BYE BYE BRACES!!!!

Do you know what July 12th was? It was the BEST DAY EVER! It was the day I got my braces off!! Hooray! Are you ready for picture overload?

I flew out to Florida on the 11th. Did you know that clouds are beautiful?!?! I think I took a million pictures of clouds. I was obsessed!

I arrived at 9:30pm and it felt so good to be “home”. I had been missing Florida like crazy! My bff, Lucy, picked me up and I stayed with her the 2 days I was there. Love her!

  

  

The next morning I went in to get one last, quick adjustment before the next day when I was scheduled to get my braces off. Dan, my student orthodontist decided to go ahead and take them off right there and then! I was so excited…until I remembered the TADS.

Remember this  picture from THIS post?

Well, they couldn’t just leave those little screws in there! Oh yes, they too had to come out and it didn’t feel good.

Definitely not as painful as they were going in but still not fun. Ok, so after all of the trauma of the tads was over I got so look in the mirror, and it was suddenly all worth it.

This was the 1st brace-free picture I took.

Before and afters:

Before and after smile…I love my after!!!

First picture in 2 years that I actually like of myself.

Those involved:

The man with the incredible technique that made it possible for my teeth to be fixed without surgery, Dr. Coro. So grateful for him.

My friend and student orthodontist, Dan.

Dr. James Nguyen was my original orthodontist but he graduated about halfway through the process.

Once my braces were off I was ready for some fun Florida friend time.

Picture courtesy of 6 year old Mikey.

 

 

Girls night with my former neighbors, Sandy and Barbie!

 

It went by way to fast and at the same time not fast enough because I missed my kids so much. The flight home was great except for the creep who kept smiling at me and then asked if he could sit by me on the plane. Once I told him that I was a stay at home mom of 3, he wasn’t so interested. Come to find out he was also married and a father of 2! Such a jerk!

Leaving Florida

I love the view up there:)