B-train update

We've reached the end of another basketball season. This year had ups and downs--lots of downs, actually, but a few good ups. Andrew put together this great little highlight video. Brandon's usually in the black jersey #4, but they had to reverse them to red during his last game. Props to Andrew for being the official family videographer. If it were up to me, we'd only have still shots, but there's something about live action.

It is so fun to watch your child ENJOYING a sport. It was a completely different experience then trying to shove Whitney out on the soccer field against her will. Brandon loves playing b-ball and even though his team had a lot of growing to do, he worked hard and had fun.

B is super competitive, but
doesn't take himself too seriously.

Here he was doing a little pre-game jig.
Or maybe he was playing air Guitar Hero.

He's not the only teammate playing around
during warm-ups, as you can see.

Here he was wiggling his very first loose tooth.

He plays some intense defense

Our friend, Carissa, is in charge of the
cheerleaders and let Whit borrow some
pom-poms so she could cheer for her
brother. Go Fireballs!

Here he is trying to take it to the hole.

I'm open! I'm open!

The excitement continued that evening.

Here's Brandon when he had 22 teeth.
Then he asked his Dad to yank the
loose one for him because he couldn't
get it. (Brave kid!)

After a few tries, here is our new
toothless wonder. He's still getting
used to having that little gap. I catch
him sticking his tongue in there a lot.

After it came out, we could see why B-train was having
such a hard time with it. Can you see how much root is
left on that thing???? His permanent tooth is pretty far
behind where the primary tooth was, so only the back
of the root was dissolving. Ouch, buddy, that must've
hurt! But he kept on smiling.