It seems that most of Halleigh's major milestones have been celebrated on our blogs, and so last night as I was brushing Halleigh's teeth for the first time, I yelled for Miles to get the camera so that we could save and share this memory.

I know that I should have been brushing Halleigh's teeth for several months prior to this, but I always forget, or we are in a hurry, or well, I just wasn't in the mood to fight Halleigh about brushing.  Teeth brushing just seems like an epic battle that ever parent-child relationship must endure and to tell you the truth, I just wasn't up for it yet.  I even prepared myself by readuing up about tricks to ease the trauma of brushing... one of my favorites was to pretend that you were tickling their teeth.

Well, as you can see from the pictures, I had NOTHING to worry about. She loved it, smiled and laughed the whole time, even kept opening her mouth for more even after I was done. I hope that this stays a positive thing, and that I dodge yet another epic battle because my child is wonderful.

                                                        The tools:

                       I think it helped that the toothpaste tasted like watermelon.

 Look at that, nothing but love in her eyes for the one cleaning her teeth... what more could I ask for?

                                  The Halleigh-gator sucking her thumb.

                                SO CUTE! What more is there to say?

Showing off her clean pearly whites... and letting me know it is past her bedtime.