Hello blogger and readers.....Here's a short summery of whats been going on, I have not forgotten you!
I have been meaning to sit and blog about life in the past month? maybe longer have to check...
OK so between having family in town and teething baby and blah blah blah I have not had time to sit and blog.... BIG things are happening in this household... John and I are looking at getting our 2nd car finally!!! uhmmm my baby boy has 6 teeth! His big 1ST Birthday is just around the corner (tear)! We had beautiful family pictures taken by the one and only Ashley Abney!! We celebrated my first baby girls 2nd birthday in heaven with GREAT friends!! ...........AND I got braces.... Yes I got Braces!! Was this too much Info!?
OK, so let me start with car.....We have been on one car for a long time. After I decided to be at stay at home mom I quickly realized looking at the same 4 walls and being car-less was extremely difficult. I must admit it gets to me some days. There is just so much you can do at home with an 11 month old. So after much prayer and waiting....We got a phone call from my Dad!! Here is how it went.... Hey Dad whats up? well....you know I have two cars now and I can't afford both just me by myself (going through divorce) and I wanted to know if you guys would like to take over my 2009 Jeep Liberty and I will pay the insurance, and HALF the payment and you guys take it!? Uhm......OK well I will talk to John about it (with HUGE grin) and I will get back to ya!
We are soo excited!!! I mean yes we will have to live a bit thrifty for a while but Its a pretty darn good deal if you ask me? $200 car payment for a Jeep Liberty and no insurance payment! I think I can not resist!! John and I have finally agreed today that we should take it.... I will hold a garage sale to get the car transported from NJ to FL......But I am SUPER DUPER excited!
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My little Gavin, not so little.....He's a strong boy with LOTS of energy a wiggle worm does not like to be held too long or held down to change or get dressed, but he's a bundle of joy. We went through some tough teething but I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel....Hes got a head full of curls and looked like a vampire for quite some time. His canines came in before his top front teeth. We are planning his Yo Gabba Gabba birthday party since it is his favorite show although Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is coming up pretty close! His Grandpa sent him his birthday gift pretty early, It is a Moon bounce house with a ball pit and slide....Yes it is HUGE!!! Takes about half of my living room and is very very loud but he LOVE it! Who wants to come over for play dates? LOL
OK off to the next topic.... Braces
Well, I have had this complaint about my protruding top teeth and my two crooked canines on the bottom. I had braces before, Long story short I decided myself at 16 I was done with my orthodontic treatment so I MYSELF took them off, never got a retainer to keep teeth from shifting or moving and here is the result.....Me now at 22 getting them back on! I went to a consult with a great orthodontist in town and he told me the consequences of what I had done years back....And I did not like what I heard...So yes I chose to get them back on (ceramic on top, metal with pretty pink ties on bottom) =) and finish a 2 year treatment and not to mention the 4 teeth I MUST get extracted by October. I am not looking forward to this, something is just freaky to me about pulling four healthy teeth out bc I have too MUCH of teeth and Big teeth in general. I told the Ortho on Fri, "Dr. but what if I need those teeth when I'm like 80 or 90?'' He laughed and said "Nope, You have ENOUGH! Trust me"
I am still pretty sore. I got them put on on Friday and all my teeth feel loose and squashed. I give lots of credit to all those kids and teens out there who do this all the time. I am such a whiner! But the end result I will love. No pain no gain. On the bright side I might loose a few pounds because I can hardly eat anything that's not mushed.... =)
Me on X-ray before treatment
if you could see closely on the top
X-ray your could see how far out
my overite is, & it gets worse with
age and no treatment.
This is Day 5
At the end of this two year journey I will not have a huge overbite and such protruding teeth..I will try to post monthly pics so I can see the results over the two years. Say a prayer to the end of my four healthy teeth going bye bye....