What week is this? Lol

Ahh, it is good to be back.  Both my internet and telephone have been acting wacky for a while and as of right now I have a good connection, so I had to write in here. 

It has been a hectic month.  My mom had heart problems, my kids caught a stomach virus, I started a new job, my car broke down and I am dealing with a potential break up.  So even though my internet was wacky, I have to admit it was not my first priority. 

Let me start with this.  I HAVE A GAP BETWEEN MY FRONT TEETH!  That is right, a visible gap.  And to tell you the truth, I kinda like it.  I have been playing with the idea of keeping the gap, but I know that 10 years from now I will regret it.  So I shall continue on this journey and loose my new found gap. I was also given elastic tie in's this month.  No more metal.  This made me a bit sad, because I really liked the way the metal looked.  Clean and well blended.  I didn't know what colour of tie in to choose and read many blogs about other people and their braces experience.  It seemed that silver was the way to go.  When I mentioned this to my wonderful ortho Art, he told me that the silver colour does not hold its strength for very long and does not preform as well because of this.  He recommended a bone colour for my tie ins and I have to admit, I hardly notice them.  Art took out my rotators and gave me my new tie ins and within 2 days (no word of a lie), my teeth had the lovely gap in between them. 

However, I do look a bit like a rabbit when I smile.  My bottom lip tucks under the back side of my teeth and my teeth protrude out quite far.  I hope this is only temporary as I don't want to keep this rabbit appearance forever.  I am starting to see some wonderful results and I am getting quite excited for my outcome.

You can see along the bottom teeth on the right side of the picture, that my teeth on that side have completely straightened out just from the filing.  On the left side of the picture, my bottom teeth need to straighten out just a bit more.  I am still quite pleased with the progress of my lower teeth without braces.  

I do apologize about the picture.  I have a new blackberry and it does not have the greatest camera.