Vacation: Day 1

We had  dentist appointments for both kids before we headed up to Portland so Matt could go to Matt's bachelor party. 

Xander brushing the monkey's teeth. 

Gabriella picking out her "treasure" after doing such a good job getting her teeth cleaned. 

Playing with the water squirter

Playing with the water sucker. 

We got up to Portland, got checked in to our hotel and then Matt headed off to the party. The kids and I prdered a GF pizza. It was delicious!!!

We had a king size bed so we all shared the bed. The kids thought it was awesome!

I woke up and checked on them in the middle of the night and found them holding hands in their sleep. So precious!

Soccer

I picked up a soccer ball for Gabriella at a yard sale last weekend. She loves it! All day long she is constantly asking to go outside and play with her soccer ball.

Showing me her soccer ball

(not bad for $.25!)

We were outside on Friday (Matt was home because he had gotten his wisdom teeth pulled the afternoon before) playing and she started "kicking the ball with two feets". So funny! 

This video is of her kicking the ball with two feet and smelling some flowers. 

As usual, Xander was highly amused by Gabriella's antics

He started getting grumpy later. He's working on getting some chompers in

Xander and daddy fussing because their mouths are hurting. 

Gabriella laughed her head off while we were taking this picture. 

She has been very concerned about daddy's mouth owies and keeps asking him if his mouth is doing okay. 

First Trip to the Dentist

Today was Gabriella's first trip to the dentist. They call it a "Happy Visit".

Auntie April works at a dental office (and they accepted our insurance) so we headed over this morning when Daddy could come along too!

She ran right behind the counter to see Auntie April and made herself quite at home. Here they are waving to mommy and Xander.

She had a lot of fun playing with the plastic animals in the waiting room. She told me which ones were mommies and which ones were daddies.

Me and Xander in the waiting room. 

In the fun chair with Daddy. She is pointing at the tv screen that is showing her pictures of Daddy's teeth. 

The stuffed monkey she is holding is awesome. It has big teeth in it and a tooth brush to brush its teeth with. April had gotten it down for her to play with when we got to the office and she held it on her lap the entire appointment. 

Helping the hygienist look at Daddy's teeth with the fancy mirror. 

Checking out her teeth with the fancy mirror. 

Overall she did really good. We were worried about a couple lines on her front teeth but the dentist said that they were only surface stains and that the rest of her teeth looked really good. She didn't have any black spots or signs of decay. He said that we were doing a really good job with her teaching her about good dental hygiene. Phew! Such a relief and blessing to hear! We will be going back in about 6 months to get her teeth cleaned when she is a little bit older and can sit still for longer. 

Thanks so much to Auntie April and the staff at Dr. Johnston's office. If you are in Grants Pass and need a dentist, check them out!