While remembering to be thankful, my two children went from babies to teenagers in a matter of minutes.
First, Coleman got all his baby curls cut off so now he looks like a LITTLE MAN. Dan is extremely grateful for this especially after July 4th when I put him in a cute red, white and blue onesie with an American flag on the front where he thought he looked like a gymnast. Turns out, it was actually a onesie for a girl, so between the gathered sleeves and the long, curly hair, he really did resemble an even shorter version of Mary Lou Retton.
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This same evening Brittain started talking about her loose tooth. She’s been talking about her loose tooth for 2 years now so even when she’s talked about it more recently I haven’t paid much attention. We had a special night this night because after going shopping for slumber party stuff we arrived home at 7:30 to find Dan and Coleman asleep for the night. We stayed awake while I made birthday hats. I stood in the kitchen and she sat in there with me. We chatted, mommy and daughter style, much like my mom and I chat when we’re up late by ourselves. It was special. During this time we took turns wiggling her ACTUAL loose tooth. When it got close to midnight I finally told her it was time to go to bed so she headed back to our room to fall asleep with Dan. After just a few minutes I hear my bedroom door open and I see her coming down the hall, walking slowly, with her hands cupped together out in front of her. I hear her say, “Mommy, I lost my tooth.” I doubted what she was saying since this had been a common joke of hers lately. But as she got closer I could tell that this was no joke this time. She opened her mouth, and even through all the blood I saw a small gap at where her tooth USED to be. We celebrated, called the 2 people who we knew were still up (Aunt CC and Mimi) and prepared for the tooth fairy to come that night.
My little girl went one more step toward being a big girl. I was sad and happy all at the same time.
