Another Gap

Well you guessed it! MaKieley is missing another tooth! What a production it was to get that thing out! The tooth has been loose since Marley was born (just a little then - and has become progressivley looser)! It has been so loose in the past couple of weeks that I was afraid it was going to fall out at school and be lost like the first one! I told her at the beginning of Spring Break that the tooth was coming out before she went back to school - it did not matter if I had to pull it or she pulled it!
TODAY WAS THE DAY!
Tomorrow she is to go back to school so after church I told her she had until 2pm to get it out herself but if it was not out at 2 either John or I were going to pull it. 2pm came and went and the tooth was still in her mouth. I had such a migraine and I was not sure I could do it but we made it through. She squealed and squalled and tried to make her self throw up and covered her mouth and put her head down and tried to get out of my lap and made every excuse she could think of! I'm sure you can see the pattern. I finally told her all I was going to do was put the dental floss around her tooth and then we would talk about what to do next. I guess she is like her mommy in that way! I want to talk before acting! I'm sure it drives John crazy most of the time! Anyway we put the floss around the tooth and then talked about how we were going to pull the tooth. MaKieley wanted me to pull the tooth but because I was feeling so sick to my stomach - due to my headache - I was not sure I could get through it. I motioned to John to stand behind MaKieley and for him to pull the floss. WELL he did and it popped right out into my lap! It was finally done! She screamed - in a high C my mom said - and then she was totally silent and asked if it came out. I showed it to her and she ran off to see her gap!
Such Drama! I'm told I caused drama very similar when I was her age!