A Big Day at the Douberly House

HENRY LOST HIS FIRST TOOTH...

...AND IT HAPPENED AT SCHOOL!

Henry lost his tooth today at recess. It's been loose since Christmas Eve and has been getting more wiggly everyday. We are all so excited because lots of other kids have been losing teeth since LAST school year. His dentist, when looking at the x-rays, told us not to get him too excited because he might not lose any until he was 7. We're happy things started 6 months ahead of that- he has a lot of catching up to do!

JENNA MAE GOT HER CAST OFF!

Can you believe it's been five whole weeks?!

Here she is right before our appointment.

She was perfect for the nurse. The nurse used a tiny saw and Jenna giggled the whole time- not scared a bit! The cutest thing was when the cast finally came off she clapped her hands and said "Yeah!" without being prompted at all!

The nurse warned us that little ones try to walk right away and find that bending their knees hurts a bit but Jenna just jumped up right away and got to playing with the boys again. I even brought new shoes to mark the occasion. She is walking a little funny but she's as good as new. She even got to go "swimming" tonight in the bathtub- complete with a brand new swimming suit.

Inauguration Day

Here are my super-cute kids watching the inauguration today. I was glued to CNN for most of the morning and I didn't even vote for the guy! His speech held many promises and some lofty goals, that's for sure! The Republican in me kept seeing $$$$$$$ as the speech continued. Those all sound like nice things but nice things cost money, a lot of money. We'll have to wait and see. For his sake I hope he can follow through-Americans tend to be fair weather fans! I certainly wish him the best!

Welcome Home, Jake!

Our friend Jake made it home safely from Iraq this past Saturday! We are so happy to have him home!

A Pretty Good Trade

Can you believe it...Dustin got this super cute Jetta in trade for his hunting rifle?! Dustin bought the rifle and all the stuff to go with it two years ago when he went hunting with some men from church. I wasn't into the whole thing and even asked that the gun not come in the house and that he not bring anything dead home. Well, the gun has lived in the garage storage room all this time and he only went hunting once. The doe he got on that one trip went straight from the wilds of Montana, to a friend's house, to the butcher, to freezer wrap. I never ate a bit of it but Dustin and the kids enjoyed it. Anyways, he never went again. It certainly doesn't bother me one bit that the gun is gone. The Jetta is surprisingly clean inside and the best part is that all 5 of us fit! Way to go, Dustin!