Catching Up With The Curtis Family: Brace Yourself & Emma

On Tuesday, McKenna had a consultation appointment at the orthodontist to figure out if we need to take action at this time to correct her teeth/jaw/mouth. We found out that she has two moderate to severe crossbites and an underbite. Therefore, what that all means is get the checkbook ready! Dr. Thompson is going to start her with an expander and a face mask that is to be worn at night to make her top palate wider and then fit her with a few brackets on her front teeth to bring them together. When this six month process is complete, she will have a retainer to wear. At that time, we will be done until the age of twelve or thirteen at which time if she needs full braces we will begin that process. I am not ready to fork this money out yet...Holy Cow!
Then on Wednesday evening, we went to Logansport, IN, to pick up Doug's neice, Emma, who is two months older than McKenna. We brought her home for the rest of the week so the girls can spend some time together. They get along so well and really enjoy each other's company. So this morning we went to the zoo, again! They both loved it, but quite frankly, I am done with the zoo for awhile. It was Bill, the lions, birthday today, much to our surprise. They had lots of activities for kids to do. And for the first time that we have been there this year, Bill and Ina were active and up. Bill had birthday presents full of meat and was tearing into them. It was a pleasant surprise to show up on this particular day! Here are pictures from our trip to the zoo! The highlight was brushing the goats...who knew that goats were soooo interesting!

The girls made lion tails and wore them! Way too cute!