Perks

Sometimes you get to do things in life just because of who you know or who you are related to.

This is one of those things

As I have mentioned before Marley has been dreaming of a teeth full of braces for years.  With her birthday coming up, I asked Rob what he would think about giving Marley braces for a surprise.  Since Rob does braces himself, and has already done the training and has all of the equipment at his office, it only cost us the time for her to be squeezed into his day.

On her birthday we didn't tell her a thing just sent her to school like every other normal day.

A little while later Marley got called out of Choir because her mom was there to pick her up.

She walked out with a confused look on her face.

   

She tried to guess where we were taking her.

"Are we going to lunch?" 

"Nope"

"Are we going home?"

"No"

"Are we going to the mall?"

"No"

Then Eliza pipes up, "We are going to get your..."

I tried to stop her before too much came out.  Little sisters do have a hard time keeping secrets.

Here is the before shot

Then Marley's eyes lit up and she looked at me with the biggest smile on her face and said,

"WE ARE GOING TO GET ME BRACES!???"

She didn't say it with confidence, like she knew she was going to get them, she said it like something that she has wanted for so long and asked for so many times that she might as well throw it in here also.

Dad and Marley

Surprise Mar!!!!  It was a magic birthday that you get the one thing you've been dreaming of and never thought you would get. 

Here is the birthday girl.  Her eyes are sparkling with excitement.  Before the pain sets in.

The only struggle we had with this is she didn't know what kind of pain she would be in by the end of her birthday.  

When I asked her if it was worth it and if she would do it all again knowing the pain she was about to endure.  She said, "Yeah, sure.  I mean they aren't hurting me right now."