Memory Lane Monday

So last night we were enjoying a homecooked dinner, J cooked out and it was great, when Tru jumped up out of his chair. "My tooth is loose, my tooth is loose!" He was so excited. J looked at his little bottom front tooth and sure enough is was loose. Tru let me wiggle it,too. The little tooth was loose, but still hanging in there. J offered to help pull it out and Tru was on board 'till he saw the string attached to the pantry door and decided to try my way first..."So I just wiggle it for a day or two and should come out?" He asked over and over, that same question all last night and a couple times this morning.

Needless to say the little tooth is still there today. Tru's first loose tooth is a little bitter sweet to me though. The little boys, who are 8 months old now, just cut their first teeth a month ago. It seems like just last week it was Tru who was cutting his first tooth. I remember when I first discovered his first tooth. I worked fulltime at a bank those days and so I relished every moment I could with our sweet little Tru-baby. When we would get home from from work/daycare I loved just holding him. It was the middle of winter. Jody hadn't made it home yet so it was just me and Tru. We were sitting on the floor of our den in a house we were renting from a sweet older couple living next door. Truitt was only 4 months old...so tiny. I had him in my lap on the floor scooting some toys in front of him while dinner finished in the oven. He was knawing on my thumb when I felt something sharp. I put my finger in his mouth gently rubbing where a little tooth had pushed it's way through his gums. Things like that, for me, just stick with you. Wouldn't it be funny if that was the tooth he was loosing now.

When you become a parent it seems like everyone says "time is going to fly by" and "they grow up so fast". And the truth is everyone is RIGHT! Time does fly and they do grow up too fast...course it doesn't feel that way when you are dealing with sleepless nights and banchy screams(Liam), but none the less it's true. I know that little tooth is going to come out soon and I might shed a tear or two because I was there when is came out the first time. I am so grateful for my beautiful children and the memories I get to keep. Thank you Lord for all the times past and present and all the times to come!

Our Tru-baby...