She just keeps growing up more and more...

On the way to church this morning, Teda was sounding pretty worried saying that there was a hole in her tooth, and it was stinging. I thought she was talking about a tooth in the back, and she does need a filling, so I told her we were going to the dentist this week, so try not to worry about it. I'm glad I looked at it before she went into her class because it was her bottom front tooth, and it was loose! She's been looking forward to the day when she loses her first tooth for a long time now, so this was very exciting news to her.

Well, about 10 minutes into her class at church, she pulled her tooth out! When my mom, dad, and I came to pick her up after class, she was grinning from ear to ear! I couldn't believe it- this is a huge milestone! I feel like it takes her from being a little girl, to a girl girl. You know what I mean? We went upstairs right away and she showed her daddy, who was totally shocked. He didn't even get to find out it was loose before he found out it came out- crazy. Anyways, she has a little window on the bottom of her mouth she can put her tongue in. It's cute. She's been talking about it all day- saying, "I'm only 5!" and "I didn't even know I had a loose tooth!" She asked me, "Are you proud of me that I lost a tooth?" I said of course I am!

And she's beyond excited that the tooth fairy is coming tonight to put something under her pillow, and pick up her tooth. The tooth fairy got her some sugar free bubble gum today, and can't wait to put it under her pillow tonight. The tooth fairy wasn't really prepared to be the tooth fairy yet, but I guess now is as good a time as ever!

Here's Teda and her new little window...


And Zach holding our baby girl's first lost tooth- it's so tiny!