I'm feeling like a bad mommy for not blogging this sooner but my little Gabe lost his first tooth last Sunday (7/27/08) while drinking a cup of milk. We had been telling him all day long that he just needed to give his tooth a little tug and it would come out but he did not want to do it. Not even Pappy could convince him otherwise. After dinner with Grandma & Pappy we came home and sure enough, that tooth popped right out on it's own and landed on his shirt. He was so excited. We put the tooth in water until bedtime and then into a plastic baggie and under the pillow. The magical tooth fairy came and left him a nice crispy one dollar bill. I was up before him the next morning (which doesn't usually happen) and he came out of his room and said, "Hey mom, you gotta see this!" I said, "What is it?" to which he replied, "The tooth fairy came and used magic to put a one dollar under my pillow and I saw her" (uh oh thoughts were swirling through my head because he did stir a little when the "tooth fairy" did the switcheroo). I asked him what she looked like and he said, "I don't know I was asleep but I saw her use magic" (whew)!

Now, I can't really say that I could have blogged this with photos much sooner because Gabe did not want to have a picture taken and would run off every time I tried to get out the camera. I finally got him in front of the camera, mostly willingly (only a minor bribe to play the wii with him), on Saturday (8/2/08).

So, here he is with a missing tooth and looking oh so proud!!!

and this one doesn't show off his missing tooth but it is totally "him" ... you know those things your kids do that just make them "them" ... this is one of Gabe's :)

I have so many sneak peeks that I am getting backed up on so look for more frequent blog posts for the rest of the week and next week too!!

Enjoy!

If you didn't know, I am a huge American Idol junkie. I have watched every episode since Season 1 ... even all of them through the super sucky Season 3. I wouldn't say I'm a big fan of reality television, just the ones that require some talent. So, American Idol and Dancing with the Stars have been my two TV shows that are on my must watch list. Now that they are both over I will catch up on LOST and be ready for the season finale next week.

Me: Boy oh boy, Alison woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Gabe: Which side? The side Dad lays on?

LOL! That totally cracks me up! Anyone who knows my husband knows what I'm talking about. He may not really be grumpy but if he doesn't have anything to say he can certainly be perceived as being grouchy. In fact, when we were at Disneyland a couple of years ago he got a Grumpy hat.

Oh, and Alison likes to call Jell-O and jam Jellyfish! So during her meltdown she was also screaming that she wants Jellyfish! Oh, kids are funny!