All I want for Christmas is...

Not the two front teeth, but close. The two bottom ones. Natalie's two bottom teeth have been loose for a little while now. As I was brushing her teeth last night, I wanted to take a picture, mostly because her permanent teeth are coming in behind her baby teeth. (Her dentist said this happens in about 10% of kids.) So she has two rows of teeth. It reminds me of a shark and how they have multiple rows of teeth.

So then, I decided to wiggle the tooth, like I do every night. It was so loose, but still stuck. I asked her if I could just pull it out. She said yes. So I started pulling and she said it didn't hurt, so I kept pulling, and... out it popped! I think I scared her though, because I gasped and she didn't know her tooth had come out and she thought something was wrong.

Then I showed her the tooth and she was soooooo excited. She couldn't keep the laughter inside. She could only be quiet for a few seconds at a time before the next round of excited laughter came out. It was so cute. You can tell she is way excited.

Here she is in bed with her tooth tucked in beneath her pillow, waiting for the tooth fairy. Who, by the way, took her tooth and left her a dollar. She is very excited to go to the dollar store and pick out "whatever she wants." Her other bottom tooth is really loose too and I've noticed her working at it more today than ever before, because now she knows how fun it is to loose a tooth. That one will be gone too within the week. Oh, and Natalie also discovered yesterday (before loosing her tooth) that her top right tooth is a tiny bit loose. So there is still a chance that she might be wanting her two front teeth for Christmas. If so, I will definitely teach her to sing the song. And I will record it.

And Natalie is not the only one... At about the same time that Natalie's permanent bottom teeth started poking through, Damon started getting the exact same two teeth. (this was 3 or 4 weeks ago) I thought it was funny that they were both getting the same teeth at the same time. Natalie, however, was a lot less grouchy about the whole process.

Look closely, they are there! As of today, they are a little more than halfway in. I forget how razor sharp they are. I love how these super sharp teeth coincide with them being mobile enough to get all the little things in their mouth that you have to fish out with your fingers. I wonder if Heavenly Father thinks that is funny. I have to admit that I would be up there laughing too... if I weren't the one being bitten all the time.