Big Girl

We have known this day was coming for awhile, but Mom still was NOT ready!!  Emerson had to get an expander and braces today!  I was not ready for how much older she was going to look once they put them on!  This is just our first round of braces.  They will do the expander and just a few braces on top to get everything on the right track and then she will have round 2 of braces probably in middle school.  I had to get some pictures of her before we went to her appointment...little did I know she already looked so grown up even in the before pictures!!!!

So silly!

She wanted me to take a picture so she could see what the expander looks like.

Just 2 braces today, and then they will add 2 more at her next visit after the expander has had time to work.

She definitely deserved a treat of ice cream to help with the soreness!  She had a hard time figuring out how to swallow thanks to the expander though!