Ella lost her first tooth!

Finally! That is now my usual response when one of my children loses a tooth. Ella FINALLY lost her first one. My kids are dentally delayed; this is my fault. I've passed that genetic gene onto them. 

Oh well, whatcha gonna do? :) 

I am the worst with wiggly teeth. You would think since I make my living in the dental industry, I would be all over those suckers, but I'm not. They give me the willies.  Mark is much better in the wiggling/pulling baby teeth out department. Ugh, yuck! 

Ella has been hanging on to this tooth for-ever! We were reading a book at night, and she was working on it and working on it with a washcloth. I could see the washcloth getting some blood on it (blach!) so I sent her downstairs to have Daddy look at it. Two seconds later the tooth was out and my little baby lost her first tooth. 

Then the most amazing thing happened . . . I caught the tooth fairy in Ella's room! I went in to check on the girls and saw the tooth fairy sprinkling fairy dust onto Ella's pillow. She must have just finished leaving the money for Ella because she flew off right after I was able to snap a picture. I couldn't believe it! I printed the picture out and showed Ella in the morning. Well, to say the least, she was VERY surprised. She told me she was even a little "freaked out". She made sure to show her brother who had told her before that he doesn't belive in fairies. I asked him what he thought and he said that he believes in the Tooth Fairy, just not other fairies. Thanks for the clarification, Karsten. :)

Well, say goodbye to this smile and say hello to Ella's new one!