Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas
The best part about having a fireplace is hanging stockings at Christmas! Thanks to my brother-in-law for taking our annual family Christmas shot. Hope you're having an excellent holiday season!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The tooth saga continues
Warning: This will get a little gross.
Faith has lucked out in the tooth department. Her mouth is too small for her adult teeth to come in properly AND her teeth don't fall out very easily. She has used this to her advantage in the past by somehow scamming sympathy tooth money from her great-grandfather.
But, we have now entered into the realm of orthodontic care. So far, this has meant two separate (FREE!) visits to the orthodontist. The results so far have been a trip back to our family dentist, instructions in hand for him to pull out baby teeth. The theory is that by yanking the baby teeth, the adult teeth will pop in, and her mouth will continue to grow, so eventually she'll have room for all the adult teeth with no braces. I am suspicious though, since the orthodontist gave us a tour of her office the first time we visited, specifically showing Faith the "cool" colors of braces available.
So far, the teeth pulling venture hasn't been too bad. The teeth have been loose anyway, and generally came out fairly easily. Other than the visit where she didn't tell the dentist that the freezing wasn't working!!!! I normally sit in the room with her to make sure it's all going well and we're in and out in 15 minutes.
This time, however, she had two molars removed. Two solidly-in-the-mouth, baby molars. So, I took my seat in the room, Blake on my lap, and watched the proceedings. It started with the needle - which doesn't bother her normally, but this time they gave her some extra doses and it HURT. But the kid is so stoic, she doesn't say anything, or even move! I did however see the tear leak out the side of her eye and I just about started balling myself. So much for tough mom.
After the freezing took, Faith was completely fine. I, on the other hand, started getting a little woozy when they pulled out what looked like a giant pair of stainless steel pliers from the drawer. Yikes! But, I figured if she could do it, the least I could do is be in the room for support. But, when they started yanking on the tooth, I admit that I sort of hid my eyes behind Blake's head. It was not pretty.
But, Faith was great through the whole experience and said she didn't feel a thing. We did, however, postpone a trip to the dollar store that I had promised because she was feeling dizzy after the walk to the car, and generally headachy. Then, we got home and I had to deal with the whole mouth full of bloody gauze...again with the woozy.
I cannot believe how totally brave she was to go through this...evidenced by how big the freakin' teeth were that she got pulled! Seems that the orthodontist knew what she was talking about though, because she had the teeth out yesterday morning, and her adult teeth are already popping through.
I did, however, inform George that he would be taking her to get next set of teeth pulled.
Faith has lucked out in the tooth department. Her mouth is too small for her adult teeth to come in properly AND her teeth don't fall out very easily. She has used this to her advantage in the past by somehow scamming sympathy tooth money from her great-grandfather.
But, we have now entered into the realm of orthodontic care. So far, this has meant two separate (FREE!) visits to the orthodontist. The results so far have been a trip back to our family dentist, instructions in hand for him to pull out baby teeth. The theory is that by yanking the baby teeth, the adult teeth will pop in, and her mouth will continue to grow, so eventually she'll have room for all the adult teeth with no braces. I am suspicious though, since the orthodontist gave us a tour of her office the first time we visited, specifically showing Faith the "cool" colors of braces available.
So far, the teeth pulling venture hasn't been too bad. The teeth have been loose anyway, and generally came out fairly easily. Other than the visit where she didn't tell the dentist that the freezing wasn't working!!!! I normally sit in the room with her to make sure it's all going well and we're in and out in 15 minutes.
This time, however, she had two molars removed. Two solidly-in-the-mouth, baby molars. So, I took my seat in the room, Blake on my lap, and watched the proceedings. It started with the needle - which doesn't bother her normally, but this time they gave her some extra doses and it HURT. But the kid is so stoic, she doesn't say anything, or even move! I did however see the tear leak out the side of her eye and I just about started balling myself. So much for tough mom.
After the freezing took, Faith was completely fine. I, on the other hand, started getting a little woozy when they pulled out what looked like a giant pair of stainless steel pliers from the drawer. Yikes! But, I figured if she could do it, the least I could do is be in the room for support. But, when they started yanking on the tooth, I admit that I sort of hid my eyes behind Blake's head. It was not pretty.
But, Faith was great through the whole experience and said she didn't feel a thing. We did, however, postpone a trip to the dollar store that I had promised because she was feeling dizzy after the walk to the car, and generally headachy. Then, we got home and I had to deal with the whole mouth full of bloody gauze...again with the woozy.
