Blakely's Braces

The time has finally come for the jaw dropping expense of braces. Blakely had her braces put on Aug. 5. She did very well getting them on. I have never had the experience of having braces so I relied on the experiences of others to prepare Blakely. I expected tears as they put on her braces, but alas that never came to be. She chose blue brackets because her favorite color is blue. She truly looks older and a teenager as my sister said. Her mouth was very tender for the next week or so as she learned what she could and could not eat. She has taken great care of her teeth brushing after every meal.(Hopefully this continues) She is sad when at the fair everyone else got cotton candy and she couldn't have any. So we will look ahead until Aug. 2011 to see her very expensive smile pay off. My camera went down so I will get the picture put on later. Sorry.