Birthdays

It has been birthday mania at our house this week. Tuesday was my birthday, and Carson's was yesterday. Rachel gets the whole birthday thing happening only once a year, but Lilly just feels left out. She does not understand why it can't be her turn for a birthday now that Carson and I have had a turn. She knows hers is next, but the fact that her birthday is months away is hard for her to grasp. I think we might have to have a happy 3 1/2 year birthday party for Lilly in a couple of weeks. Carson had no idea what was going on for his birthday. He loved the cake and the presents, but I am pretty sure he doesn't know why he got all of this attention.

Carrington College does free teeth cleaning and dental checkups. Since our insurance doesn't pay for cleanings anymore, I decided to sign the girls up. Of course when you get something for free, you have to expect something to be less than perfect. In this case, the appointments last two and a half hours! The girls went yesterday, and I could not be more proud. That is a long time for a little person to sit in a chair and let someone play with their mouth. Both Rachel and Lilly did great. I spent most of the time with Lilly because it was her first time at the dentist and I thought she might be nervous. Rachel has been before, but never in a setting like this. I could see Rachel from Lilly's chair, and I could tell she was talking the hygienist's ear off. While Lilly got her x-rays, I went to check on Rachel. The conversation went "I thought you was going to stay with Lilly."  "I was, but I thought I would check with you and see how you are doing...do you want me to leave?" Rachel at this point pauses to consider her next comment, I am guessing to decide whether or not she would offend me. Finally she tells me "I want you to leave." I spent the rest of the appointment with Lilly, who was visibly bored, but other than that behaved perfectly. Rachel on the other hand was interested in everything the hygienist did, which was pretty cool considering even I was horribly bored. In the end we had no cavities, and lots of compliments on how cute the girls were and how clean their teeth were.

On my birthday , Shelby surprised me with an ultrasound to determine the sex of the baby. We are having (drum roll please) another baby girl. I am excited, even though it would have been much more convenient to have another boy. I feel bad that Carson won't have a brother, but upon expressing this Rachel corrected me. Carson does have a brother because right now Rachel is a boy. So according to her it is perfect. Her and Carson will be the brothers and Lilly and the new baby will be the sisters.