Orthodontia

We went to the orthodontist on friday morning. Lilah got her braces off. She was pretty excited about it until she got her retainer. She is not of fan of wearing her retainer, but seems to understand the importance of it. I hope that she gets used to it in time as she has with her braces and tongue crib. Kai liked her retainer case so much that they gave him one too. Steve got his braces adjusted. He is getting used to them. If the kids didn't pop him in the mouth so much they would probably be fine, but just the other day Ethan head butted him in the mouth and he got a new cut/sore on the inside of his upper lip. I got my molds and pictures done for my invisiline. I should get my first set of trays in 4-6 weeks. It is a very good thing that the orthodontist and his wife receptionist love kids. The boys made short work of their waiting room. The office is downtown and is a house that has been converted so the waiting room is essentially a living room. There is a short wall that has a bunch of decorative rocks on it and the boys spent quite a bit of time playing with the rocks. Miles enjoyed exploring the waiting room, but he kept getting stuck under the chairs.

Since on Thursday morning I stayed up to see Lilah's hip hop dance performance at the church and Friday was the orthodontist, I was pretty short on sleep. I have been working every night since the 6th, so when I got home today (Saturday morning), after I got cereal for Alex and Kai, and a bottle for Miles, sippy cup for Ethan and changed their diapers, I took an ambian and went strait to bed. I was in bed by 8:30am and slept like a rock until 5pm. It was wonderful. The only downside was that I haven't seen Lilah since we got home from the Orthodontist on Friday morning. There was a Girlscouts sleepover on Friday night, she was dropped off by Steve before I woke up and this afternoon, she was picked up by her friend's mom and they decieded to go shopping afterwards, and she wasn't home yet when I left to work.

I hope everyone is doing well,
Love,
Suzanne

The DMV, yuck.

Well I renewed my license by mail in December. I knew they had received the renewal because my check was cashed, but I never received my new license in the mail. So I finally went to the DMV today. I had an appointment for 9:45, but arrived at 9:15 for good measure. After 2 hours of waiting, I finally was called to the counter. Turns out that the reason that my license wasn't mailed to me was because my Wisconsin driver's license had been suspended due to a speeding ticket I paid late in 2006. I received no notice of that whatsoever. Anyway I had to call WI and pay $60 to lift the suspension on a license I don't even have anymore. The kicker is I still have to go back to the DMV to get my CA license renewed. I was so frustrated. Yuck.

Anyway, now that I have that off my chest I can say that the last few weeks since I last posted here have been pretty good. We had a wonderful fourth of July in Albuquerque. It was everything 4th of July should be with great weather, a barbecue, and great fireworks. I had a lot of fun with fireworks that we bought at one of those great roadside stands. The kids enjoyed the fireworks almost as much as I did. Ethan got a little nervous with the really loud ones, and preferred to watch from a greater distance, but Alex and Kai both really got into them. We spent a lot of quality time with Matthew, Maureen, and Tiffany. I was especially excited to see Tiffany and her cute tiny baby bump. Tiffany taught us a new card game called Dutch Blitz. It is a lot of fun and we played it often. We got home from Albuquerque on Tuesday AM the 6th and I worked that night and every night since. I am thankful that the census at the hospitals has picked up and I am getting my shifts. With Lilah and Alex going to the Rock Academy this fall it will be nice to have all of my shifts. Not too much else going on lately. Miles is crawling all over the place now. Now that he has figured out crawling he moves pretty quickly. He already wants to walk and he will be before we know it.

Have a great day Everyone,
Suzanne