One Down

Once upon a time a nine year old girl was told she needed braces or risk loosing some teeth.  The orthodontist told us it would be a long road...three years...to do all the work and give her a chance to grow enough to take the braces off.  I took her to choose any sticky candy she wanted (Skittles), and off we went!

In the mean time, Katie got braces.  And then I joined her too.  We found some substations...they 'popped M&Ms' instead of popcorn or ate corn puffs.  We traded out their sticky Halloween candy for chocolate--a pretty awesome trade, if I do say so.

Every time we were in, they would compliment her wearing of her rubber bands.  And a couple of months ago the orthodontist started saying we were getting close.  Then, less than two weeks ago, she told us that we could either get them off at our regular appointment in January or we could go ahead before Christmas.

We were sworn to secrecy.  Gabby didn’t even want Justin to know at first, but after a few days she gave in and told him.

So today, six months early, we got to see her beautiful smile without those braces!  We are so thankful for her straight teeth and healthy smile!