Shadow can you hear me?

Wyatt loves waiting on the front porch in the afternoon for the school bus. Today I peeked at him through the door to see what he was doing while he was waiting for the bus. Our old black lab Shadow (she's about 11) hangs out on the porch too (about all of the time these days). She is deaf now as a result of her old age. As I looked out on the porch I see Wyatt lifting up her ear to talk to her (wish I'd had my camera handy). The cutest thing. :) Later I asked him if this helped her hear him and he simply said "yup." He is such a thoughtful and sweet boy.

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Wyatt chose one of his favorite books "5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" for his bedtime story tonight. He loves this book because he can "read it" to me (he's got the whole book memorized about word for word). He gets the biggest smile on his face as we go through the book together. The last 2 pages he doesn't quite have all the words and so he says tonight "the monkeys fell fast asleep so mommy could have some quiet time." :) He made me laugh and yes I do enjoy my quiet time once all my little monkeys are in bed. :) Cute moments like that one I don't want to forget. :)

The tooth fairy got caught up in the storm again!! Oh my!

Last night Dakota came out of the bathroom announcing he pulled out another tooth. (I didn't even know that he had a loose one.) We were excited for him and now he's missing the same tooth on both sides of his mouth. He was very excited for the tooth fairy to make her visit last night. David put the tooth in a plastic baggie and under the pillow the tooth went waiting to be exchanged for some money.
Dakota told me tonight after returning home from his sister's dance class that the tooth fairy forgot his tooth (again). Well we got a very bad storm last night and wouldn't you know that little lady the tooth fairy got caught up in it. Dakota thought maybe one of the tornadoes got her and I agreed to that idea 100%. I reassured him that I would be contacting the tooth fairy tonight and she WOULDN'T forget about his tooth this time. She may even leave him a little something extra for forgetting again about the tooth!! ;)

1st Tooth

Abbie officially has her 1st tooth. The painful little tooth finally appeared on November 2nd. She's been a trooper with the teething and now already has a 2nd tooth that is causing her a lot of pain and sweeling. Yes she is only 4 1/2 months old (my babies have always gotten there teeth early).

I've been using Hylands teething tablets, teething toys, and a bit of Tylenol when she's crying out in pain. I really want to get an amber and hazelwood teething necklace for her. I've heard really great things about them. I think Santa is going to bring her a Sophie. :) She loves to chew on mommy's fingers and big sis Emma's too. :)