Wednesday, February 18, 2009

It's all about the TEETH!

They say that February is the Dental month of the year. It seems that every month or week has a special theme attached to it with school. But anyway, we have had a lots of teeth issues this month (and last). Drew has been one of the onriest teethers we've had. However, I do feel bad for the poor kid. He cut 8 teeth in 8 weeks. It wasn't always 1 tooth showing up per week. It was spiratic, but even if they weren't showing, they were cutting and you could definitely tell he was in pain. Motrin was our very best friend:) Not only did we have teeth coming in, but we had them falling out. Jens lost one and Ellie has lost two now. Side Note: We did also have a dental check-up and cleaning for everyone as well.

Tim also had a very "toothy" month. Tim had an accident when he was a teen with one of his front teeth. He had to have a cap put on one of them. However, that was before much bleaching was done so his cap was quite yellowed. So...he has wanted to get a new cap for a long time. His parents were so kind to help pay for it as a Christmas present. So he went through a teeth bleaching process for 2-3 weeks, then got a temporary while they were making his permanent crown. Unfortunately, his temporary kept getting loose and then eventually broke. He was teased all weekend before he got his permanent crown that he was a "Red Neck" because one of his front teeth was shaved down and really gross and small to fit the new crown that was coming. IT WAS HILARIOUS!!! Poor Tim had to give a talk in sacrament meeting and do sharing time for the Primary that lovely day. People just kept looking at him funny asking if something was different. Anyway, he has a beautiful pearly white smile now!


(Not very easy to get a picture, so we got 1/2!)

1 comment:

Suz said...

Tim~ DOn't feel bad buddy... I genetically am missing the two teeth next to my front top teeth. It has been a whirl wind of tooth activity for my past ten years.... including toothless moments, yellow and mis-colored teeth, and flippers. Boy howdy... I feel your pain. But they sure look nice now!