Doing fine, more work tomorrow

I really didn't have that much pain from my tooth extractions last night or today.  I have been taking Tylenol regularly, as well as the antibiotic.  Late this afternoon I went back to the dentist to have it checked and he said everything looks good.  I got a look at it myself when he took out the dentures for the first time.  Not a pretty sight.  Now tonight I will take them out myself for the first time, just like an old lady.

Now tomorrow I have to go back for one more procedure - a bridge in my upper jaw where I had gotten a tooth pulled about 20 years ago, leaving a gap all these years.  I hope I don't cry this time!  I'm getting all this work done so quickly, because we have some money in a Flexible Savings Acct with our medical insurance, that we will lose if we don't use it by January 31st.

Austin continues to bring all of us tremendous amounts of joy, along with some challenges.  He can crawl so fast now, and when he hits the floor, the first thing that comes to his mind is to go back the hallway in search of an open door.  He especially hopes to find the bathroom door open, and when we get to it and close it before he gets there, he is a very, very unhappy boy!   Whenever I bring him down to my living room to play, it doesn't take long until he heads for the steps, which he can climb so fast now.   But they are wooden and the floor at the bottom is hard wood, so I stay right behind him.  He does seem to be understanding the words  "no" and "stop", and he doesn't like either one of them at all!!  He loves his music, and it's fun to see him recognize songs that come on when I play his CD's.