Thumbsuckers

I was at a baby shower yesterday and saw the sweetest two year old boy sucking his thumb. I so wanted to pick him up and snuggle him!

It reminded me of my kiddo's....we had two thumb suckers.

First there was Jack....

And then Emmie....

But today, we had a major reality check from those cozy, snuggly years of thumb sucking....

Our first visit to the orthodontist!

Jack starts tomorrow and Emmie starts phase 1 in about 9 months. So at least that will spread out the expenses of having two kids in braces! {I'm trying to find the silver lining in all of this!}

But was it all worth having two sweet thumb suckers?! One could argue that they probably would have needed braces anyway. So maybe it was worth letting them have their thumbs. After all, I did get tons of snuggles out of them!

jen