Toothless Wonder

A good tooth brushing and an hour of wiggling was all it took for Madalynn's first lost tooth to go from solid to GONE this morning.

Madalynn has been waiting for this "right of passage" (as she sees it) into "big girl" territory FOREVER! She no longer has to sit and look at all of her friends' toothless grins longing for a space in her smile.

"Mom!" she hollered as she rushed into the kitchen with her mouth wide open this morning to show me her wiggly discovery. She was talking so fast I couldn't understand most of what she said. "What do I do" she asked.

I told her that most of the time it takes a while from a tooth to go from loose to gone...sometimes a week or so. Imagine both of our surprise as she caught her tooth in her hand and gasped, "It came out, Mom! It came out!"

Her tiny tooth is waiting in a cup on her dresser for the tooth fairy to take and replace with money.

"Do I look funny?" was one of the first questions she asked me.

I hugged her and told her she looks beautiful. Enjoy the picture of beautiful, toothless Madalynn.