Since my last post, we’ve been pretty busy around here. First, I made another visit to the orthodontist and we now have a two part plan that will begin in December when I get my records done. They will do pictures, x-rays, and plaster casts of my whole mouth! I was promised that none of this will hurt, and it will be much like a photo shoot. We’ll see about that! The tentative timeline is to have headgear at night to help my bottom jaw go back instead of continuing to grow forward in March, and MAYBE 4 braces on top by June. Momma keeps saying that I’m only seven to be having an orthodontic plan, but we both agree that if it keeps my jaw from having to be broken later in life, let’s go for it!
My friend, Ellie, and her family came to Mema’s earlier in the month to have a swim date! It was soooo much fun to see her! It’s too bad that we live 30 minutes apart! There are a few pictures from our playdate that will hopefully be up soon.
One of my most recent adventures was going with Gigi on a bus trip to Chicago to spend the day at the American Girl Store! It was so awesome! I told Gigi that it wasn’t how I’d imagined it, but it was cool! Gigi got a matching pink dress for my American Girl doll and me to wear. I got my picture taken with my doll and printed on an issue of American Girl Magazine! Of coarse, this was AFTER my doll spent some time in the spa getting her hair done! The biggest treat was a tea party for guests. There were tea cakes, sandwhiches, desserts, oh my! I also made a NBF on the trip. We met on the bus and kept running into each other all day. We even sat by each other at the tea! On the way home, Gigi traded seats with her so she could sit by me! I got so many neat things and even some stuff to put up on the shelf for my birthday. Thank you so much, Gigi! “This was my best day ever!”
Well, it’s definitely 4th of July time…Mom already has us dressed in red, white, and blue attire. As soon as Daddy gets a chance, he’ll upload some pictures she took of us waving some flags and hanging in the garden.
Also, you’ll notice that I refer to Momma now as Mom. I asked her if it was okay and she said yes, but I don’t think she really believes herself when she says, “That’s fine.”
Last, we’d like to send out some thoughts and prayers to Jen C. Just know we’re thinking about you and your family. If you need me to come and make some castles out of boxes with you, I’m your girl!
Aside from Momma having her surgery on Monday, it was a pretty standard summer vacation week around here…with a few modifications here and there.
With Momma’s surgery being on Monday, Parks and I went to school and camp which is not our normal routine. It was okay, though. We both love our time with our friends. Daddy took care of Momma and picked us up at the end of the day. He kept us entertained away from home by taking us out to dinner and to play to give Momma an extra hour of healing before we hit the door.
On Tuesday, Mema came down to take care of Momma and we stayed home, too. Momma was feeling very ambitious and didn’t want this surgery to keep her down for too long, so we all loaded up in the car and headed to the library for some new books and prizes for our summer reading! After we hit Pizza Hut Salad bar for some lunch. By then, Momma was feeling beat and we all headed home so she could rest. It was fun spending time with Mema!
Friday was a Gigi Friday with a twist… Dana came with Gigi to play with us! We were off and running by 9AM! First, we went to Gibby’s to treat Dana to the best donuts on Earth! Then we went to Dollar Tree, Subway, Toy Story 3, Apron Strings, and then back home to play restaurant. It was a normal jam packed Gigi Friday, but a bonus with Dana!
Momma would like to thank everyone for thinking about her this week, and all the special treats!
After all of the rain on Saturday, we weren’t sure about our chances of making it to the Indy Air Show on Sunday. But, we decided to give it a whirl anyway and packed our cooler and blanket and headed out to Mt. Comfort Airport to see some airplanes doing tricks. Turns out that rain wasn’t our problem at all…it was the sun! Man, by the time we lugged our stuff out to the air field over all of the long, swampy grass and mud we were already tired!
We set up camp and chilled out for a bit watching the crazy Jelly Belly airplane doing flips and stalls. Next up was the super loud and super fast F18 Hornet. It was definitely the fastest plane out there and did some crazy rolls and climbs, but we were glad to see the Jelly Belly plane come out again and do more silly stunts, too. We probably watched 42,234 more planes come out and fly up, fly down, flip over, roll around, loop-the-loop, and land before we decided that we had enough sun and it was time to make the trek back to the car with all of our gear.
The wonderful air conditioning brought us back to life and, by the time we hit Indy, we were ready for some grub. We hit Red Robin and pounded some fries and sandwiches before making it back home. We topped off the day with some bike/scooter riding and then packed it in. We were so worn out that everyone fell right to sleep and didn’t move a muscle!