Mikey's Tooth & Taylor's 3 months old!

OK--to get back up to date--Monday was the 14th, a great day for a couple of milestones. First of all, Mikey lost one of his front teeth. I'm wondering if he will lose the next one before December, so we can all sing, "All I want for Christmas." :o) I think his tooth actually would have hung around for a while, but when kids get excited..... :oD All I asked him was if he could do some tricks with it (just like Grandpa Mach & my Mom always said). He had it turned sideways before I could stop him. I ran to grab the camera, but it was too late--he had already pulled it out! It was kinda messy. Enjoy this first picture, but if you're not crazy about blood, skip the next two.

Can you see his tooth? I think the nerve ending is still hanging out of his gums. Eew!

Our next big milestone is that Taylor turned 3 months old, and with that came a fun little surprise....Taylor's just begining to laugh! It's still the 'new' laugh--a bit on the grunty-growly side, but still cute! We caught what we could on film:

I think the one with Mark is a bit easier to see. I love those first laughs! We work hard to get them! :oD

Kelli & Addie celebrated Taylor's big day by treating Taylor to some 'beauty parlor' fun. You can see she was a bit concerned by this kind of attention, but learned to enjoy it!

Do you like my new 'do' Mom?

Being a big 3 month old also means she is finally old enough for her own pony-tail. :o) Not really. I just got around to trying it! It actually looked pretty cute when her hair was still damp from the tub........But once her hair dried out & the curl was gone...

...the alfalfa came back!

Mark once called hair like that (really refering to his own hair when he wakes up in the morning) to the band "Flock of Seagulls"--if you look at the guy in the middle with the hair that looks like the wings of a seagull flapping, you'll get the idea of what he means. The term stuck. She definitely has a flock of seagulls!

She doesn't seem to mind. :o) I don't think you can fully appreciate the craziness of her version of 'Flock of Seagulls' until you see her in action. :o) She's a bit fussy/hungry/tired in this clip, but you can still get the general idea. She's not just laying on it funny--it's really sticking out there! I even tamed it down a bit with a wet comb before her photo shoot. Oh well!

Something else new--Addie had her first two cavities! (no hurrahs here) She went into the dentist today to get them filled with 'silver stars'--she's quite proud of them & of how well she did. I on the other hand am regretting not being more insistent that she brush her teeth like I have been with the other kids. If you were to put her to bed, I'm sure you would kind of just give up after all the work it takes to get her into her jammies & to use the bathroom! She's a bit tiring! Just forget about brushing them in the morning! Some days I'm lucky she's dressed by 2pm! It's time to find another exciting spinbrush to encourage good habits. :o)

Kelli gave me something to laugh about (much later, of course, after she had been punished & lost priviledges for getting into something without permission--again). She is beginning to let her curiosity & creative nature get her into trouble again....this time she made herself something to drink while I was getting cleaned up from an afternoon of yardwork. The tipoff - bright red fingers and red lips to match. Ever made koolaid? Then you know that one packet is used to make 2 quarts of 'juice' when mixed with water & 1 cup of sugar. Well, Kelli must have thought they were single serve packets, because she poured it into a little 6oz. cup & mixed it with water. Well, she must have thought two would be better than one (& I can understand her thinking, seeing how badly it would taste with just a little water & no sugar--it must need something more!), because there were two empty packages of tropical punch koolaid in the garbage. I don't think that quite fixed the problem for her, since the cup was found dumped in the sink, and so was a bright red paste that smelled of tropical punch! Just drink water, Kelli! :o) On to the next experiment....