Dear Tooth Fairy

That gap in those front teeth--what remains of Livi's first lost baby tooth.  It's been loose for a while, and she's been driving us crazy wiggling it, talking about it (maybe even whining now and then...).  Yesterday it was being especially wiggly.  Grandma Sheree was telling Livi a story about when Mommy lost her first tooth after biting into an apple.  Livi took one bite of her carrot and the tooth was sticking out at an odd angle.  Grandma reached out and yanked it right out!  As you can tell from the picture, Livi tried to be brave, and she tried to smile through the 'anguish.'  Overall, I'd give her an 'A' for effort.

Too bad we didn't get a picture or a movie of Grandma 'saving' Anna from riding her tricycle down the hill a little bit earlier...

Swimming Jarom

He's mobile.  And while it's not what we were expecting, it's effective enough.  He doesn't really like to perform on command, meaning we can't put something out in front of him and get him to go get it.  But he's very good at waiting until our backs are turned and ending up under the bed, or the couch, or someone's chair.  The house is not baby-proofed in any way.  I suppose it's time to get busy working on that.

Look out below!!!

So this is Anna the night she decided that diving off the couch would be a good idea. Unfortunately, she must not have noticed the coffee table in between her and the floor. We were over at Grandma's house, and put ice on it as soon as we could, but we knew it was going to be a nice black eye.

We thought it looked pretty bad that night, but it got lots worse. Picture #2 here is from about a week later. Ouch. It looked at least this good for probably a good two weeks, and we were afraid to take her out in public for fear of being reported to Child Protective Services. Well not really, but it looked about that bad.

And this is her about a month after the little accident. You can still see a little 'shadow' under her eye, and if you feel her cheek, you might notice a little bump, but overall, she's back to her lovely little self. A little lesson for all of us about the dangers of going to Grandma's house. Just kidding. Just don't go jumping off any couches head-first...