For Auntie Lu

Here is Miss Riley showing off her new belt. She said "Mom, can you send this picture to Auntie Lu?" So the Mommy thought how about we just dedicate a whole entry to Auntie Lu? All these pics are for you Auntie Lu! LOVE YOU!

Miss Riley in her new school outfit Grammie bought her. Check out the cool butterfly on her top - notice the butterfly theme? Someone's Mommy would't love butterflies, now would she? She was upset that her "knee-high" socks didn't cover her knees like they did last year. Amazing they can grow that much in one year!














Now check out these tongue shots! We can get Riley to smile for pictures now, but Shelby's smile seems to come only with a tongue hanging out. Do they ever cooperate at the same time?!?!?

Auntie Lu, hope you enjoyed these! This was a great distraction for me this morning as I'm worried about Shelby's tooth extraction today. We have to be there at 10:45. They' re going to give her a nice gulp of Versed (like Valium for little people). Once that kicks in - and we'll know most likely because all of a sudden she'll declare "GROUP HUG" and we'll know she's looped - then they'll strap her down to the papoose board, give her some shots of Novacaine, and then pull her tooth. The oral sugeon said he'll have the tooth out in 30 seconds and I hope and pray he's right as I don't want her laying there when the Versed wears off as it has an amnesia effect. That's the only reason we're okaying her being strapped down because she won't remember it. She's had the "GROUP HUG" medicine before and we were very happy with the results then, so I hope the same for today.

Anyway, Shelby thinks I am a mean Mommy this morning, too, for not letting her eat, but she has to be NPO (without food or drink) for 6 hours before the procedure. We tried to be nice and let her stay up late and eat out her heart's content last night (cookies at 10 p.m.?, go for it!), but she's still begging for food this morning. Right now I have her distracted with a Dora video and the promise of playing on the computer when I'm done. So, I suppose I should wrap this up. More updates later...