when the phone rings from school...

YOU KNOW THERE IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM!

Yep, you read that right. I got a phone call at 2:30 in the afternoon from Gabby's school.

First, this is extra concerning considering I have to pick her up in only 30 short minutes. What is so important that she can't wait for 30 minutes? Plus, she knows I always get there 10 minutes early. So we are really looking at 20 TINY minutes. Insert panic mode! (Going through my head... broken bones, out-of-control temper tantrum, lost...)

The teacher calmly and, thankfully, quickly states 'Gabby fell and knocked her head on the floor face first'... hmmm... Yes....'she is fine and isn't upset about her bleeding mouth or wiggling front tooth.'

Note to self: STAY CALM

"WIGGLY FRONT TOOTH! WHAT! Is my child going to be that child with knocked out front teeth... how will this affect her speech, confidence, etc... How will she eat? What do I DO!?" (Ok, so I did not say this, I added the quotes for effect... you really thought I did, didn't you :) )

No, I simply said, "Do I need to call the dentist? and come get her?"

Teacher: "Yes, that would be a good idea. She doesn't seem bothered by it but it is wiggling."

Me: "Ok, I will see you in a bit."

Dentist: "Bring her in and we will take a look"

Here is our little Gabby at the dentist...

note... I may or may not have gone to the waiting room to get my camera so that I could blog about the entire experience... oh my life has officially changed! :)

She was and is fine... I was worried at her lack of desire for ice cream or sucking the NOTORIOUS thumb but, alas, she is back to her normal ice cream loving, thumb sucking self. And the dentist, he assured me it won't fall out and she will have a normal child hood... umm, not the latter, but I can dream! :)