the first tooth (and the second)

I had no idea her tooth was even this loose. She informed us one day when she got home from school and just like that, it was out. I'm sure there was some tugging on Michael's part, but if you remember, I don't do teeth. 

She was so excited when she got up the next morning and found her note and money from the tooth fairy. I know $6 is a lot, but we go big for the first tooth. After that you're lucky if the tooth fairy even remembers your tooth is under the pillow.

And then wouldn't you know it, five days later, out came the second tooth. Either this kid isn't informing me that her teeth are loose or I really suck as a parent. Or maybe she's just that good at wiggling and getting them out.

Yes, her smile is really off center because of her overbite which is why we'll be seeing an orthodontist in the near future to start the process of getting all of that corrected.

Note to tooth fairy: leave more money.

tooth #2

Addison woke up Thanksgiving morning before anyone else. The two of us went in the playroom to play hangman, her new favorite game. After 10 minutes she headed to the bathroom and told me she was going to pull her tooth. I didn't think twice about it. She tried that with the first one and several times with this one and chickened out each time. A couple minutes later she calls for me and I go running in to see blood in her mouth. She didn't quite pull it all the way out, but was obviously close. The whole tooth, blood thing freaks me out so I handed her some toilet paper to use as leverage and told her to have at it. Two minutes later and that tooth was out.

It wasn't as loose as the first one so I'm really surprised that she pulled it out all on her own.

She did really good. She didn't freak out or get upset with any of it. I'm okay with the tooth once it's out, but I want no part of the process.

She was pretty happy that she lost a tooth on Thanksgiving. To make it more special, the tooth fairy wrote a little note telling her how she met Zarkle that night.

That's right. Our Elf is back. As you can see, the tooth fairy even left him a little glitter kiss on his cheek.

Right now there are no teeth wiggling around in her mouth. I have a feeling it's going to be awhile until the next one comes out.

the first tooth

It seems like this tooth has been wiggling for 6 months. It took forever, but it finally happen. Addison lost her first tooth.

While we were in Tennessee this past weekend, the girls spent the night at Aunt Angela's house one night. Michael and I went over the next morning to pick them up and Addison asked that I put some makeup on her. Side note: I do not let her wear make-up out of the house. The night before, Aunt Angela prettied them up for the sleepover. She was still on the makeup kick and since we were on vacation I told her I would put a "little" on before we left. My idea of a little and her idea of a little are too different things. For her it had to be caked on purple so you could see it from 500 feet away for it to be enough. During the argument she was biting on her shirt and when she went to take her shirt out of her mouth the tooth came flying out at me. After realizing what happen and rinsing the blood out of her mouth I asked her if she wanted me to finish the makeup. Just like that, the makeup was an afterthought.

My sister-in-law's mother heard the story and offered to make her a little tooth bag for her tooth. Addison carried that little purple bag around all day with her, showing it to everyone who would look at it. That night I was all over Pinterest looking at tooth fairy ideas. I came across a mini letter and sparkly money. Voila! A personal letter and fairy money from the tooth fairy.

This was the note she asked Aunt Angela to write on the chalkboard in cousin Hannah's room. Earlier that day she only asked for $3.

The next morning she ran in to show me everything she found under her pillow. She was so excited and proud.

I was only going to give her $5, but because the glitter was so fun I threw in the extra $1. The coins I left in the pouch. It's sad that I only had 15 cents in my wallet.  

We searched and searched for a good name for her tooth fairy. We were leaning towards Minerva, but decided on Dentalina. Dentalina made sure to let her know that she got extra just because it was her first tooth.

My sweet little girl and her new smile. A couple of weeks ago she told me that her tooth hurt and I blew it off thinking it was just from wiggling it. It took a week before we noticed her permanent tooth had come in behind it. Hence, the pain. 

The one next to it is nowhere close to coming out. I predict another six months before she gets another visit from Dentalina.