Another one "bites" the dust!

Okay so today's blog starts with a bit of history. Most of you know the story of how Carolina lost her front tooth. But just in case here is a recap. When she was about two years old Carolina was in love with wearing her purple backpack (right around the time she discovered Dora). She wore it everywhere. One day I decided to take the kids for a walk around the neighborhood and just as we were getting home Carolina decided that she needed something out of her backpack and then she wouldnt go inside until she put it back on. She was in the process of putting it back on her back as I was hurrying her up the ONE step that we have into our house. Her hands were all tangled up and she wasnt paying attention and SMACK! she fell face first into the concrete porch with nothing to break her fall. I was convinced that she was going to stand up and all of her teeth would be missing! But when she got up everything was intact and the only damage was a bloody lip. I couldnt believe it! There was alot of blood and I screamed up for Ben to come help us. (The poor guy was sleeping because he was on swing shift at work) Once he came down I ran inside to get her a Popsicle to help her feel better. While she was eating the Popsicle we saw some more blood and that was when realized that her front tooth was gone. She had swallowed it and it was never to be heard from again... She had some problems with another tooth that she actually broke in the fall and we were told that tooth had actually "died". We were also told that her adult teeth may not come in until as late as 8 years old. So she has been walking around with this missing tooth for almost three years now with no signs that any change was on the horizon. That was until two night ago. For some reason she was extra hyper Monday night (Dad just got home, maybe that was it) and was bouncing all over the place. Carolina is not what you would call graceful and so when she tripped and smacked her face on the edge of the couch we didnt even flinch. Then Ben noticed that her mouth was bleeding and sure enough another tooth was gone. It was the "dead" tooth and it was knocked out clean. Ben found the whole tooth lying on the floor next to the couch. We are really hoping that it was this tooth's time to come out, but who knows. All we really do know for sure is she has another hole in her mouth and at this rate she will be toothless by the time she's 10 years old! A friend of ours has a little girl who is actually younger then Carolina and she has already lost and grown in 7 (can you believe it) of her adult teeth. Carolina only seems to have the first part of the process mastered... This is a pic taken just a couple of months after she knocked out the first tooth. Lets just hope this one was ready to come out!