Now you see it…

now you don't!

Kelsey, my little sweetheart,  at the tender age of 6 years, 4 months, and 7 days, has finally lost her first tooth today!  We had begun to think it might never happen.  Caitlin lost her first tooth at 5 years and 3.5 months, so we just assumed Kelsey would lose them quickly, too. 

The time passed, though, and Kelsey's teeth seemed as sturdy as they could be…until three weeks ago.  Finally, a 'looth tooth'!  Then it seemed to take forever to fall out.  On Monday, the tooth was hanging by a thread.  We reached the point where we forgot it was still there…and then…

While I was trying to work on the car shipment, I turned to look at Kelsey….and there was a new gap in her mouth, on the bottom row!  Yes, the tooth had fallen out without her knowledge. We raced out back to find it, as it seemed she should have something to put under the pillow and…

Lo and behold, there it was in the pock-marked cement just beneath where Kelsey had been sitting.  It must have fallen out just after she had bitten into her apple and managed to delicately land and await discovery.

Later in the evening, she put the tooth under her pillow, and despite her worries the tooth would fall off the bed, and the Tooth Fairly would not visit….when she woke up at the crack of dawn, there was a crinkly dollar bill tucked underneath the pillow. She marched in our room, proudly showed us, and went back to her bed to sleep for several more hours. And, for now, she is one happy little camper…