The jetset life

We're tuckered.


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Success!

Not only did he get that hangy tooth out, he went to work on the twin tooth and yanked that baby out all by himself! And now he is sporting my favorite first grade look: front-toothless.

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Basketball!!

Today kicks off the first of the season for these two little ballers...can't wait to see them in action!

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From my sweet Will

Will had presents for all of us tonight at dinner....sweet words and chocolate....I am working on upgrading my title, haha! I LOVE this kid.

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Speaking of teeth...

This little guy has one tooth just poking straight out.  The other tooth had grown in behind, so there was nothing to push that baby out.....just hanging there.  For weeks.  He worked on it endlessly....

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A heckuva day



Kayte has finally arrived.  All her baby teeth are gone and she is all geared up for braces.  The girl has my teeth and Joe's jaw, so they picked 4 of her teeth that just had to go first.  So one morning we headed to the orthodontist for her pre-braces impression (which in my naivety, I thought would be the worst part of the day, gag!), took a mini-break, and then set our course for the dentist for the extractions.  Now, we extract teeth in our house on a bi-monthly basis....one was pulled out in this house less than 20 minutes ago, as I type!  We've even been to the dentist for an extraction.  There's always a little blood, but mostly relief and rejoicing and calling of all the grandparents.  So I thought we'd head to the dentist and have Kayte's toothless smile back to school within the hour! Fun fact: adult teeth are bigger than baby teeth.  And adult teeth roots are bigger than the teeth themselves. There was lots of blood, lots of gauze, and lots of TV snuggling on the couch. Our cinnamon roll mini-break between the ortho and the dentist....
....the numbing up.  Yes, I take pictures of my daughter in the chair. I promise she'll thank me someday.  Or maybe not.

Giant TEETH!!
Upside?  For Kayte, it was ice cream and tomato soup.  For me, a day with my girl.
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Sundays...

Spent a snowy afternoon at home with this talented beauty, doing what she does best: making the world a more colorful place!

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Stepping it up...

I recently went from the Stone Age to the new millennium... I got a smarter-than-me phone! I think there is a certain amount of pride I had in holding out so long... Outlasting even my poor husband, who, given the chance, would probably have outlawed cell phones altogether... At least until they allowed constant ESPN access :). But my favorite feature of all time is having a reliable and even decent camera in my back pocket for every imaginable photo op! And even better, I found that I can blog right from my phone, albeit on a teeny tiny keyboard. Nonetheless, I am thrilled with this little technology miracle, and my phone is so much faster than my much-outdated laptop...so here is to a new year with some fab new technology. I can actually feel my life getting easier :)

This was our last group selfie, minutes from midnight on New Year's Eve!

Happy 2015!!

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