- A lot of you have been asking when the wedding will be. We're waiting until he graduates college, so it will be at least two years (which is plenty of time to save up some money!).
- A lot of you have asked for ring pictures. We are using my mom's engagement ring diamond, and we are just waiting to get it put into a setting, so it'll be soon!
- How he proposed: it was very casual on the beach. The "real" proposal will come when the ring is all set and ready, so that remains a surprise to me. He won't tell me (and most of you know that I hate surprises).
The planning and all of that won't take place for quite a while. We'll both be ridiculously busy, plus we have plenty of time to start in on that. All we know is that it will be on the beach (come on, not a surprise, right?). And I'll do a post of a before and after for the ring, that'll be a fun post.
On to the next topic: braces.
Obviously, I got braces last April, and just got them off yesterday. A lot of you don't know why I got braces though, as my teeth were fairly straight. On the left side of my mouth I had a baby tooth, up until about 2 years ago during the summer. I went to have my wisdom teeth removed on one side, and had the baby tooth pulled as well. The problem was that my permanent tooth was growing way behind my baby tooth and was pushing into my front teeth at an angle. We've known about this since I was around 16 or something like that, but I was extremely stubborn and did not want to get braces. I fought it for the longest time, but finally gave in.
Once I had the tooth pulled there remained a gaping hole in the side of my smile, as the tooth wasn't coming down and in line correctly. A lot of you know that I was very uncomfortable with everything that involved my mouth: talking, eating, smiling. I would often cover up my left side with my hand when I did anything so nobody would see. I was embarrassed. I always thought people would think less of me when they met me and saw a hillbilly gap in my mouth. That's why I finally gave in to braces. And my orthodontist was great. In just over a year he brought that tooth in line, and straightened out the ones that needed straightening.
I never took before and after photos. I know that I should have, but like I said, I was embarrassed with my smile. But I've dug through photos and here's what I came up with.
Here you can see the baby tooth - its the tiny one that leaves a visible gap and goes up.
Here's another angle of it, on the right side.
Now the tooth is removed - on the right, the black hole in my mouth.
Tooth is still removed, black gaping hole.
Not a great photo, but its the first few months that I had my braces. The tooth is on the right, if you enlarge the photo you can sort of see the spiral wire they had in my mouth to pull the tooth over.
After a couple of months with my braces.
About a month before they were taken off.
And the finished product. The side that didn't need much help.
And the side that did need help.
I know that I complained constantly, but I am so happy with the final product. And my self-esteem has raised so much, its amazing. So if you ever need to get braces, or get something done with your teeth, my advice to you is to do it. The final result is amazing, and you'll feel great.
Its amazing how genuinely happy I am right now. I don't think I've ever been this happy in my life (but there's been times that were close). I have an amazing fiancé (who brought me milk duds yesterday to celebrate me being able to eat caramel-y, chewy candy!), an amazing smile and a lot to look forward to in my life.
I hope that you all got a sort of happy high off of my excitement and just overall happy mood. I know a lot of people complain about people "bragging" about being engaged, but I think we deserve a post. I constantly listen to people who gloat about their engagements and wedding plans, or people who rub it in other's faces that they have someone. And I have been a victim of this a lot. I'm a listener, and I help people with their problems, or I help people with wedding decisions, and I'm happy to do that. And I'm not the sort of person to rub it in your face that I'm happy. But we all deserve our day, and this post was it. Yes, you'll hear more of it, but not in a snobbish way. So if this offended you in anyway, that was not the intention of this post (and I only say this because I know people like this).
I hope everyone has a great week!
CM
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