teething

i find it so appropriate for kate to finally be getting her first tooth this week, because this was the week that jacob and i ventured to the dentist. i was having tooth pain and jacob was complaining of ouchies in his mouth, so we both paid a visit to dr wallace. turns out my tooth pain was not from my wisdom teeth (which ARE coming in- so bizarre for a 28-year old to be cutting teeth!?) but rather it was what the dentist called "popcorn-itis" -a piece of popcorn logged in my gum, causing a bit of infection. gross, i know, right! he said it's common, so i will hold onto that, knowing that i am "normal". :)
and jacob's mouth pain was not a cavity, which i was dreading. but he too, is cutting his last set of molars and the dentist said that is what was giving him pain. (side note- jacob did not make it easy for dr wallace to look in his mouth to find this out. it was only after 5 minutes of pursed lips and clenched jaw that jacob began to cry, which opened up his mouth nice and wide. oh the torture to be had at the dentist's!)