More good news for Ethan!

Today was another great day for Ethan. We went to the orthodontist today and it was time to take the braces and palate expander off- yeah! We thought he was going to need a retainer but all they did is put a tiny piece of metal behind his 2 front teeth to hold them together while his side teeth finish coming down- that's it! There is nothing else in his mouth now! He sure did think it felt weird to be able to feel the roof of his mouth again- he has had that palate expander in there for a year now. Here he is holding his 'before' picture that the orthodontist took with his teeth all crazy and far apart.
Last year he got it all put in right before halloween so he kind of got screwed in the candy dept since anything chewy/sticky was off limits- I told him that when he got it all off we would go buy a ton of gum and have a gum party. He has been looking forward to that for a whole year and finally today he got his gum! He was thrilled! Then of course he wanted to learn how to blow a bubble- did you know it is very difficult to explain to someone how to blow a bubble?! Well, after about 100 tries, he finally started getting the hang of it!