In the Dugout with Dad

Orthodontist

Tristan has a class 3 malocclusion. English: Nasty underbite. So his bottom teeth come out over his top teeth. To top the whole mess off they are coming in crooked. Really. Really. Crooked. And a top tooth has absolutely no space to come in so it is basically stuck in his gums currently. Great.

Orthodontist #1: It's bad. He'll need surgery. When he is 16 or 17. Until then do nothing.

Orthodontist #2: It's not good but not terrible. He needs a palatal expander immediately to correct his bite and braces on the top and bottom to straighten them out, this will take a year. Then when he is in his teens he'll need another year of braces and a year of a retainer - that should fix it without surgery.

WHAT?!? So next week we are off to see orthodontist #3 for yet another opinion. Oy vey! Did I mention that all options cost a ton of money?

Halloween 2009

Oldsmar Little League Fall Ball

Oldsmar Blue Claws:

School Projects

Tori and her friend Madison are in gifted together and as their yearly service project they have decided to celebrate holidays with the memory care residents at HarborChase Assisted Living. So round 1: witch hat cookies delivered by cute little witches!
Tristan's class skipped the Halloween party this year and did Mad Science Day. They got to make slime, blow bubbles, race balloon ghosts, and lots more! Tristan had crazy hair and his friend Isaac had a crazy mustache!

Daddy Day

= Frisbee Golfing

One Line Updates

Tristan is healthy, back to baseball, had great school open house this week.

Tori is healthy, great conference, high assessment scores, loving chorus.

Todd busy week, new project with Dave, still doing p90x with me, excited bout iphone.

I had a bad week with violent patients, still doing p90x, ready for fall festival.

Max rocks, always there to cuddle and loves ya no matter what!