Excitement

The limbs of the trees and shrubs were so beautiful this morning. Hanging heavily. Glistening. I grabbed my camera and slowly made my way down the back stairs all covered with ice. Stepped onto the concrete patio and it seemed to be clear. So I headed across to take a picture of the 20 foot cedar that was bending over from the weight. Just as I took the third step or so, I felt my feet come up and I realized I was falling. I immediately raised my arm up that was holding the camera and saved the camera from crashing onto the concrete. I landed on my left side tailbone/hip and my right elbow slammed hit second. Luckily I did not break anything. I deeply bruised both and I am very thankful. Blessed!

This is Emily and she lost her first tooth tonight!

Such excitement leading up to the pulling of this tooth. She wanted to pull it but wanted me to pull it. So she finally said You pull it mom. I told her I would try once and if it didn't come out she would have to pull it. So we tried once and it almost came out. It was just hanging by a tiny bit. She went to get a rag so I could wipe it clean and as I wiped it came on out. She ran to the mirror to see her missing tooth and was a little sad that there was a hole and not another tooth ready to replace the lost one. Then after a couple of minutes the sadness was replaced by jumping around singing yay, I lost my first tooth! She is so excited! Growing. Changing. Lovely.