, so we don't get to see the rest of the crew as often as we would like. I'm so fortunate to have in-laws that I truly love being with.

The award for first broken bone goes to...

...Scott! And we all would have put money on Trevor taking that title. While we were in Utah for Spring Break (yes, again, I'm very behind on my posts), Scott was having a fantastic time playing with all of his boy cousins at my brother-in-law's backyard in Heber City. Then all of the sudden I saw him crying on the couch with an ice pack on his elbow. I didn't see it all go down, but apparently he was holding on to a bar on the swing set, trying to pull his feet up and somehow slipped. Being the insensitive mom that I am, I would have just told him to keep the ice on it, take some Motrin and see how it feels in the morning. But thank goodness Drew's dad, aka Dr. Grandpa, was there. Always nice to have a surgeon in the family... After a quick exam by Grandpa, he thought we should have it x-rayed. Fortunately, urgent care at the Heber City hospital was about 5 minutes away and open and had no wait, so we totally lucked out. The x-ray showed 2 fractures on the inside of his elbow. Poor kid!

Scott kept the arm splinted for the last couple of days in Utah, and then the day after we arrived back home, we visited the orthopedic doctor here. The big mystery was what color he would chose for the cast... In the end, he went with Dodger Blue, to match his Little League team. Speaking of Little League, it was really disappointing that the broken arm took him out for the rest of the season. Especially after the last game he played he went 6 for 6 :(

So the cast went up to basically his shoulder and he had to have it on for month. It came off last week and all looks good! It is still stiff and he can't straighten it all the way, but no pain. And in another week he should be able to do anything he did before the break.

Scott was an amazing patient through it all. He was incredibly tough immediately after the break and through the long exam and diagnosis. He was even very good about following the advice of the doctor and Grandpa. He told me, "Grandpa said I should keep my arm at 90 degrees. It feels pretty warm - about 70 degrees." That one has jumped to the top of my list of favorite Scott quotes...