In order…probably.
A few weeks ago, Lainey had braces put on. Â At age 7. Â Which, by the way, means I now have 4 kids IN braces right now. Â Sheesh.
Lainey, because she was born with a cleft palate, will need lots of dental and orthodontic work. Â LOTS. Â And, it starts now. Â She’s had 4 surgeries in her lifetime, 3 with us. Â Her next one, to correct her gumline cleft, will be her biggest, and I’m told her hardest. Â They will take bone from her hip and use it to fill in the bone that’s missing in her gumline. Â Before that can happen, her palate needs to have an expander put in (weird, huh? Â She had two surgeries to CLOSE her palate, now we’re trying to make it wider??). Â And, before she can have the expander put in, she has one tooth that needs straightening (the expander needs that tooth to attach to), hence the braces.
Are you lost yet? Â She’s done great with her braces, hardly any complaining at all. Â I’m amazed, really. Â But, I shouldn’t be. Â She’s always handled medical stuff with ease.
Then, it was time for the NC State Fair.
Dylan’s footlong is becoming a fair tradition…
happy girl!
For the first time ever, I think, we left our nice camera at home, so all of these are off our phones. Â I just decided I didn’t want to have to lug it around the whole time…I kinda wish I had better pics, but I did enjoy the freedom of less to carry that day.
October FLEW by for us. Â I mean, I don’t have a clue where it went! Â I guess that happens when you’re calendar days are all full.
We did finally find time to go pick out pumpkins as a family. Â With the big kids getting older and busier themselves, it’s harder to find those stretches of time where we can ALL do things as a family without either missing some or having extras.
We’ve gotta do better at making that a priority.
taken before we saw the “don’t climb the tree” sign…oops
A few short days later, it was time for Trick or Treating.
Next post will be pics of all that fun…
