Brace Face and Peg Leg

Mike and I would like to show off our new accessories we acquired this past Tuesday. Mike went back in for his follow-up visit and instead of coming away with a "boot" the doctor gave him this lovely cast instead. Because of the severity of Mike's injury and how much they had to fix, the surgeon wanted to keep it more stable. So Mike will have this cast for 4 weeks! AHHHHH! So that means four more weeks of crutches and not being able to do too much.Can you imagine how not white this will be after 4 weeks. Yuck! If your lucky, maybe he'll let you sign it though. This is a picture of me on Tuesday morning before going in to see the orthodontist.

This is me today with my new accessory, BRACES! (Not the most flattering picture, but it was the best Max could do.) Anyway, my Dad works for this place called Ultradent. They make all sorts of dental products. A year ago, he found out he could get his children braces for only $500. Well a year ago that sounded great to me, but it has taken this long to get all the information and ex rays and finally an appointment to get them done. (Let's remember that I am now almost 9 months pregnant too). My dad also said he would pay for them since he felt bad he couldn't get them for me as a kid. So I went in on Tuesday and on they went. I went home and felt like the girl on the TV show "Ugly Betty" and also about 14 years old. They don't hurt too bad, but are just uncomfortable and hard to eat with. I don't have the bottom ones on yet because I have an overbite and if he put them on now I would be biting on metal. So we'll work on the top ones for a while and get the bottom ones on later. I'm having second thoughts as to if this was the right thing to do, but now they're on and there's really no going back. I am hoping in a year or so that it will all be worth it and I'll have the beautiful teeth I've always hoped for.