For the Record

Part of recording life is making note of the development and growth of our children.

I have a baby book for Connor that is not complete, but it does have many highlights recorded. One being the dates when we discovered those new little baby teeth poking through his gums.

For the middle children, Kevin and Kelly have the appearance of their first teeth randomly recorded.

And when it came to the fourth time around with Delaney, we mentally (not officially) took note of those first four pearly whites, but after that we weren't quite sure when the rest of her chompers came in. One day she seemed to have a mouth full of teeth and we parents wondered when it had all happened.

Now Delaney is of the age where those cute little baby teeth are falling out. And I am making up for the distracted baby years with bunches of photos of her metamorphosis.

And now I know at this point in life, recording this smile, on this day; looking at that face, is so much more fun than knowing the date that that gnarly tooth first came in almost 7 years ago.