A bonding moment.....

Just this last Monday I had the pleasure of having my wisdom tooth pulled. Yes, tooth. I only had one and that was great. The orthodontist said it would never come down...never say never, right. Well, it only took 15 years, but there it was.

I went in bright and early Monday morning and they gassed me up. I just kept asking them, "Is this stuff legal??" "Can I come in for weekly treatments??" They said they would work a deal with me....Lucky. Unfortunately the "high" ended quickly because it only took about 5 minutes to get the tooth out. Dreamy time over.

I took the tooth home as a souvenir and to have an educating moment with the kids. Jackson thought the tooth was especially cool. He has been working on losing his first tooth for about a month now. At about 9 that night Jackson and I were talking about how cool it would be for me to lose my last tooth and he his first on the same day. Well, we wanted to make our dream a reality. We got the dental floss and with a 1...2....YANK..... The tooth was just hanging. Jackson finished it off and we went to show Devin our handy work.

Jackson insisted that we both put our teeth under our pillows for the tooth fairy. The next morning I was sure glad I did. Jackson received $2 and I $1. I guess size doesn't matter with the tooth fairy after all. Good times with you Jackson! Loves.

A 2 year old trip to the salon....

So I put Alex to bed on night at around 9:30PM. I was getting ready to take off on a fun trip with friends the next morning. I ran around the house like a busy bee until about 11 PM and decided I had done enough and could go to sleep. I smelled some strong odors as I entered my bedroom and soon discover Alex.....She had climbed up to the high cabinets and retrieved the pink nail polish. Ok, nail polish, this wasn't the first time she had done this. Then I saw my pink hand towel and pink sink. Good one Alex! By the way...why is your face so shiny little girl and your hair standing straight up like and 80's rocker? Oh fun for Alex...she found the glittery lip gloss too. Good times! I guess rather than getting my nice, relaxing bubble bath I will give one to you at 11 PM. Sounds like fun! It's a good thing I love little monsters!

Meet my new friends

We have been married for 8 years, owned two different homes, and moved 7 times. We have been around. In all that time we have only purchased and planted 1 tree and some shrubs. Lame. Sad. Unfortunate.....Until yesterday! We have foliage! We purchased and planted a beautiful sunburst locust, a darling weeping cherry and several lovely grasses. It's as if I have had more children, I am so in love with them. (Don't worry Kiddos, Mom loves you more than the trees). So, welcome to our new family members, may you grow and flourish! We love you!

The edible baby.....by A. Chamberlain

I have a very talented friend who took these gorgeous pictures of Griffin at one week old. She also took the darling family picture at the top of the blog. I am so grateful to have these precious photos to remember Griffin as this tiny little morsel. Thank you so much Amy, for sharing your talents!

Check out all of Griff's photos at Amy's blog. http://amychamberlain.blogspot.com/

Goldilocks has lost her locks!

So we finally did it! We cut Dylan's hair off! She has been asking for a few months and we finally decided that we would let her decide the fate of her beautiful hair. I can't believe how grown-up she looks, especially with the TEMORARY pink and blue streaks. We love our Dilly!