I cannot believe how totally brave she was to go through this...evidenced by how big the freakin' teeth were that she got pulled! Seems that the orthodontist knew what she was talking about though, because she had the teeth out yesterday morning, and her adult teeth are already popping through.
I did, however, inform George that he would be taking her to get next set of teeth pulled.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Sunday Stills: Holiday Decorations
It's been so busy around here, I haven't really had much chance to think about Sunday Stills this month. But, as we're a Christmas-crazy household, with my husband leading the pack, I did have to post for this Sunday Stills: Holiday Decorations.
I had a big debate about what to post here, but I went with our early Christmas present from the kids--handpainted ornaments. I photographed them this morning, very early, so I tried out an odd lighting technique instead of flash -- a flashlight. It was an experiment...not entirely successful, but not horrendous either.
This is Faith's creation...
And Blake's...
I had a big debate about what to post here, but I went with our early Christmas present from the kids--handpainted ornaments. I photographed them this morning, very early, so I tried out an odd lighting technique instead of flash -- a flashlight. It was an experiment...not entirely successful, but not horrendous either.
This is Faith's creation...
And Blake's...
Missed but not forgotten
George's grandmother passed away at the beginning of the month at the age of 93. We were able to take the kids to see her, and George, and all of Flossie's children were by her side when she died.
Flossie was a very small woman, but that shouldn't have fooled anyone. She was one tough lady who didn't mince words. She is of that generation of women who had wood stoves and did it ALL by hand. When I came into the family scene, what I remember best about her was the way she laughed and the way she played cards. We would sit around George's kitchen table with buckets of pennies (mine borrowed from George) and play for money. This is how I learned to bet on cards (although not very well).
She will be missed by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchilden.
Flossie was a very small woman, but that shouldn't have fooled anyone. She was one tough lady who didn't mince words. She is of that generation of women who had wood stoves and did it ALL by hand. When I came into the family scene, what I remember best about her was the way she laughed and the way she played cards. We would sit around George's kitchen table with buckets of pennies (mine borrowed from George) and play for money. This is how I learned to bet on cards (although not very well).
She will be missed by her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchilden.
Too cool for a good title - pummelvision
Pummelvision takes all the public photos on your flickr photostream (for example), and puts them into a very cool video format...your life flashes before your eyes. Sweeet! And odd that it starts with a gravestone?
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday Stills: Pets
The Sunday Stills challenge this week was Pets. And, since we only have fish, and boring ones at that as they are just goldfish (although raised from babies born in our tank!), I decided to use one of my Dad's pets in the photo instead.
My Dad has always loved horses, and we have grown up with many over the years. (I was almost named Megan, except he didn't want his horse, Meg, and his daughter with the same name.) Now, he has a carriage business for weddings and special events, so his love of horses keeps him fairly busy...although the business pretty much pays for his horse habit. As he's always said, "No one ever gets rich owning horses."
For the past few years, Dad has driven his horse and carriage in the town Santa Claus parade, with Santa waving to the kids from the back seat. This year, Faith and Blake got to ride along for the first time, which they were pretty excited about, although for some reason Blake was able to fall asleep in the middle of the parade! He can sleep anywhere (except in his bed at night).
So, here's the official picture of Sheba, just one of my Dad's many "pets":
My Dad has always loved horses, and we have grown up with many over the years. (I was almost named Megan, except he didn't want his horse, Meg, and his daughter with the same name.) Now, he has a carriage business for weddings and special events, so his love of horses keeps him fairly busy...although the business pretty much pays for his horse habit. As he's always said, "No one ever gets rich owning horses."
For the past few years, Dad has driven his horse and carriage in the town Santa Claus parade, with Santa waving to the kids from the back seat. This year, Faith and Blake got to ride along for the first time, which they were pretty excited about, although for some reason Blake was able to fall asleep in the middle of the parade! He can sleep anywhere (except in his bed at night).
So, here's the official picture of Sheba, just one of my Dad's many "pets":
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Sunday Stills: Profile Pic
This week, the Sunday Stills challenge was a little different. First off, I didn't have to take the picture! And it was to be a profile pic. But, it did have to be with my own camera. So, I asked my photo friend, the very talented Colin, to help out. We actually did this at work in one of our meeting rooms with lots of natural light. Thanks Colin! It was very weird to be in front of the camera instead of behind it, but it was fun.
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