Okay, this might be only in my mind since there is no scientific proof BUT today I think we won another battle agains JM!
Our poor little dumpling Connor never had the experience of what it feels like to natural loose a tooth in his 7 years on Earth.
At age 2 he had to have one tooth pulled out when he chipped it on the tile floor and the nerve was exposed. This was a very dramatic event for him. We then entered JM and with it he got to see his brother's teeth become wiggly and fall out but never his. In Connor's case his permanent teeth actually started to come out behind his upper and lower baby teeth. So once again to the Dentist with the event of Connor getting four teeth pulled out last year. This time it all went much more smooth as Connor likes this Dentist and was not in a screaming fit like at age 2. Very composed in fact and it paid off with a visit to a 60's Dinner to have Milkshakes and Ice Cream afterwards. Plus he craved Elvis Fries and I am still not sure how he was able to eat them after his ordeal of having four teeth pulled but he did it! Trooper as always :)
So two weeks ago Connor came running to me telling me that two of his teeth are wiggly! He looked at me and said, Mommy, we are beating JM and I am getting better because now my teeth finally are coming out on their own. Today was the day! He lost one while playing downstairs, a tiny one but never less a tooth! Huge for us!
Today we all watched Video's we took of the boys in 2005 and this brought back so so many bitter sweet memories. The Video's we looked at today were from June 2005 and the boys were just 14 months old. We had Christina stay with us for the Summer and she must have been 10 or 11 years old then! We saw her friend Mika, Marks daughter and also Marks Mom feed the boys Yogurts. There was sweet and precious Andrew as well and lots of video of the boys in our backyard pool. There was Len and Pam as well ... how I wish I could have bottled up some of this time and how truly innocent we all seemed.
Even seeing myself when Ron was filming and wondering where this person went? I have to say I liked myself then as well but most of all I loved looking at the screen and thinking how truly precious life was for us then. This was before we even knew about Alexander's tethered Spinal Cord! 6 years and a combined 6 surgeries later, 10 Anesthesia's between the two of them. Just think, all we knew back then was wonderful family and friends, a house full of fun and laughter with the most beautiful and funny 14 month old dumplings. Oh, innocents of it all.
The truth is, when we put the boys to bed tonight I thought that my love for them has not stayed the same (and trust me I could not phantom a bigger love then) but never less seems to grow more and more each day.
How can one know them insight and out and not see what a gift they truly are. Both Connor and Alexander are sweet, funny, caring, smart and such fighters and survivors. I love how they have a natural confidence in everything they do or attempt to do and how they are such amazing extroverts. They have never seen a stranger and have a curiosity of life that is unmatched.
I feel bad for those that don't see this because they are truly missing out.
The picture above is of course Ron but also Christina and Galina in the summer of 2005.
Good Night sweet friends,
R A C A
Our poor little dumpling Connor never had the experience of what it feels like to natural loose a tooth in his 7 years on Earth.
At age 2 he had to have one tooth pulled out when he chipped it on the tile floor and the nerve was exposed. This was a very dramatic event for him. We then entered JM and with it he got to see his brother's teeth become wiggly and fall out but never his. In Connor's case his permanent teeth actually started to come out behind his upper and lower baby teeth. So once again to the Dentist with the event of Connor getting four teeth pulled out last year. This time it all went much more smooth as Connor likes this Dentist and was not in a screaming fit like at age 2. Very composed in fact and it paid off with a visit to a 60's Dinner to have Milkshakes and Ice Cream afterwards. Plus he craved Elvis Fries and I am still not sure how he was able to eat them after his ordeal of having four teeth pulled but he did it! Trooper as always :)
So two weeks ago Connor came running to me telling me that two of his teeth are wiggly! He looked at me and said, Mommy, we are beating JM and I am getting better because now my teeth finally are coming out on their own. Today was the day! He lost one while playing downstairs, a tiny one but never less a tooth! Huge for us!
Today we all watched Video's we took of the boys in 2005 and this brought back so so many bitter sweet memories. The Video's we looked at today were from June 2005 and the boys were just 14 months old. We had Christina stay with us for the Summer and she must have been 10 or 11 years old then! We saw her friend Mika, Marks daughter and also Marks Mom feed the boys Yogurts. There was sweet and precious Andrew as well and lots of video of the boys in our backyard pool. There was Len and Pam as well ... how I wish I could have bottled up some of this time and how truly innocent we all seemed.
Even seeing myself when Ron was filming and wondering where this person went? I have to say I liked myself then as well but most of all I loved looking at the screen and thinking how truly precious life was for us then. This was before we even knew about Alexander's tethered Spinal Cord! 6 years and a combined 6 surgeries later, 10 Anesthesia's between the two of them. Just think, all we knew back then was wonderful family and friends, a house full of fun and laughter with the most beautiful and funny 14 month old dumplings. Oh, innocents of it all.
The truth is, when we put the boys to bed tonight I thought that my love for them has not stayed the same (and trust me I could not phantom a bigger love then) but never less seems to grow more and more each day.
How can one know them insight and out and not see what a gift they truly are. Both Connor and Alexander are sweet, funny, caring, smart and such fighters and survivors. I love how they have a natural confidence in everything they do or attempt to do and how they are such amazing extroverts. They have never seen a stranger and have a curiosity of life that is unmatched.
I feel bad for those that don't see this because they are truly missing out.
The picture above is of course Ron but also Christina and Galina in the summer of 2005.
Good Night sweet friends,
R A C A
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