how i feel...

...about still having braces.

i went to the ortho yesterday and my braces are still on today. i'll have them for at least 6 more weeks. if my teeth are perfect in 6 weeks, they'll schedule me to have them taken off, which could be another 6 weeks later. hopefully not that long though!! but at least my teeth are straight and i'm on the home stretch!

retainer baby

it's been a little over 2 weeks since i got braces.

well, my teeth have moved. or so i think. which makes me mucho happy...


but i went to the dentist today to pick up my retainer for my top teeth. you know, the one i only have to wear at night to get my front teeth perfect?

oh, ya. it's not just at night now. it's full time.


makes me mucho sad. (see the straight hair? i never straighten my hair. but i decided to this morning. definitely like it better curly!)


i think this is the only time i'll smile with the retainer in. i'm going to wear it all the time, except for when i'm in class (which i guess isn't really all the time. i can just hear my dad saying that). hopefully the next time i go back to the dentist, they'll tell me i only need to wear it at night.

my teeth are hurting again. just the top though. i asked if they could tighten my bottom teeth to speed up the process, but they said moving them too fast would be bad for them. i was willing to take some pain to get it over with quicker, but guess i can't.

and just so you don't kill me, here's a picture of addison :)


and just you can know how big of a dork i am, i got the blog title from an episode of the suite life on deck. you know i'm obsessed with disney. marcus wrote a song about girls that wear retainers, and i laughed when i saw the episode. i'm not laughing much now though!!

just give me a poncho and call me ugly bailey

any ideas? any?

think ugly betty.

yup, i got braces.

what?!

here's the story. i had braces in elementary and middle school. after that, i had a retainer. hmmm. wonder what happened?

that's right. i committed the cardinal sin and didn't wear my retainer. and my bottom teeth are effed up. like nasty crooked. i've been putting off going and having it checked out, but i finally did. i was hoping they'd just say i needed a retainer, but no. braces it is. i kind of wanted to cry. or run out of the office and never look back. but i didn't. i put on my big girl panties and dealt with it. i don't want messed up teeth the rest of my life. i don't want dental problems later in life.

they did tell me that if had waited another 5-10 years before i addressed the bottom teeth issue that they would have had to remove a tooth to make room to straighten out my teeth. and i'd rather get them now than have them the same time as addison does (if she has to have them). mother/daughter braces aren't cool.

i don't think it will be that bad. i mean, it's just the bottom. you can't really even see my bottom teeth. well then why am i getting them fixed??. great question! cause i want my teeth to be pretty, even if you don't see them all the time.

the braces will be on for 7-12 months. i'm shooting for the 7.

on top of the braces, i have to get a retainer for my top teeth. but i only have to wear that at night, so i'm cool with that.

does this pretty face really need metal in her mouth??


why yes, yes it does.


need a little closer view? here ya go! next time you see these things, they'll be purdy and straight as can be.


you can't even tell, right?


until i flash my grill. that's right. braces are the white version of grills. at least for me. i'm gangsta now.


thank you braces for bringing out my inner gangsta. it is much appreciated.

they don't hurt...yet. i really think my teeth were moving a lot this past week. just trying to move away before they get moved in the right direction. i may have some rebel teeth.

i went to lunch right after i had my appointment, and it wasn't bad. they didn't hurt when i ate, but i did have a hard time eating. i'm going to have to learn how to eat again. i was trying to push food out of them between every bite. not ideal. and not pretty. i'll figure it out. and by the time i do, it will be about time to get them off. but that's ok.

here's the lesson, kids. wear your retainer. i know, it's not cool. it's gross. whatever. but do you really want to be 21+ and having to get braces again? i don't think so. if addison tries to be cool and not wear her's, i'm just going to shove it in her mouth in her sleep. she'll thank me later.