Luke's First Lost Tooth

It took Luke a long time to get any teeth when he was just a wee little one...I mean a looooooooong time.

Luke is 1 years old here! He had the cutest toothless grin!

Every time he would have the sniffles or be grouchy we would think, "He's finally teething!" But to no avail...it never resulted in any tiny white razor breaking through the surface of his gums. Ok, he did FINALLY get teeth -but you get the picture.

Fast forward 7 years. All the other 6-7 year old kids he knew were losing teeth...but his teeth wouldn't budge.

Last week we noticed he finally had a bottom tooth that was loose.

He was so excited!

And a little nervous.

He's a very cautious child...and a bit squeamish - so even though he was relishing in finally having a loose tooth...he wanted to make sure no one was going to actually pull it out. Honestly, I was expecting the tooth itself would have to jump out of his mouth before it actually got pulled out.

As fate would have it though, as he settled into bed, somehow he bumped his mouth with the blanket and Wallaaa! The tooth came out! He searched around in bed to find it and bounded down the stairs.

"You'll never believe what just happened?!" He asked incredulously.

"What?" I asked.

"This!" he exclaimed while holding out his little white razor tooth.

Of course we were so excited and proud of him! We had to take pictures and congratulate him.

We put the tooth in an envelope and he placed it under his pillow.

The next day, he was happy to find a treat under his pillow. He told me, "I feel older now that I've lost a tooth."

I smiled at his words - so proud of him - but ached a little in my heart because of the truth in his words. He IS older...time has flown by since that warm June day 7 years ago when he was born...

 I sure wish time would slow down a little.

Us in the Here-and-Now

Welp, I've been meaning to become a more consistent blogger for...years now! Every time I have committed to blogging again, I just get overwhelmed by where to start...do I try to catch up from the last time I blogged consistently (which would be 2009/2010!!), do I just hit the highlights over the last 4 years or do I just start from the present. Because of the overwhelming task of the first two (thus why I have yet to start blogging again) I have chosen to do the latter. Just start from the here and now. If I get a chance to backtrack and put a few posts up from yesteryear, then great...but the longer I put off blogging, the more overwhelming it is - so I've just decided to start now...

So, hello again! Chris and I are now an old married couple (11 years this month!) The boys are growing faster than I can stand and our faithful companion, Riley, is still our precious pet (every time I say the word "precious," I feel the need to say it in a Gollum voice...but I guess you can't hear that when I'm writing, huh?)

We have been in our home here for almost 3 years now. It's hard to believe that Chris has been out of the Army for 4 years - though he still works for the Army in a civilian job. I will be starting my third official year of homeschooling the kids next month. It has been such a fun (and challenging) adventure!

Picture Credit: Morning Joy Photography (Thanks again, Mandy!)

Luke - who is 7 now (when in the world did that happen??) - continues to be a mini-me of Chris. He will be going into the second grade next month. He loves (to name a few) art, baseball, Legos and being a goofball.

Will - who is 5 1/2 (and that 1/2 is very important to Mr. Will!) is a little more quiet and reserved - but just as much a goofball. He will be going into the first grade next month. He loves (to name a few) making silly faces, soccer and video games.

 

Owen - who is 18 months (uh...where did my baby go?!?) is nothing short of spunky. Mischief sticks out all over him. He loves stuffed animals (mostly dogs), books, pulling things out of drawers and carrying on conversations that only he knows what is being said.

Riley - who is 10 now (ahh, I remember when she was just an energy-packed puppy!) enjoys her spoiled life of sleeping on the guest bed, barking at all nature of animals in the woods and keeping an eye on the neighborhood while stretched out on "her" bed.

So, this is us in the here-and-now! More to come!