Changes...

CHANGE NUMBER ONE:

Kent's hair... crazy I know... but he does have awesome hair...

He got a buzz cut. It looked like a small furry animal on the floor after cutting off all that hair...

CHANGE NUMBER TWO:

Today is the day Kent gets his braces off at the orthodontist! He has had his braces on for about 20 months- almost 2 years! The time has really flown by...

Here's Kent's shiny braces...

Everyone getting their braces off gets balloons and a bag of goodies. Kent pointing to his name of all the people getting their braces off today...

It's amazing how quickly those brackets pop off. Kent with his lower braces removed... half way there...

This was amazing. They keep the molds of his teeth when he first comes in, then they take molds again when he's all done for their records... this mold of his lower teeth- can you see the little wire in behind the first 6 teeth? That's going to be his permanent retainer glued into the back of his teeth. Those suckers will never move! They use the mold of his teeth to make sure the wire is shaped perfectly...

Now this is weird, I asked if they could bring out the old mold of his top teeth so I could take a picture of it side by side with the new mold. And before you think I may be going picture crazy in the middle of the orthodontist office, they were giving me tons of opportunities to take pictures I finally had to tell them I was fine- can you believe it? It's true! So the mold on the left is how his teeth look now, and the one on the right is how his teeth were at the start, they look extra mangles cause he had 2 teeth pulled to make the braces fit better, so he has those gaps along with the really crooked teeth... side by side for your viewing pleasure...

Final X-rays...

Now look at him, ADORABLE!!! And with perfect teeth!

The bag of goodies was all the kinds of foods he was not supposed to eat while he had braces... popcorn, caramel candies, gum, peanuts... he was pretty happy about that.

All 3 cute kids!

Scroll down to see my last post if you haven't read about the Seattle Marathon results- awesome pictures- just sayin'...