Wisdom teeth

 Rachel kicked off the new year saying goodbye to her wisdom teeth. Last picture with all her teeth:

Riding home in the car afterwards she stroked the window, seeing colors floating around, I guess, in her altered state. The medicine wore off, and she was mentally back to normal, but did not enjoy the soft foods required. As soon as she could, she devoured all the Sonoran hot dogs leftovers I brought home from the New Year's Dance. Recovery was pretty smooth and her swelling was mostly down by the time school started back up the following Monday.

Quality sister time:

Speaking of sisters, Annie must want to be just like Rachel, because shortly after Rachel got her wisdom teeth out, Annie found out that she also needed her wisdom teeth out. In fact, she needed SIX teeth out, not just the normal 4. Annie is officially a mutant. We opted to plan hers for Spring break. 

Annie had her teeth removed at a different location than Rachel did, and they must have kept her in the recovery a little longer that Rachel because she was mostly coherent by the time I brought her to the car (walking, not in a wheelchair like Rachel). 

Annie's 2 extra teeth were tiny. (The other two that aren't pictured were just gross and not fit for a picture, and I think one of them might have been broken.)

Annie's recovery wasn't quite as fast as Rachel's maybe because she had more teeth out. But she took full advantage of her oral surgery, laying around and enjoying more screen time than she normally would have gotten.

By the time school started the following Monday, her swelling was gone and she was mostly back to normal.