I started this a long time ago. But, I’m picking it up again now. I’m really wanting to start working on it. So, if you are reading this and want to help me, I’d SO appreciate it!
Archives for March 2009
crazy hair day
Crazy hair day at Barkley school was a success. I had to go to a couple different stores before I was able to find the colored hairspray. And, my plan of doing two different colors was thwarted when I saw that the spray cost $4 a pop. I just wasn’t going to spend $8 on funky hair. Evan was happy with the blue though. I’m hoping that it truly is temporary and that it comes out in the bath tonight. I’m thinking I don’t want to keep looking at Evan with hair that reminds me of bread mold. And, apparently, Drew and Ashlyn had their own version of crazy hair.
snaggletooth is no more…yahoo!
We’ve been waiting for this day for years. Evan had what is called a twin tooth. He actually had an extra front tooth. So, where one tooth should have been, he had two smaller teeth. Because they were so tight together, the dentist fused them together to make cleaning easier and to prevent cavities. All of us were anxious to see what happened when those teeth (what we “fondly”–if that’s possible–called snaggletooth) got loose. So, a couple weeks ago, we noticed it starting to get a little loose. Then, thanks to a bump at school on Friday, it got quite a bit looser. You should have heard the phone call from the school nurse who was a bit freaked out when looking at Evan’s mouth after his accident–or what she called “his mouth hit someone’s arm” (really?). She called to ask me about his tooth because she panicked thinking the accident split his front tooth. So, after that, it was a bit looser but Evan refused to let us near it. But, tonight, it was past the point of no return. The right side of snaggletooth was completely out, but the left side or tooth was still hanging on. The thing was literally dangling. So, we had about 10 seconds of mass chaos as I helped hold him and Mark tried to wiggle it. It came right out and went right down his throat. Nice. We didn’t plan that one out too well. Evan then sat up and coughed, and it popped out. He was instantly better and happy–even had to wake Ashlyn up to tell her it “fell” out (rarely do they really just “fall” out, right?). Whew. Big sigh of relief from me. And, in case you are wondering, we did have an xray done years ago, and the dentist believes there is one normal adult tooth behind snaggletooth.
Adoption Music Giveaway to Beat the Winter/Waiting Blues
I’m hosting a giveaway for adoptive moms or waiting adoptive moms. It’s for a cd made up of my adoption music playlist. These songs include encouraging songs for the wait, songs specific to adoption, as well as some songs about parenting in general. These are my personal pics, so many of them are Christian songs. If you want to be included in a drawing for a free cd collection of the songs to encourage you, please leave a comment with your name and where you are in the adoption process. I’ll do the drawing in 1 week. I’m hoping to have some fun myself doing this as well as encourage you out of the winter blues…or waiting blues!