Stella & Another Lost Tooth

Stella lost another tooth today...her top center left tooth.  Well it was more like David pulled it out because it was hindering her from eating because she didn't want to bite down on anything with the loose tooth.  Everything is much better now with that tooth gone. 

Desmond's First Visit to the Dentist

Des and I had appointments with the dentist today and it was Desmond's first ever dental checkup.  He was initially nervous about going and was balking a little bit but ended up doing a GREAT job once we got there!!  They started my cleaning first so that Des could observe and get comfortable before they started on him.  And the plan was for Meagan, our dental hygienist, to clean Des's teeth after she finished with mine.  But 5 minutes into my cleaning, another dental hygienist became available and asked Des if it was ok for her to clean his teeth.  Des bravely agreed, followed the hygienist to the cubicle next to mine (it's partitioned so that we could only hear each other, but not see each other) and got his teeth cleaned and his teeth examined by the dentist all by himself, without me there, and without any tears or complaints.  I couldn't believe it!  I was so, so proud of him.  I was able to snap some pictures when Meagan applied the fluoride to Des's teeth.

Lady In Red

Sasha is wearing this adorable velvet outfit that Ommy bought for her and of course, I had to take some pictures of my lil' Lady in Red!

Even though this picture is blurry, I love it because of the huge smile Sasha has on her face.  She is laughing at her big sister and brother who were jumping around her doing silly stuff to make her laugh.  And it worked!

A Date with Des

I had a date with my favorite lil' guy today and it was so fun to just be with him, just the two of us.  First we went to Hobby Lobby so that he could pick out a toy/craft of his choosing for having read-out-loud 5 books.  Des has a sticker chart for reading and for every book he reads, he gets a sticker, and for every 5 books he reads, he gets a prize.  He is reading the BOB books just like Stella did and is enjoying it.  Des's attention span and his ability to sit and read before getting distracted by something else is also increasing day by day.

Anyway, back to the date.  At Hobby Lobby Des picked out a wind-up caterpillar toy as well as a froggy boo boo ice pack. 

Here he is showing off his prizes.

After Hobby Lobby, we went to a restaurant called Grubs to eat.  It was our first time there and we loved it.  The food was really yummy.  I attempted to take pictures of the two of us before our food came, but my short arms, my squirmy date, and the dim lighting made it a challenge.  But I still love these pix because of the happy smiles on my happy boy's face.

Des was so appreciative of our date and time together and kept telling me how much fun he was having and how much he loves me.  Oh, how I love this sweet boy.  I can't wait to go on another date again, Bud Bud!

Stella Loses Another Tooth

Stella lost her top right center incisor today at school during lunchtime.  Dada predicted it in the morning that she would lose it today at school and he was right.  She was eating lunch, biting into a corn dog and the tooth came out into her mouth.  She told me that she was so scared that she was going to swallow it, but luckily she didn't.  She told one of the teachers who then sent her to the nurse's office.  When I picked her up at school at the end of the day, I immediately noticed her missing tooth as she was smiling and waving the tiny tooth shaped container the nurse had given her to put her tooth in.  The top left center incisor is also loose and somehow with the one next to it gone, it has shifted in place towards the center of her mouth creating a large gap between it and the tooth next to it.  I am her mother and I can say that it looks pretty goofy =:)  She need to lose this one too because it is preventing her from eating well because she is too afraid to bite into food now.

D-E-S-M-O-N-D

We were playing outside with chalk on the driveway today, when Des asked me to help him spell his name.  He wrote his name all by himself and was so proud of it.  The first "D" is backwards, but that's OK!  I am very proud of Des's interest in reading and writing these days.  We also wrote everyone's names on caterpillars.  It's so great that the weather is getting milder and we can spend some time outside!

Sasha is Sleeping Through the Night

Sasha has been technically sleeping through the night since she was 2 months old from anywhere between 11-12 at night to 6 am in the morning.  Somedays, she goes as long as 7 am.  Today, she slept from 10:30 pm to 6:15 am.  We will see what happens when she grows out of swaddling.  She is the only one of my babies who has lasted in the swaddle this long.  Maybe it's because we used the miracle blanket on Sasha which is guaranteed to prevent babies from getting out of the swaddle.