Gorgeous Memorial Day at the Beach

Fab day at the beach on Sunday, enjoying the sun and the long holiday weekend. Jess gave up five minutes for a few quick shots, although she is hoping for a modeling fee. Jess and Adrian will be supplying the Holister company a few shots for their upcoming catalogue.

Lucy's Ballet Recital

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The best evening EVER seeing Lucy in her first ballet recital. Very exciting and Lucy was amazing. Back to Jerri and Bren's for pizza post-performace.

Page School Picnic 2009

End of year is here and the three musketeers had their final school picnic together.

Mom's Day 2009 Rocks Muffin-Style

The best surprise EVER on Mother's Day when Sprinkles Cupcakes arrived at our front door. Not sure who was more excited, myself or Jessica. We had a three day cupcaking-eating-extravaganza thanks to Donna Clarke. You rock DC!

The Orthodontics Roller Coaster Begins

So Jess is now two weeks in to her new expander. We had one visit to take 3D panoramic x-rays, another two visits to make molds, and then presto-chango, Jess has a cool retainer looking thing that will expand her upper pallet to make more room for teeth - and fix the cross bite she currently has. Every night we have a special screwdriver that we use to 'turn' the expander. 16 turns this month should do the trick. Once the upper pallet is wide enough, we then get braces on the bottom for about three months to straighten the teeth that have already caved inward a bit to compensate for the cross-bite. This will all be done in six months time and we'll then re-evaluate her teeth in the early teen years to see if she needs more work. We're hoping this work now will prevent heavy duty work when she's older.