The Bella lost her first tooth on Friday, probably from the insane amounts of cheddar popcorn, candy and pizza she inhaled at her class Valentine’s Day party and afterward, at home. That particular tooth had been loose for about a month or so, and the one beside it is on it’s way out as well. These happen to be the first two teeth she grew, (late in the game as far as teething goes) when she was 11 months old.
She came to me after opening some of her Valentine’s gifts and told me that her tooth was hurting, so I wiggled it and told her I’d probably be able to pull it out. So she opened that mouth of hers as wide as she could and I plucked it right out in one try. She was so happy, so excited, it was adorable – as is the little lisp she developed immediately after the tooth was missing. This is such a big deal to me, I don’t know why. I was fine on her first day of Kindergarten, I don’t think I even teared up, but I held her tooth in between my fingers and choked them back (and again later when I couldn’t find her tooth under her pillow and thought it was lost, but it wasn’t). I guess a tangible example of how she’s not a baby anymore, holding a piece of what she really is no longer, takes away my ability to pretend that she’s still a baby.
I swear to you that she was just like this:
Now, she’s this little thing that can read and write and add and subtract and ohh–
*This is a mommy blog after all, you know. In essence.
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Listening to: The Shins – One By One All Day
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I demand more video of the girls.
So you did end up finding the tooth? Where was it?
February 15, 2010 at 9:31 am
Bella found it when she woke up in the morning, she said it was still under her pillow. Which is such bullshit because I tore that bed apart looking for it! I’m going blind. :(
Holy shit! You just made me paranoid that I may have thrown my daughter’s teeth out while packing these past couple of days =/…
February 15, 2010 at 10:12 am
Oh noes! Hope you find them! I was almost in tears when I thought I’d lost Bella’s.
Where are the toothless pictures? :-)
February 15, 2010 at 10:12 am
No picture yet, just video.
She is so, so cute!!! Congrats, Bella!!
It really is exciting. :D
Next post better be raunchy, though.
Ha! I’m kidding.
Kinda.
:P
February 15, 2010 at 10:39 am
I totally feel you. Rhi is so big…Iswear, she put on five pounds and is probably half a foot taller than when you saw her. And the things she says! The kid uses words that half the adults I know don’t use regularly. It breaks my heart a little, because I still remember her being this teeny thing in the hospital. I’m proud of how amazing she is, and I can’t wait to see what she becomes, but, man…where did the years go?
February 15, 2010 at 10:43 am
My kids are home from school. They just found out that the tooth fairy is not real.
LMAO Maria. Seriously. Laughing out loud! Congrats to your baby.
I love how excited kids get about losing teeth. The grin is priceless, and those girls are such beauties!f
I feel your pain. My son just got his first two teeth last week. It was bittersweet!
our girls lost their first tooth (teeth) on the same day.
*sigh*
That video, woman.. that girl is too beautiful
OH and yah.. same tooth, too.
Congrats to the Bella!
She is so adorable!