Brace Face

Go ahead...call me Brace Face. I can take it. Tuesday, I thought I was going to be fitted for an expander at the orthodontist. They did...but then she said, "OK, now I'm going to prep your top teeth for your brackets." I was sitting there thinking about what she had just said...and it hit me that I'm officially stuck with braces for the next 24-30 months. Maybe it's better I didn't know I was getting them Tuesday since I had no time to worry about it...but had I known, I would have eaten the corn on the cob that is sitting in our fridge on Monday night. :( I only have the top braces on right now. I'll be having the surgery to widen my palate sometime after the expander is put in which is currently scheduled for Sept. 15th. BIS06 ladies...this may mean I'm out for the Atlanta trip in October. :(

It has been such a nice, quiet week. We've spent almost every spare moment watching the Olympics. Thursday night, I let Braylee lay in our bed to watch the Olympics (thinking she would fall asleep right away) while Alex and I watched in the family room. Around 11pm, I decided I would head to bed and watch the Olympics there until I fell asleep. To my surprise, Braylee was STILL awake! I asked, "Aren't you sleepy?" She said, "I'm waiting on gymnastics!" Unfortunately for her, she fell asleep about 5 minutes before gymnastics started! She was very excited to see the American girls win the next evening when I was rewatching it.

Thursday evening, Andre', Mandi, and Gabe stopped by for a visit. As they were getting ready to leave, Gabe dumped a cup of water all over himself, right after Andre' had just changed him into a onesie for bed. So...he got to wear one of Brynna's home. ;) He looks pretty cute in multi-colored hearts.
Today, the girls and I went shopping with Jamie and her kids. We always have fun when we shop together...no real plans, just play it by ear. We do a lot of browsing and bargain shopping.

One store we went to had a fenced in play area! The kids loved it. The play kitchen reminded me a lot of the kitchen set we used to have as kids.
We ate lunch at McDonald's. I hate to say we eat there often, but we do. The girls usually love their happy meal toys. McDonald's usually does a great job of doing gender-specific toys, which recently for girls were Polly Pockets. As soon as I sat the tray on the table, Braylee said, "That's a boy happy meal." - the box was covered in black and gray Star Wars characters. Sure enough, I pull out some boy-looking toy. I take it to the register and ask if we can trade it for a girl toy. The cashier responded, "Oh they are unisex. They are all the same." Are you kidding me?! Darth Vader for a 3 year old year girl? If they wanted to stick with Star Wars, they could have given the girls Princess Leia or something. Braylee and Ava showed their disappointment. I think Brynna wants to be potty-trained, but her body doesn't always cooperate! ;) She begs to wear panties and pouts when I make her wear a diaper...but I'm not cleaning up messes all day! She's used the potty 4 times today, but I've also changed 2 wet diapers and one pair of wet panties. So, she's about 50/50 right now.
While the girls were napping today, I watched the movie P.S. I Love You. Someone should have warned me!! I cried probably 5 different times. I'm glad Alex wasn't home to make fun of me!