Yes, the ability to embarrass our children really went up with the advent of the Internet! Woohoo!

I love that picture of y'all at the top of Pike's Peak! I have one of my and this blanket-covered lump that is my baby (now 13 years old) at the summit after my brother's graduation from the Air Force Academy. She was only out for a short time, as it was snowing and freezing (in June) but I wandered around for a while.

Happy day, Jen!
 

I had to wear headgear at night for a few years...but at least I never had to wear it out of the house! It was a pain!
 

I had to wear a neck gear for a year or so (doc gave me two neck straps so I could go swimming and let them dry out.)
And when that didn't seem to be working he put me in a headgear but that was only at night.
I lived. I thought it was pretty cool actually.

Although when I first got my neck gear it was in the morning and my Mom decided to take me back to school afterward. I got back to school during lunch, but had missed my class. So I had to eat with kids I didn't know, by myself and then I had to figure out how to eat around the appliance. It was tricky for a few minutes.
 

What a small world. My youngest got braces the first week of May, & my oldest got them just last week. It's been a rough month for us, but we'll survive.
 

Headgear is designed to embarrass!
 

My TT is up...where's yours?
 

I'm 17. I have just had to have a headgear (neck strap type) that I have to wear 20 hours a day. Hugely embarrassing. There is a notice in the teachers' room that says I have to wear it except for mealtimes and sports.