Finally! The relief on my daughters face to be finally free of the metal restraints in her mouth is easy to see in this photograph!
I think this is the first time I have seen her smile properly in over 4 years. She has hidden her smile for so long. I have to say though, if there are any parents out there who think for one minute that getting a brace fitted for your child is not the right thing to do, take heed! My daughter received an instant confidence boost the minute the brace was taken off. I know, she has to go back to have a retainer fitted but it’s only for a few extra months and looking at how nice her teeth are now, she has no problem with it at all. I think in general it is a long drawn out process having the teeth straightened but with Andrea, her jaw was unevenly aligned due to all the teeth keen to make an appearance and so the whole process has been longer for her as she needed blocks fitted before the brace when on.
She’s beginning a new chapter in her life today as she is doing her induction day at Sixth Form College. I am the proudest mother around! You GO Andrea!
Not much has happened in the past week apart form the fact that my house looks like a scene from a war movie. I’ve no skirting boards on, I’ve ladders where dining tables used to be. The elephant ornament family have taken refuge in a storage box. I have no blinds up, I have colour test patch all over the walls, it looks like a severe case of the measles has broken out. I keep saying to myself…. “It will all be worth it.” (Repeat 986 times and remember to breath!) The floor is coming up, the doors are being removed. I shall live in a shell! It will all be worth it!
I have to pinch myself you know, just sometimes. I see my 21 year old young man, come home from work and then I see my 16 year old young lady, come home from college. How did that happen! I must have done something right!
Sep 06, 2011 @ 13:26:26
Yes, yes, and yes. You have done something right! You do have two grown up young people living at home. That daughter of yours does have a fantastic smile! Well done!
Sep 06, 2011 @ 15:18:21
What a lovely smile, the long wait was obviously well worth it!
Your decorating is a bit like the painting of the Forth Bridge! xx
Sep 06, 2011 @ 18:22:17
Beautiful!!! You must be so proud of both your children
Renovations are always a bit of a pain but as you say so worth it!
take care!
Sep 07, 2011 @ 00:50:19
What a nice photograph of a lovely young woman! Patience pays off!
Sep 07, 2011 @ 17:23:30
WOOHOO!! Good for you – all!
Andrea looks lovely & the color of her hair is fantastic. Plum?
Good luck w/ the home reno. Always worth it.. in the end. Right, right!
Sep 09, 2011 @ 01:16:55
She’s gorgeous Tracey!!!
As for reno’s, we have just moved and are living in four walls with no inner walls at all. Hubby has the house stripped right back to nothing and I’m living in it!!!
Sep 10, 2011 @ 00:41:50
I bet Andrea is just thrilled to bits to have her braces removed so no wonder she’s full of beautiful smiles
Congratulations to her on her academic achievements as well. I bet you are smiling, too ~good luck with your renos!
PS I think that the ‘take a second look’ photo on my Scavenger Hunt was a stuffed Rocky Mountain Goat!
Sep 12, 2011 @ 19:50:25
How wonderful for your daughter, and indeed the smile says it all.
May her smiles continue to radiate, where ever she goes and captured beautifully on camera.
Sep 23, 2011 @ 21:38:58
Teeth look great! She still seems to have a small overbite that I always find so charming.
My grand daughter, aged 15, just got her braces off.