Oh, man.  My youngest lost her first upper front tooth this week.  I knew that the day was coming, but I am not happy.  Yes, a gap-tooth little kid is always cute, but knowing that she will never again have that little girl smile is making me sad.  We'll have these gap-tooth days and then the big, huge new teeth slowly growing in days and probably the braces days after that.  How can she be getting so big?  She is so proud to have finally gotten that tooth out; she worked and worked on it.  She tries to stick her tongue through the gap, drinks through a straw through the gap, and can't wait to get her hands on a lollipop so that she can suck on it with her mouth closed. 

The boys losing their baby teeth didn't make me sad; I guess b/c there was always still another little one around.  (BIG boys possibly losing BIG teeth is another story for another blog entry.)  But my baby should not be growing up so fast!  At least she can still fit on my lap.  When she grows out of that, I will have to get myself a puppy.