Goodbye 2010

We say Happy New Year!

We are excited for 2011...except for Emma & I, who have a hard time with change.  

Tonight before bed, Emma lost her 5th tooth.  She always cries when she loses a tooth & not because it hurts, but because she is different after it is gone...just a little bit older.  I cry too, because I love her tenderness and apprehension for change.  It is hard to let go of what you know.  After writing a long letter to the tooth fairy we tucked her into her bed-we prayed, sang to her and kissed her goodnight.  She had the hardest time leaving 2010 behind.  I will too.  I have always found New Years Eve far harder to endure than my birthday & getting older.  I wish the year never had to change.  Every year is so special and for so many ways & reasons.  It is hard to imagine having another year quite as wonderful as the one we just lived.  However, like losing a tooth, the time keeps changing and Emma & I will learn again that change is inevitable.  Tomorrow we will write about all the goodies of 2010 & then carefully and with a hint of sorrow & thankfulness mixed together- we will usher in 2011.  

Happy New Year!

~Side note~

Extra props to the stockings in our picture.  My mom hand sewed each one for each of the kids.  They love them...year after year :)