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Ryan lost his first tooth!

Yep, it finally happened. Our little boy has become a little boy with an extra hole in his mouth!  He worked this tooth loose for a couple of weeks. Quite honestly, we all thought that his upper tooth was going to be the first to go. We were wrong.

We had offered all different methods of removing the tooth. A smack with a door knob. Flick it out with a finger. Pull it with floss/string. Ryan finally settled on just pulling it out. He offered himself up to my tender care so that I could try to rip it from his mouth. His only request – don’t pull hard and make it hurt. No pressure there.

I’ve come to realize that there are so many things that I can handle – blood, broken bones, open heart surgery (while eating BBQ ribs), etc. However, when it came to pulling Ryan’s tooth, I was having a hard time. The first time I tried to pull it, my fingers just slipped off the tooth. The second try, I broke the root, and at that point it just had to come out. Third time is the charm! Voila!

Today we took Ryan out to a Post Falls park. Kim and I had noticed on a previous run out there, that there was a fishing pond that had recently been stocked. We felt that it would be a great place for Ryan to actually go fishing for the first time. It is spring, and we got the weather typical of Spokane in the spring. Wind, rain, sun, calm, and a little bit of everything in between. Unfortunately, we ended up going in the middle of the day when most fish tend to be sleeping, so we didn’t actually get to catch anything. Ryan loved being able to “fish”, which translated means that he loves to cast.

Next time out, we’ll get some lures and let him cast and reel back in. Maybe then he’ll actually catch something and it will allow him to be more active with his fishing.

I remember the feeling all too well when you catch a fish and feel it pull and tug on your line. I hope that Ryan will also get that feeling and really enjoy it. This is something that he and I, and maybe even his papa, would have a great time doing together.

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today is the 7th anniversary for Kim and I.  Yup, she has put up with me pretty well over the last several years.

I’m pretty sure that as long as I keep promising to take her to Wolfe Lodge steakhouse, that we’ll continue to do great!

For those of you who know what I’m talking about, yell at those who do not, to scoot on over and grab themselves one of the best steaks that they will ever eat.  ‘Nuff said

Oh, except:

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE!

-Your loving husband

My employer Group Health sponsored a free ice skating event at the Riverfront Ice Palace for employees and families.  This included free skate rentals, free ice time for up to 4 hours, and snacks/goodies.  There was a great turn out.  Ryan and Kim both got on ice skates for the first times in their lives.  Dan was on skates for the first time in roughly 30 years!  I didn’t fall once, but I’m still feeling the muscles that hadn’t worked out a bit in many, many months.  Ryan had a very good time kicking his feet around on the ice, and laughing at how slippery things were.  He was able to laugh so much because Dan was holding him from falling during the hour and half that we were on the ice.

Let me tell you, hauling a 50 lb child around the ice rink while trying myself not to fall is quite physically taxing.  All things said and done, we did have a good day.

I want to publicly thank my dad who went to Home Depot and got a bargain on a bathroom counter-top.  As a result of this great deal, Kim wanted to go check them out.  As a result of that, I suddenly had a new honey-do item. 

In all fairness, Kim didn’t ask that it be done in a single day, or even that day, but I wanted to get it done with.  So Saturday, I removed our old bathroom counter-top and installed a new one.  I have a couple of small pieces of decorative trim to install, but everything is fully functional.  Yeah!