A first time for everything

My girl is just growing up on me. Abby had her very first dentist appointment yesterday for a cleaning and check-up, and she did better there than I ever have. I, of course, am the nerd mother (my husband's description...not mine) who had to document this monumental occasion in her life through pictures. Duh! OF COURSE I would take pictures of her first dentist appointment. Don't you know me already?

She did so great. She got her teeth cleaned, had x-rays, and then had the privilege to have an oversized mouth piece shoved in her pie hole with a fluoride mixture in it...bubble gum flavored. The "bubble gum" of that got Emma's attention, who decided that she was going to ask for gum over and over and over for the duration of the appointment.

Technician: Oh, does she already chew gum?
Me: Ummmmm, yeah. Just periodically. (Like every time she sees Wandy and every time she breaks into my purse and eats the whole pack and every 20 minutes at church to get her to be quiet!)
Technician: Does she chew it? Without swallowing it?
Me: Ummmm, no. It's like candy to her. But it all comes out in the end. (get it? in the end? ha ha he he hooooooo)
Technician: Is it bubble gum?
Me: No, it's sugarless. And it makes her smell like pickles. Yeah, that's the puzzling part.

Anywhoooooo, Abby enjoyed her trip to the dentist so much that she actually wants to go back. A kid of mine...likes the dentist. Go figure. At $200 a pop, looks like her trips to the dentist will be, ummmmm, not as frequent as she (or they) would like. We're good for another 10 years, right? We did find out that she is definitely going to have to have braces when she gets a little older...yeah, knew that one already. Not only does she have a horrible overbite from the thumb sucking, but her back teeth aren't even close to being aligned. Who doesn't have to have braces these days? Maybe we should go ahead and put in a "braces" folder in the budget for all three kiddos...it should take about 10 years to save up for them all.

Onto more tooth news...Miss Emma is now the proud owner of 2 new teeth. She sprouted an eye tooth and a lateral incisor (the teeth that I was really worried she didn't have at all)...creating a sort of lopsided look to her mouth until the other side decides to erupt (which should be any day now). The poor child is the slowest teether ever, and she always seems to get 4 teeth at once. But these teeth weren't too bad...we have noticed an increased level of ticked-offedness and fit-throwing in her, but that should be curtailed soon.

Trying to catch up on my digital scrapbooking before Nathan is born. Here's a few more:
Jay has been gone this week, and I am now a firm believer that a 9 month pregnant woman should not be held accountable for what she says or does to her children after 6 pm. That seems to be the cut-off time for my sanity these days, so I've decided to save up all their TV time for the hours between 6-8pm for everyone's sake. Thankfully, Jay is home for a few days and has reclaimed his role as interferer between the insane preggo and her children and entertainer for the remaining time of their wakefulness in the evenings. I forget how impatient I get the last month or so of pregnancy. So, due to the above circumstances, the girls and I will be gone for a couple of days next week visiting some dear friends while Jay is in Chicago (dude, Chicago in February + thin blooded Floridian = I feel sorry for my hubby). Just wanted to pre-warn you that I will more than likely not be having a baby next week...the lack of posting will be because I will be sitting on a couch while my chillens' destroy someone else's playroom. Thanks, Tara. And this is the last of my dear hubby's trips before Nathan is born...hallelujah!

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