lost

BIG NEWS! Our girl lost her first tooth today! Hurray. We are all so excited and proud and a little bit sad (but that’s probably just me).

In true form, there was much drama surrounding this tooth. It has been loose for a few weeks now and has been the subject of much discussion, wiggling and prodding. Last week her poor little tooth began to hurt. We thought it was maybe a result of the daily abuse it was suffering and suggested that our lovely daughter leave it the heck alone for even a few minutes. Then a couple of days ago, I noticed a small lump forming behind the loose tooth. I figured that it was just the adult tooth moving up and told her that her big tooth might come in before she lost the baby one just like her big brother’s first tooth had done. That her teeth would follow the same pattern as her big, very admired (most days) brother was cause for much celebration!

Yesterday when she bit into an apple she yelped in pain and began to cry quite earnestly. I examined her tooth closely and was more than a little disturbed to see what I thought looked a lot like puss (yes, puss), oozing out around the base of her tooth. YUCK! We kept an eye on the tooth and when I checked this morning there was an enormous lump behind her tooth and a veritable river of puss (OK, I exaggerate but just a bit) coming from her gums. Needless to say, I was on the phone with the dentist a few minutes later. This afternoon when the dentist looked in her mouth he exclaimed, “Oh, my! What a lot of puss!”. It turns out she somehow developed an acute infection underneath her loose tooth. GROSS! Since it was already loose and she is as brave as any lion I’ve ever known, the easiest course of action was to remove the offending tooth. Some sleepy gel, 2 needles (that she didn’t even flinch at) and a little wiggling from the dentist’s tools and her tooth was out! Very helpfully, the dentist suggested that the tooth fairy would probably leave her something extra because she was so brave. He’s good that way- always looking out for the best interest of his patients!

All the drama fit our girl. A rare infection is just her style! We’re just hoping that the rest of her teeth come out on their own or it’s going to be an expensive undertaking!

resurfacing

Happy New Year! I can hardly believe that it’s 20-10. It seems like just a couple of years ago that we were all in a tizzy about the world collapsing as a new millennium dawned. Fortunately, Y2K was a total bust (I wonder how many people are still using up the water and canned goods they stored up?). Since then Mr. T and I have both gotten our BA’s (and me a couple of classes away from an MA), lived in 3 different provinces, birthed 3 children, bought 2 houses, had many jobs and then finally started our own company… wow those 10 years passed quickly!

But I digress…

December was a crazy, crazy month. Sometimes I think it was awesome. Sometimes I feel like it chewed us up and spit us out. As always, I wonder how we can slow it down and simplify. We did so much. There was our big party, too many hours of work, lots of late, late night crafting, decorating, cooking, laughing with friends, spending time with family far and near, presents, presents, presents, a 5K race, music, pictures, wine, traditions, a piano recital and woven through it all, the Light of the World.

I give you December.

perfection

Please gaze upon the loveliness of this child.

Oh, those little lips.

That curl.

Be still my heart.

santa

This guy recently came home with the GREATEST letter to Santa. So great, I HAD to share it with you. Punctuation and spelling intact.

December 3, 2009

Dear Santa,

How are your reindeer? Is Ruddolph doing well? You have gone for a test flight, haven’t you? You and Mrs. Claws should deliver the presents together. How are your elves. Are they working yet and together. I play three Christmas songs! I’ll tell you what they are. We wish you a merry Christmas, Away in the manger and Jingel Bells. What is your favourite cookie? My mom makes excellent sugar cookies! We onley have white milk. Are you alegeck (allergic) to any dairy? We have silk milk and just plane milk.

Love,

Me

Please tell me you love that letter! I think it’s the cutest thing going. Love that he asks about possible allergies and that he is so busy chatting (which if you know our guy, that is so very him), he forgets to actually ask for anything for Christmas!

Oh, Buddy! I love you so.

elf

When I climbed into bed last night I found a little elf crashed out on my pillow.

Just makes me love Christmas all the more!

jump

This morning I heard riotous laughter coming from upstairs. I found the most fun wedding with hands down the best attire I’ve ever seen!

Love those kids of mine!

nose

Oh my goodness! Has it really been nearly a week since I posted? I wasn’t kidding when I said we have been busy!

Instead of boring you with tales of our crazy schedule, let me tell you about my youngest child.

This morning he saddled up to his Daddy and whispered that his Cheerio was all gone. He said it was in fact, all gone UP ‘DAIR and vaguely pointed into the sky with an impish grin.

Up there where, little man?

In your nose? Show Daddy where you put the Cheerio.

This is when a somewhat frantic search ensued for the missing Cheerio and then for a flashlight to try to see the missing Cheerio. This is also when my help was enlisted.

We could not see the Cheerio but when we got close, we could smell it! Even so, I decided that it wasn’t that big of a deal since it would probably disintegrate and come out in the next day or two (and really, even if I took him to the doctor, how would she extract a soggy Cheerio from his nose?) and we didn’t know FOR SURE that he put it up there. OH, BROTHER! It’s a darn good thing that kid is so CUTE!

Thanks for keeping life interesting. We love you!

whisper

My little guy and I have a game we like to play. He climbs up in my laps and says, “whisper Mommy” and then turns one of his cute little ears towards me. I whisper, “I love you” into his ear and then he whips his head to the other side so he can offer me his other ear. This will usually go on and on until he is in fits of laughter. We were playing our little game the other night. I was telling him how much I love him, how proud I am of him, how smart and funny and amazing he is. After a few minutes he put both hands on either side of my face, looked directly into my eyes and leaned in close. I started tearing up at the sweetness of the moment. Then he turned my face so he could whisper in my ear and said, “I has gummy bear?”.

Ahhhh, children!

band

We are fortunate to have an amazing babysitter. She brings games and crafts with her every time she babysits. She cleans up. She even does the dishes. I love her!

Last night she helped the kids make their own instruments.

My little man got really into the drums.

His sister worked the zither!

It got really LOUD for a while.

REALLY LOUD!

Did I mention the drums and the loudness?

Not too sure what’s going on here but it cracked me up.

And then things got ugly…

Sigh.

kiss

Dear Grandma and Grandpa,

I have something for you!

It’s for your cheek.

I’m going to put it in my hand…

and blow…

and BLOW…

it ALL the way out to you!