Tooth Fairy

Why are teeth SUCH a huge deal?

Before kids I never paid much attention to teeth and their TOTAL importance. When you have a toddler you worried about busted chins or foreheads…stitches…broken bones! You, or should I say, I never thought about teeth!  UNTIL…this happened back in March 2012…you all remember this…

He took a spill down the stairs that resulted in stitches in his chin and almost losing his front tooth. We ended up “saving” the tooth with a mini pulpotomy  (root canal) to keep the tooth in. We know the fall resulted in the tooth dieing because it turned gray within the month…sad day BUT it coulda been worse.

Until recently its been just kinda ugly but doing it’s purpose. But lately he’s been complaining of pain sometimes when drinking cold drinks. We asked our amazing dentist what we should do and he said that it might be time for the tooth to come out.

Talk about mixed emotions. You don’t want your kid to be in pain BUT his little tooth being gone is sad too!  We kinda prepped him, he was ALL FOR IT. He wanted the toothfairy to visit so he was good to go.

I was so sad taking these pictures…last ones with all his baby teeth.

I sat in the front office and waited for him. I have learned for our trips to the pediatric dentist that our kids do SOOOO much better for others. Me being in the room with him only makes him more emotional and easier to cry.
But waiting up there was hard!! I was sweating, getting dizzy and cringing whenever I heard him. It was so hard! But when the nitrous kicked in, it turned kinda comical to listen to his little drunk ass. He only cried a bit when Dr. Matty “put his finger in his mouth” (great that he has NO clue that he actually got a shot!) 

But my brave little man walked out after it was done, gaze in his mouth and gave Matty a hug and was totally ok! Thank God he didn’t inherit the fear of the dentist like his Mama and Nana. He’s the bravest little patient ever.

Once the numbing wore off he was a bit sore BUT nothing some Tylenol couldn’t help. He can’t keep his little tongue out of new opening in his mouth…its so funny. Whenever he talks with a lisp he kinda giggles…he thinks he’s so cool.

 

We wrote a note to the toothfairy…so she would let Mommy keep the tooth for his baby book…and what do you know that nice fairy left the tooth with a crisp $5 bill. This morning Owen helped complete his baby book with his tooth! Baby Book is done…5th birthday….first tooth….and thats pretty much it! How freaking sad is that. I’m gonna add a pic of his first day of school but yeah…its done. boooohoooooo.

So now we have a toothless kid….his adult teeth aren’t anywhere NEAR ready to come in soo yeah…he’ll be like this for a while. lol joy!  Yosh said he actually looks like a real boy and I swear his voice got deeper. lol Next will be facial hair.

Wine Tasting

Lately, for the girls’ birthdays  in our group, we have done girls nights out…either painting, bowling, dancing, drinking, eating, etc. Its ALWAYS fun to get together kid and husband-free…BUT I opted to do something couples for my birthday.

The reason being…last time we were hanging out at the campsite with friends, and I looked around, it seemed like the boys were always on one side and the girls on the other! When we have a chance to ALL hang out together, mixed husbands, wives and kids, I have noticed that the men still find a way to group together leaving the wives and kids. I found myself kinda annoyed that we couldn’t inter-mix. 
So I felt that it meant we needed some couple time…we don’t get to do that very often these days. April is a super busy month for so many…so unfortunately the whole group couldn’t make it out, but we had a great time anyway.

For those that know me, they know that I kinda love my (cheap) wine!! Give it to me in a bottle, liter or box…I don’t judge. Who needs wine glasses…a red solo cup with ice is just as good! haha I know, I’m classy!

So going to the wineries I feel so fancy and its such a fun experience!

Heather put together my birthday wine day…we started with a picnic at Miramonte. Such a spread of food…sandwiches, wraps, tons of different cheeses, crackers, bread, humus, etc. It was beautiful!

  
Matty even hand rolled goat cheese in pistachios. How cool is that?!?

 
Matt, Heather, us, Kyla, Sean, Deanna and Joel

After a pitcher of sangria AND some wine tastes us girls had a good laugh! 
We did a lot of boob talk..can you tell??

We wanted to skip the crowded wineries, so I got some info from a co-worker who frequents down that way…we headed off the grid.  AND we were responsible adults…we paid our younger assistant polo coach to drive us like a chauffeur. haha It was great.

We headed to Danza Del Sol

 

And we finished our day at Kenway Winery. It was awesome. Basically just us, great music and comfy chairs. Perfect end to our day.

Got some couples pics…bought a bottle of the yummy Peach Chardonnay…and headed to dinner.

I got ONE cute pic…but then the shenanigans started.  

