toothless is beautiful!

calli's top right tooth has been loose for about a month. A MONTH! do you know what it's like to have a 6 year old with a very very loose tooth for about a month..too loose for it not to wiggle around and not loose enough for it to come out. it's a daily conversation of "mom, when can you pull my tooth out?" "not yet honey" "UGH, WHEN MOM, WHEN?????!!!!!!"...which is then followed by  me yelling "I DON'T KNOWWWWWWWW" ....i mean seriously. 30 days of this and you'd be yelling too.

after looking at her sideways tooth all day, david decided it was time to pull. he yanked, and jerked and POP! out came the tooth, and a little 6 year old girl was very very happy. mind you, she does NOT want the tooth fairy to have it for money..... "it can't be sold, mommy!"...  apparantley we'll be keeping this one.

and of course spoken like a true girl she says, "i want to go look in the mirror!" after several minutes of inspecting her toothlessness, she came out of the bathroom proclaiming, "I LOOK WEIRD!" i laughed and teased of course, because that's just the type of wonderful mother i am! but david, no david wouldn't have any of it. he was insistent on telling her, "no you don't look weird! you're beautiful! everyone loses teeth..you look just beautiful!"

fast forward 10 minutes as he tucks her in bed and still calli says she looks weird, and still her daddy says, "no baby, you're beautiful. you don't look weird."

ahhhh...what a sweet reminder of what my Savior says to me when i say, "i sinned! i'm dirty! i look weird!!" He does just what david did to his daughter..."no darlena, you don't look weird. you're beautiful. I have forgiven you, you are cleansed by My blood."

so a big thanks to an amazing father for reminding me of my amazing Father in Heaven.