Shelly's Blog

I took Alyssa to the orthodontist on Tuesday afternoon. They took impressions of her teeth and have decided that both her top and bottom jaws are too small and this is why she hasn't lost more of her baby teeth. They just don't have room to come in. She will have to wear a permanent appliance on top and bottom to stretch out her pallete, which sounds painful to me, but which the orthodontist says won't hurt her. This will be considered "Phase I" and will widen her jaws so that all of her teeth will have enough room to grow in. When she's eleven, "Phase II" will be the real braces and straighten the teeth that have come in. Jessica got back from her 2 day BETA trip to Dallas on Tuesday evening. She was very tired and quiet and I pretty much had to drag all of the information out of her. What I didn't find out from her, but from someone else, was that she ended up rooming with 2 seventh grade girls and a chaperone that she didn't know.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JESS!! We celebrated Jessica's birthday on Saturday.....It was All Jess, All day! She decided that she wanted to go to the movies to see "Monsters VS Aliens" and then out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. She started the day by ordering her breakfast.....she wanted a ham and cheese omlet :) Then she opened her presents. She got a basketball goal, new basketball, skateboard and a Fusion scooter as well as some "girlie" stuff! ETHAN ENJOYING HIS BIRTHDAY RYAN ENJOYING ETHAN'S BIRTHDAY She shares her birthday with her cousin, Ethan, so we went to Chuckie Cheese's in the morning to have his party. After we got back from the party, while Glenn was setting up the basketball goal, Alyssa was playing with Maggie and for some reason, the dog bit her on her bottom lip. Very uncommon for her and I was expecting it to be the new dog, not Maggie! So when Alyssa told me it was Maggie that bit her, I was very suprised! Well, this threw a wrench into th