from eight teeth to seven

Yesterday, Eli fell and bonked his head on a plastic toy truck in his hands. What ensued was really scary for Lisa, who worked her way through lots of blood and baby shrieks to discover that he'd knocked one of his front teeth loose. An emergency trip to the dentist revealed that his tooth had to be pulled. Our little guy will be missing one of his front teeth until he's somewhere between 5 and 7 years old, when his adult tooth comes in. He seems in good spirits and his parents have cried more than he has so far. As his Grandma Leelee said: "If this is worst thing that happens to him, we should all consider ourselves lucky. :-)