Bear with me for a moment while I sidebar, but is it just me or has everyone left the blogosphere? I check my friends' blogs less regularly these days, I'll admit, but I do check them! And what do I find? Seems like most blogs have been abandoned, left to join the rest of the dying blogs in a cyber ghost town! I guess with Facebook, Instagram and various other forms of media communication (most of which I have yet to dabble in because I'm too old school) blogging has become too cumbersome. I'll confess to rather lacklustre feelings towards my own blog recently. Just haven't been feeling it, but I don't think I'll abandon it altogether. It's a great space to record family history, to post the fruits of my personal photography endeavours (separate from my professional ones) and it is also a type of journal.
Rant over. So Dallin got his braces off about a month ago! Yippee! The blessed day was marked with a bottle of sparking wine and a box of chocolate "gifted" to us by our orthodontist. Quotes used there to emphasise the fact that I'm fully aware that along with my arm and leg that I've handed over to this place, I bought these so-called gifts for myself. I'd have appreciated much more a rebate cheque! I won't be uncorking any bottles (metaphorically speaking) until the end of March when our final payment for Dallin's ortho care is transacted. Now that will be a day to celebrate! Dallin had a lot of pre-braces ortho work that included a long period wearing and tending to a cemented-in-place palate expander. Once that was completed and removed we had to wait quite sometime before this dentally delayed child grew all of his adult teeth so that braces could be installed. That finally happened last year, December 2012.
Dallin the day after he got his braces, amazingly all smiles!
It is incredible to see how his teeth went from this . . .
to this (Dallin just before he got his braces removed about a year after they were installed)
Et voila! The final product! I'd say it was worth all the hassle and expense. What a great smile! And now I've made my case, striking fear in his heart over letting any of this slip out of place. He's heard my "wear your retainers every single night for the rest of your life" speech just a few times :)
Apart from the teeth, I can't get over how much he has grown the last year. Looking at his 13 year-old, newly-brace-faced self compared to this 14 year-old-turned-man person, I am just amazed at the transformation from boy to man.
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Thank you for your sidebar on blogging. I still like blogs much better than facebook, and I don't do instagram or twitter, so I guess I'm old-school. My blog may not reflect this, but I am determined not to give up on blogging! Like you, I think it's a great way to record our family's history. I've hit a tough spot in my efforts to catch up, but I need to keep going. Thanks for the kick in the pants to do so (seriously!). I really enjoy reading yours, so I'm glad you're committed to keeping it up!
How great to have one child all the way through orthodontia! We have two currently in treatment, and one has lost her bite plate twice! I wish it wasn't removable! Here's hoping Dallin has better luck keeping track of his retainers. Shouldn't be too hard if he's just wearing them at night. I still have mine and wish I'd been wearing them all this time--then they might actually fit in my mouth!
I feel bad I never post photos on my own website anymore. Facebook made it too easy. Don't stop posting on this blog though. I love the photos + stories.
I completely agree about the blog-world! I have a hard time checking up on everyone else's blogs (not sure why I can't seem to find the time I used to have . . too much facebook/instagram?). I am trying desperately to keep up on ours, but it seems a little harder knowing not everyone is checking it anymore . . just my kids.
I was just looking at pictures of the kids from our Morocco trip and how much they've changed. They seem to have matured into young adults over night. Amazing!
Uhhhhh...do I really need to say it. It would be like Michelangelo not painting, you have to keep blogging. Do it for the children.
ha ha ha, amen to Kelly h.'s comment… do it for the children Shannon! Where else can someone go to catch up on the Ashtons and enjoy a feast for the eyes with your gorgeous photos!!!
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