A First

Today Maya came bouncing downstairs yelling that she had a loose tooth. I reluctantly checked it out. You see, she is always pretending to have a loose or lost tooth. Friends have starting losing them and she has looked forward to the big day. So as I peeked inside, I discovered it really was loose. As the day went on, she played with it more and more and now it is out. I have to admit, I got a little choked up after realizing that my little girl is slowing growing up. I had no idea this day would come so soon and really, at 4 1/2 years it does seem a little early. Could it be that it fell out on its own or that she was hit in the mouth by a shopping cart on Thursday when the cart was full with a screaming baby and a busy toddler and a driver that didn't see a preschooler hanging on the front of it? Regardless of how, she is ecstatic!




Note: Right after the picture was taken, she dropped the little tooth and it was lost in our carpet. Luckily, we wrote a note to the tooth fairy and hopefully she will still deliver tonight.