Ouch!

We had a bit of an accident on Monday. Mark fell in the street and broke his tooth. We went to the dentist yesterday and there was no hope of saving the tooth, so Mark is toothless until the permanent one comes in.....in about 5 years! Poor guy. He was very brave and I really don't know how he wasn't in more pain since you could see the nerve in between the gap where his tooth split. But luckily all three pieces came out in one chunk so it was over as quickly as possible. Mark had a pretty rough day, but is doing great today and back to his normal happy self!

Here are the before (you can see the nerve if you enlarge the 1st pic) and after pics. And a really sweet one of Ella and Mark kissing! I think she knew her big brother needed some extra loving since that is a first for either of them. In my rush to get a pic, I didn't have time to center the photo, but at least I got something!

Happy New Year!

What have we been up to lately? Well, Matt got sick, then I got sick, then he got sick again, and then Ella got sick, and now Mark's sick. Super fun stuff around our house. Mark and Ella are getting better, but so much for my plan of 3 weeks of no school to get everyone well.

Despite, the illness, we had a great Christmas with the babies. Mark and Ella love their new kitchen and tv watchin' chairs. Aunt Val and Uncle Steve came and spent New Year's Eve with us and Mark really liked Steve's games. It was really funny to see him sit so still with an electronic device within reach. That never happens!!