There are certain moments in our life that we'll always remember. Naturally, weddings and babies are just a few of the most memorable. But I've noticed as I've had my own babies that now their moments are the ones that matter and stick out in my mind. Tonight my baby boy lost his first tooth.
And yes my eyes filled up with tears as he walked over to me and I realized what had happened. I looked in that mouth of his and quietly thought to myself about the last time I saw a toothless spot in there. Time really does fly by.
For the rest of the night he talked about teeth. Who had lost teeth, how many, who hadn't lost any, what would happen if he lost all of his teeth at once, how much he was expecting to get ($100 he said!), what would happen if he woke up and the Tooth Fairy was IN his room, what was she going to do with it, and how would she get it! And that's only a few of the questions and discussion pieces we had about teeth tonight. I also told him that the next tooth would not be falling out so he had to take really good care of it. I think he missed my point because he wanted to know right away why God only gave us 2 sets!
So the story he's getting tomorrow, and stick to it for me, is the Tooth Fairy has plenty of teeth and she wants his MAMA to keep his first tooth. His first tooth in. And 5 short years later his first tooth out.
(Sigh!)
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