A Trip to The Dentist

Coral has beautiful teeth.

They are shiny white.

They are all straight...or at least they were...

Coral had her first visit with the dentist yesterday.

No Im not that mom that takes her baby to the dentist as soon as her first tooth pops out. Im not even the mom that remembers to brush her babies teeth everyday, twice a day, as recommended. Nope, this trip to the dentist was definitely unplanned.

Did any of you see that video I posted on Facebook of Coral bouncin away on her big girl bed? Coral loves to bounce and "jump". She jumps when she gets excited, she jumps when shes dancing. She jumps on the couch, she jumps on her bed. I know some parents would see that and think "she needs more discipline, she shouldn't be jumping on the couch." But it doesn't bother me. Personally, I feel as parents we have to pick and chose our battles when it comes to discipline. I will be tough on her with the issues that really matter to Andrew and I, but jumping and bouncing is not one of them. It can however, be slightly dangerous if say, your toddler does a big bounce and hits her mouth on the side of the bed. Gulp.

Andrew was in the room with her, and I walked into the room just in time to see it happen. There was a thud, followed by a scream. Now Coral is one tough little girl. She cried for only a few minutes, then was right back to her usual self running around, as her mouth was full of blood. Andrew and I tried every tactic to get her to open her mouth and show us her tooth. When she finally did, we saw that her tooth was loose, and now crooked. 

I was on the phone calling our dentist to see what we should do, and Andrew was texting our friend Jordan (whose wonderful fiance is a dental assistant). Both advised us to take her in and get her mouth looked at. The only problem was, it was 6:30 at night, and most dentists were closed. We stopped at four different dental offices, and finally the last one was open, and the dentist was willing to see her.

After all that, it turns out she is going to be fine. Her tooth is loose but should go back to normal in a little while. In the mean time she has to eat soft foods or liquids only. That also means she gets off the hook from me brushing her teeth for a few days which she will be quite glad about. She woke up today a bit grumpy, and acting like her mouth is in pain. Her gums around her tooth are swollen and her tooth is still loose.

I cannot tell you how sad it was to watch Coral go through that. Of course, I think it was more painful for me then it was for her. I also don't do very well with blood, and just the amount that was in her tiny little mouth was enough to make me dizzy....I just hope I never have to deal with stitches.

One little monkey jumpin on the bed.....

West Coast Bound

Do ya'll remember my friend Christy from BC who recently had little baby Carter? Remember how much I love her and miss her?

Well, I don't know if I mentioned this before, but Matty is actually from Ontario. He grew up not to far from where Andrew and I live. A good friend of his is getting married at the beginning of October, and Matty is standing up in the wedding. That means that Matty is coming to Ontario, but Christy isn't. Traveling with an energetic toddler and a newborn would not be my thing either, so Christy, I totally understand. Not to mention that Malachi would be two by then, which means they would have had to pay for three plane tickets. Yah, not going to happen. 

Matty has specific plans to come and hang out at our place, and skateboard with Andrew. That left me, alone with Coral in Ontario, and Christy alone with Malachi and Carter in BC. We were both sad and jealous of our hubbys. 

Don't worry fellow readers, this story Im telling you doesn't have a sad ending. 

While working on a painting, Andrew came into the room and said "Go online and find a seat sale to BC." I didn't hesitate. I got online right away, found the cheapest flight I could, and booked it! Following that there was a lot of screaming and jumping that went on between Coral and I (she got very excited when I told her she would get to play with Malachi...even though Im sure she doesn't remember who he is). 

I told you this story has a happy ending. Andrew will be trading Coral and I, for Matty from the end of September to beginning of October. Yup, that means its only four short weeks away till I am back in the West Coast. The decision was made so fast that I feel like I am still in a bit of shock. I haven't allowed myself to think about traveling with a toddler all by myself across the country yet. 

Anyway, just thought I would share that exciting news with you. 

A Family Weekend

Kids camp has come and gone.

I was exhausted by the end of the week.

But I am back.

Back to being a full time stay at home mom.

Back to being a stay at home wife.

Back to sharing my not-so- exciting, but wonderful life with you.

I know I promised I would write about my week, and the challenges I faced with being a mom and having to go to "work". Thats not going to happen today. My mind is waay to tired to write a serious blog right now. I need to get my thoughts in proper order first. So today, I will share my weekend with you.

It has been a while since the Hodgsons have been able to do a family outing. Between weddings, and Andrews work (either with Timbren, or photography) our weekends have been packed full, but not packed full together. 

After an exhausting week, I thought once the weekend rolled around, all I would want to do is rest. That is true, I did wake up on Saturday wanting to stay in my pjs all day and do nothing but cuddle my baby (bah...sadly though she stopped cuddling months ago). But we knew that a weekend with all three of us around is rare, and didn't know when the next time that would happen, so we packed up the car, and headed to Centre Island.

Coral loved the ferry ride.

This was her favorite place to be. Whenever we would put her down she would do a mad dash for the water. There were so many ducks and they were so friendly. Coral gave one of them an animal cracker and the duck took it right out of her hand.

She loved the farm there. She thought the pigs were pretty funny as well as the rooster. In this picture she is "moooooing" like a cow.

Coral had her first experience with rides this weekend. She was quite serious when she first got on the train, but once we started moving she was all giggles.

I wish we would have taken a picture of her on the carousel. She loved it. She waited in line patiently and every time the lion went by she got excited. When it was our turn to go on the ride, we made a mad dash for the lion when we saw no one had taken it yet. She thought it was pretty cool that she got to ride on a lion.

My favorite part of the day was the quadricycle. Andrew and I got to peddle in the back while Coral enjoyed the ride up front. We went as far as we could on the island. It was so beautiful and lots of fun exploring. Coral did really well just sitting there for over an hour.

It was a great day. We spent about six hours on the island, and we didn't even have the chance to do everything that there was to offer. We missed the park and the splash pad, and I would have really loved to rent a canoe (or paddle boat) and explore the island from the water. Coral did so well on the amount of sleep that she got. I was really proud of her. 

And now, there is still no time for rest. My house looks like a bomb went off inside of it. I call it my Coral bomb. Her messes are explosive. Better get cleanin while the baby is sleeping.