Orthodontics begins!

My sweet Sarah!

Gorgeous Grace!

Silly Matthew!

The appliance

another shot of the appliance

Sarah had an appliance put into her mouth today by the orthodontist. So begins years of orthodontics. First will be Sarah then Grace (if she doesn't quit sucking her thumb), then Analiese and of course Matthew. I wonder how many vacations we will send Dr. Depew on?????

Right now Sarah's speech is really funny sounding! She cannot make her "s" sounds nor any other sounds that require your tongue to go right behind your front teeth. We were giggling like crazy this afternoon.

Now, this evening is another story. We have lots of tears because of the appliance because Sarah was told she would probably have to wear it for at least 10 months to possibly a year before her braces would be put on! Oh, the poor child thought that braces were "cool and trendy". She just never imagined the actual effects it would have on her mouth, teeth, eating, etc.

I promised Sarah that by this time next week she would be so used to the appliance that it would feel like a part of her mouth. Goodness, I sure hope I'm right!

Of course when I was taking photos of Sarah's mouth to put on the blog the other kiddos also had to have their photo taken. Analiese is missing because she was at dance class. My sweet ballerina will have to wait until the next posting to have her photo posted.

Oh, today is Matthew's one year anniversary of his Gotcha Day! I won't go into details but will save that for another post! Suffice it to say Matthew was made to feel very special at school. What a lucky boy (and family!)!!