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James lost his first tooth on March 15, 2015!  The same tooth that made it's first appearance on June 15, 2009.  I was so excited when that sweet little tooth first poked it's way through.  And I was excited for James when it finally started to get wiggly. James, June 2009 James, March 15, 2015   James was excited to find a tiny little letter left by Analise, the tooth fairy, a sparkly dollar, plus and extra quarter since it was his first tooth, a tiny jar of her magic fairy dust, and a certificate that she somehow, mysteriously was able to get his picture off of my cellphone to use on the certificate.  I explained that fairies are very technologically savvy and she must have seen my phone by my bed and gotten the picture from it. Oy.   We don't do Santa or the Easter Bunny so this was a BIG stretch for me.  Analise may go into retirement before any more teeth come loose in this house.  The conversation the next morning went like this... James: How did

I remember the good old days when I posted something every day.  Well, that's not now.  I feel so behind that it's overwhelming to think about getting caught up so I'll just do what I can, when I can.  My sweet James loves to look at the blog so I really need to give him something new to look at. These pictures are out of order.  Sorry about that. Easter was lovely.  My sister Carrie, Andy, Morgan and Madison came into town and attended church with us.  Always my favorite!  Right before we ran out the door to get to church I wanted to snap a few pictures of the kids.  This is Brad's LEAST favorite thing in the whole wide world.  I mean it.  He hates it.  Big time.  Something about picture time causes Brad's stress level to rise exponentially.  And I have no idea why! So to be nice I didn't make it a family picture...just the kids.  But as fate would have it...James happened to step in a big o pile of dog poo right as we were finishing up and poor Brad had to