Update:

We all survived the tooth pulling extravaganza. Tyler is very excited as he said, "The tooth fairy is going to give me lots of money for this one."

So Shawn has gone to go to the ATM.... Boyinflation sure has gone up. Did I ever get over 50 cents for a tooth?

Tylers Scary Day (Mommy's Too)

Today Tyler has to be at the dentist to have an abscessed tooth removed. His baby tooth broke off and the dentist told us that "it would hold." Apparently, it did not.

Thanks to God, Tyler never felt any pain with this tooth. He just tasted something funny in his mouth. When I looked in his mouth to see what it was, there was this monstrous like growth. After a week of antibiotics, today is the big day....though Tyler is unaware - just knows he has to go to the dentist. That way his anxiety isn't flared up by the anticipation.

On the other hand, my anxiety is flared wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy up. In fact, I am not even going to the dentist. The thought of him being gassed up, out of his head, having a tooth pulled from his mouth, is just too much for me to handle. I mean, c'mon, his tooth isn't even loose!!! I don't handle it very well when his loose tooth falls out. Just grosses me out.

So, needless to say, Shawn will be going to the dentist, with a detailed list of questions to ask, of course, and I will be waiting at home for Tyler, where I can baby the little bugger.

Will keep you posted.

Black Friday

Okay, okay. I have to confess. I did it. Went against my cardinal rule and, well, you probably guessed it...SHOPPED on Black Friday. I do have to say, though, in my own defense, that EVERYBODY was putting all sorts of peer pressure on me....my mom, my sister-in-law, friends...How could I say no? I did get a couple of things, not much, as my irritation level began to grow and grow (as I predicted in my previous blog.) In fact, when some 4 year old grabbed Joshua in the eye (thumb in eye-not just a little passing sweep) not once, but twice and Joshy was bleeding, I had had ENOUGH.

Afterward we went and got our new cellphones as our two-year contract was up and then cut down our family Christmas tree at the Christmas Tree Farm a few miles from our house. It started out being really fun and exciting, but after 2 hours of looking at trees with no end at sight, I think our family was about beat.

We did, though, in the end, cut down a beautiful tree and tomorrow we will begin decorating it. I LOVE this time of year.

And The Countdown Begins

It is now techically "Black Friday," and in about an hour or two the shopping craze will begin. Though doubtfully for our family. I am not a big "Day After Thanksgiving Sale" shopper. All those people just start getting on my nerves after awhile. The only reason why I hesitate, is that it is also tax-free weekend in South Carolina which gives you that extra little push to get out there and fight the crowds.

Though, I can remember one year deciding to take that venture out to the malls to really see what the hub-bub was all about. I had never, believe it or not, shoppend on this notorious date. Shopping for Christmas that early, meant planning way ahead, which I was never really good at.

I believe for my first venture and introduction to Black Friday, Tyler was only about 6 months old, so obviously, still in a stroller. Not that the pushing for those "gotta have it" sale items was bad enough, but there were actual people putting the things they didn't want, on my son's stroller. When I said, "excuse me," they actually looked at me as if I was from Mars. After that, Shawn and I figured between the mad rush of people, the lack of parking spaces (or better yet the 3 mile hike just to get into the mall) and the irritable, pushy and crazed people out there, that this shopping day was not meant for us.

Even though I may not shop on the day after Thanksgiving, it still has very special meaning as now the countdown to Christmas really begins. Beginning tomorrow (or in a couple of hours,) I can officially listen to Christmas music, 24 hours a day if I wish, pull out our Christmas decorations from the attic, decorate the outside of our house with lights and venture to the Christmas Tree Farm, to cut down our tree. It will begin the season of watching our Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Rednose Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman DVD's, Christmas Caroling, cookie baking and of course, the most important, to recognize and celebrate the birth of Jesus.

Though, when Shawn realizes what is in store for the day, I bet he'll want to go shopping instead.