Mollie's Big News

Mollie Katherine lost her first tooth this afternoon! It sorta freaked her out. She didn't know it would bleed. She designed her very own tooth fairy pillow. It is so cute. It has pictures of her and the tooth fairy on it along with a few pictures of a giant tooth. She colored the teeth with red on the bottom half and told me it represented all the blood! Across the bottom of the pillow, she wrote in stylized text: TOOTH PILLOW and then on the top she wrote: CONGRATULATIONS! She and Sydney, Fischer and Nicholas are spending the night with SuSu. After Mollie's bath, Adrian and I were playing with the kids in the playroom. It was about 7:15 pm. My mother asked, "Where's Mollie? Has anyone seen Mollie?" We went looking for her and she was already in bed waiting for the tooth fairy to come! It was so sweet. She is very excited!

Our other big news is that we bought a new van. It is just like our old one, but new! And red! We love it and are so thankful we could get it. We needed a new minivan and here, an unusual opportunity allowed us to do so. I always have trouble with the whole, "this is a blessing" as if certain things in life are NOT blessings. To me, everything is a blessing. Things happen in ways we don't always understand, but if everything is in God's hands, then everything happens for a reason and everything is a gift. Doesn't mean a lot of things aren't difficult. Doesn't mean tragic things don't happen.

Life keeps going. And we are so grateful we got to hold our little girl's first tooth in our hands this afternoon. We were able to remember seeing that tooth emerge for the first time when she was just 4 months old. And now, it is gone and a new adult tooth is ready to come. Being a parent sure is wonderful. We get a front row seat to experience the most amazing things! xoxoxo