Thanks friends for getting sitters and coming out to celebrate my boring 32nd birthday!! We need to make it a point to spend more couple time together!! Love you guys!.

AND YOU KNOW I had to dig to see if I could find pictures from the only other time I have gone wine tasting…Feb 2008…Kyla had no memory of this trip…remember now??

This was back pre-kids for us…how boring life must have been!!! Don’t get me wrong, its nice to get away without kids but I would NEVER trade it for nothing.

I love wine…and look forward to another trip to the Temecula Wineries!!

Water Polo

When I started high school, waaaay back when…I would have NEVER in my wildest dreams thought I’d go to college and play something other than softball.

Softball was in my blood.

Started t-ball when I was 4 years old…on a team with all boys. Crazy enough I still am in contact with a good few of them to this day. But from the age of 4 until I was 18 I played for Southridge Little League.

Being at the ball park was the norm. Some of my BEST childhood memories were formed at the park and relationships were made that will last a lifetime! I remember being sat down by my little league coach and being told he thought I had a great chance of making varsity softball. My dream!

Pics from my senior year on the FoHi softball team.
PS. Most of the pics in this post are photos of photos…no digital of my oldie days

So I entered high school a timid little freshman….and to this day I’m not exactly sure what made me and my girlfriends (who also never played anything other than softball too) try out for the boys polo team, but we did. Got my MOTHERS one piece bathing suit….yes I just said my MOTHERS suit (how horrifyingly embarrassing).  And we hopped into the water and tried our best amongst the dudes. I don’t remember details BUT we didn’t end up playing with them…we ended up being their stats girls and started the winter season by joining the BRAND new girls polo team.

After a polo game my freshman year (NOT in my mothers suit)…and the sign on the side of my homecoming court car…summed me up…polo & softball!!

I loved it…from day one. Being a softball player throwing/shooting the ball was my specialty….swimming was where I needed improvement. But I played polo…4 year varsity letterman (which isn’t hard to do when the program is brand new) and was also a 4 year letterman for the softball team as well.  Managed the boys teams in the fall, played polo in the winter and softball in the spring. Life was great!

Some pics of me playing ball in high school. Notice how I was too cool for a swim cap…I was so stubborn “I’m not a swimmer, so I’m NOT wearing a swim cap!!”  I was an idiot! lol

 

Out of high school I didn’t want to move away, I didn’t want to make my parents pay lots of money for college, so I opted to go to RCC. I played polo (well the first year I just watched a lot of polo from the bench) and swam. First time ever on a swim team was my freshman year in college. That season I realized how much of an idiot I was to NOT swim in high school. I improved so quickly. By the end of my first season I placed in the top 16 in my conference for breast stroke (which I only started swimming 2 weeks prior to finals). I caught on quickly.

Those 2 years at RCC were probably the best 2 years of my life. Being part of that program was EXACTLY what I needed after high school…I started playing polo there 5 months after we lost Paul…and most people on team knew nothing about me (except for the few that came from FoHi with me) so it was nice. Those girls never even realized what they did for me.

After my 2 amazing years at RCC I thought my polo days were over. Time to grow up and get a job while going to school. UNTIL the Cal State San Bernardino coach gave me a call. She wanted me to come out for their team. Parents were very encouraging of me to play and not rush growing up. Soooo I went out. Walked on the deck to learn that the coach whom had recruited me had moved on to a different college. I’m so happy that I never let this passion go…i continued to play there, eventually earning a scholarship and became one of the captains of the team my senior year.

My Senior year team…yes thats me sitting with the LONG Rapunzel hair!

CSUSB Seniors c/o 2004
 

2004 was my last year ever competing in water polo.

Now 10 years later, 2014, our annual alumni game meant so much more to us…CSUSB has decided to cut the polo program to add a womens track and field program. This place we loved and grew up with was going to be shut down. Sad right?!?

 

It was a great game. Much better than last year when I wasn’t exactly in shape to be playing and broke my rib getting my fat-ass out of the pool (Ella was ONLY 11 weeks old last year…so cut me some slack!)

This year my babies cheered me on!

 

As we pulled up to CSUSB Ella decided her tummy wasn’t feeling great and barfed ALL OVER her car seat….ugh! Why won’t I ever learn to put a backup outfit into my car?!? So an Ellen onesie had to do!

 

 

Last Alumni Group to play at CSUSB…many many years of great times between us all!

My polo career has officially ended….like REALLY officially! No more competing, no more going back to pretend to compete…its done! Many years of greatness, fun, learning, maturing and making life long friendships!

Thanks to all my polo “friends”….those were the days!