Well... it is official. My daughter is just growing up entirely too quickly! I knew it was coming. The wiggly tooth and non-stop inquiries regarding the tooth-fairy should have prepared me. And still it was a little shocking.
Elizabeth lost her very first tooth last night. She was pretty calm about feeling the tooth in her mouth - that is, until the blood came. Nobody likes to see their own blood, right? Mouthfuls of blood - even worse.
After swishing her mouth a few times with lukewarm water and cheering her on regarding her new 'big kid' status, she finally calmed down and eventually became very excited about the entire thing.
It was like Christmas Eve to her... she didn't want to fall asleep and miss the visit from the tooth fairy. But the day finally caught up with her and she was off to la-la land shortly after bedtime.
The tooth-fairy is much more generous than I remember her being when I was a child. But with inflation and increased cost of living.... you can't really blame her for leaving a crisp five dollar bill under Elizabeth's pillow while she slept.
Today when I pick her up from daycare, we are off to Walmart to exchange her money for an awesome big kid toy. Wonder Years, here we come.
Here she is, showing off her new smile. I took this photo with my phone, because she wanted to send it to EVERYone we knew last night. *smile*
