First Tooth!

Something exciting happened this past week. After 15 months of wondering if we needed to start saving for dentures, Charlotte's first little tooth appeared. After a week of sleepless nights and general grumpiness during the day, I was playing with her and said " let me see your teeth" I say this jokingly on a regular basis since there were none : ) I felt her gums and what do you know? A teeny little tooth was starting to poke through on the bottom left. I started crying. Robby told me a few weeks ago that he had been praying for Charlotte's teeth everyday so it was really fun when I got to tell him that the Lord heard his prayer, as He always does, & that Char has a tooth!

Here are some pictures of our first tooth brushing....

with no prompting, she assumed it was a small brush for her hair

then she found her mouth

she was so happy!

she was closest to the actual tooth in this picture

one happy little girl after her first tooth brushin' experience

You may notice that she has quite the bruise on her left cheek. Last night, her friend Matilda was over and they were hugging each other while riding in the school bus. Charlotte got excited and gave Matilda a really big hug while she pulled her backward, off of the school bus onto the ground about a foot below. Charlotte landed on her back and Matilda landed directly on top of her. It was a very unfortunate school bus accident....many tears involved & she has a bruise to prove it!

We will continue to pray for some more teeth...life would be a little hard with only one : ) Just for the record, our pediatrician said that there is no concern about a toothless grin until the child turns two. At that point, they would do x-rays & see if there were any teeth. Thankful for her tooth.