Almost Famous

Well friends, today the fab four took a trip to the dentist. Since my hospital system switched insurance carriers this summer we have been able to go to a wonderful pediatric dentist. Holley and Scott actually saw her for the first time last Monday, when they had their cleanings and x-rays and the other first-visit type stuff done. Today they went back to have sealants put on their teeth. Dentistry has come a long way since I was a kid. I never had sealants put on my teeth to protect them. Anyway, Macie and Allie had their checkups and x-rays done today. Macie is an old pro at going to the dentist but Allie has no recollection of the lat time she went to the dentist which was in 2006. The insurance that we had through work (when I graduated and started working in 2006) did not allow for a pediatric dentist. They had to see a general dentist and their office refused to see children under 5 years old. Thankfully, with the new insurance, they can once again go back to an office that is tailored to meet their needs and developmental levels. It is sad that before I started working and they had Medicaid, that they saw an awesome pediatric dentist, but after all that hard work and graduating, and we finally had insurance, they had to give up seeing their dentist and go to a grumpy, old guy to clean their teeth. Anyway, this is a new dentist. Their old dentist still did not take our new insurance, but I found a wonderful one in San Antonio. They really like her and her staff. I am happy to report that no one had any cavities. Macie has to go back in a couple of weeks to have 3 teeth extracted. She has three remaining baby teeth that are stubbornly refusing to come out and you could see on the x-rays that her permanent teeth are growing sideways since they can't come in straight down. She will have the baby teeth removed and then they will put a spacer (permanent retainer) on to make sure to leave the spaces open so that hopefully, her permanent teeth will be able to come down into the right spots.

Today in the dentist's office was media day. They had a reporter there interviewing the staff and patients (and parents) and a photographer taking pictures for the local neighborhood paper. Apparently, this "little, local paper" circulates all around the North side of San Antonio. They asked me if they could include Allie in some pictures. They took a really cute one of the Dr. and Allie together and of Allie getting her teeth cleaned. Allie now thinks she is going to be famous since they told her the picture would be on the front page. The office promised to send me a copy, since we don't live there. Boerne is about 15-20 miles northwest of San Antonio. Anyway, she should be in the Oct. edition. I'll let you all know how it turns out.

Holley has gym today and Macie has cross country this afternoon. A cold front came through the area yesterday. This morning and so far this afternoon have been absolutely glorious. There's a nice cool breeze, and the humidity is very low. Macie said to me, "Mom, I sure hope it is still this cool when I'm running this afternoon!". For her sake, I hope it is too. I absolutely ADORE this time of year, when it is cooling off. I'm sure that summer will be back with a vengance in a few days (it always is around here), but it is a hint of things to come, and a reminder to me that whether I like it or not, time is marching on. Sometimes I just wish I could hit "pause" for a little while. Oh well. Tonight is parent night at the middle school. I have to follow Macie's schedule and go to all of her classes and meet her teachers. It will be interesting to see how lost I get wandering around her campus. Should be interesting. Take care, and stay tuned....