Christopher just lost his first tooth.

Wow!

I'm all nostalgic. I knew it was coming, but still. It sounds the final knell on babyhood.

He's so happy and proud, though. I also think he's the only one of the three that didn't freak even slightly (there's usually a little dab of blood, which they have a hard time separating from the idea of injury). The next ought to fall out in a day or two.

They're taking bread out of the mouths of Harvard Square's indigenous Andean pipes-playing people!

Something of a tongue-twister there.

Going back a ways (having skipped like crazy) -

ChiKat, what you described is exactly what happened to me. I had a BIG white spot on my baseline mammogram and they had me come back in six months to check. After the six-month check, they did an ultrasound and said I needed a biopsy (it showed two cysts and something else).

I ended up having to have an excision (surgical) biopsy. I was back to pretty much normal after a week. The results were negative for malignancy.

So check, but don't worry - most of these things turn out to be cysts or something innocuous. That's what these things are for - to catch anything before you're in danger. They also scare you needlessly - really, it's almost certainly a cyst or something you don't need to worry about.

Oh What a Beautiful Morning is what I wake my kids with.

We got "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" on snow days.

I'm going up to see Ginger on Labor Day and we're going to Dragon Con! My first real convention.

I'm pretty sure other Buffistas are planning on going, I'm going to post in F2F about getting a F2F thing going for that.

Dude. I just checked in for my flight tomorrow.

Rock.

So check, but don't worry - most of these things turn out to be cysts or something innocuous. That's what these things are for - to catch anything before you're in danger. They also scare you needlessly - really, it's almost certainly a cyst or something you don't need to worry about.

Thanks, Toddson. I know it's most likely harmless, it's just the waiting to find out for sure that's icky. I will say, all the people have been very reassuring that it's most likely nothing--the nurse, radiologist and my primary care doc have all said that. They also said that it's very common to have to go back after a baseline mammo because they have nothing to compare. I just want to know for sure RIGHT NOW. Because I am impatient that way.

Unfortunately, I keep feeling my boob where they said the spot was trying to feel it. I can't, so I guess it's small. But, I expect a coworker will catch me feeling myself up at some point!

Dude. I just checked in for my flight tomorrow.

I'm gonna try that next time I fly. In 16 days.

K-Bug just found out that she will get her braces off in little over a month. She is so excited.

I still remember when she lost her first tooth, and now we are almost done with ortho and talking about learners permits...YIKES!!!