Look, Ma…

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…no cavities!

Today we braved the dentist and Emma was a champ! The dentist was teasing her and said, “are you sure you have never done this before?” He did a full set of x-rays on her and said she sat better through it than most adults do.

Bravo for our little girl! She looked so tiny in the big chair. But the dentist said her teeth look great, very clean for a 4-year old. Made me feel a little better, at least. Yes, she is 4 (!) and this was her first visit to the dentist. I am horrible about going to the dentist, but I am now determined not to be so the girls don’t develop my bad habits. Especially since they probably got my bad teeth!

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But, thankfully we are doing a good job brushing, need to work on the flossing still, and we are done for another 6 months! And at least I got started early on Addie, right?

(Yes, Ad had her teeth “checked” too, obviously no x-rays or cleaning. But she wouldn’t stop clinging to me, or screaming, so no pic of her first dentist appointment!)

Puppy has a name!

The top contenders for Nana & Papa’s puppy’s name were Rusty, Sparky, Kirby and Fritz. My parents put all the names on slips of paper and puppy picked out “Fritz.” Twice! He must have really liked that name.

I’m going back through the comments now to see if anyone had mentioned that name, but it was the nickname my Grandma used to call my Grandpa – so that makes it extra special.

 

This puppy seriously gets cuter with each photo I see. Addie squeals “Puppeeeeee” each time she sees the pictures. And now she just says “Papa’s Puppy?” It’s a little tongue twister for her. And as I am typing this she came up and said, “Papa’s Puppy? Too happy! Oh, Papa’s Puppy.” I’m not sure if that means the puppy is too happy or she is too happy to see him.

At any rate, we can’t wait to meet Fritz in person.

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Update: Rosalie and Reese had offered up the name Fritz in their very comprehensive composition of A to Z names for the puppy – so they will be receiving a gift certificate to Amazon. Congrats to them and thanks everyone for playing!