all she wants for christmas...

...is to lose her first tooth!


ohhhh my! have we been waiting for caroline's first tooth to fall out!!!

caroline has been anxiously awaiting her first loose tooth. ethan has lost several, and her cousin karina lost her first tooth this summer. when caroline's tooth finally became loose, it was such a big deal. i received hourly updates on the looseness of the tooth, including her running ecstatic into the living room one day. i thought her tooth had fallen out, but no... "it's LOOSER!" she exclaimed. yeah, this was gonna be a long few weeks.

it has been hanging by a couple of threads for a while now, but she was very insistent that i not pull it out. "i want God to pull it out," she would say every time i suggested that i yank it. she was going to the dentist on wednesday for a filling, and i told her that he could just pull it while she was numb and it'd be over. that really didn't fly with her Holy Spirit Extraction Plan... so we have just kept wiggling it and wiggling it.

on thursday night, after brushing her teeth, caroline had the idea to pop her tooth out with her flosser (SEE, DR. DENTIST!??! WE ARE FLOSSING!). not sure how her idea falls in line with God pulling out her tooth, but i just went with it. one little pop, and out it came!

and then she lost it. uncontrollable crying... with a big smile on her face.


by the time i grabbed my video camera, caroline had calmed down a little, but she was still pretty happy/upset. (warning: there is blood in the video!)


i am so thrilled for this big "first" for my first little girl.