Lack of Coordination Runs in the Family

Although this may not be the greatest picture of Lacie in the world, it should be very obvious to you that she is missing two very crucial items..... her front teeth! Now, at 4 1/2 you are also probably thinking, "Isn't that a little early to be missing teeth?" Not if you're a Johnson!

At the age of 2 1/2, little Lacie was running in a mattress store, when she literally tripped and fell over her own feet and knocked her 2 front teeth loose. After a visit to the greatest Pediatric dentist EVER, we were told that they would tighten up on their own. Fastforward another year (nearly to the day), the girls were jumping on the trampoline, when Lacie fell and bumped her mouth on Leslie's head. This time they had to be pulled. Because it would be nearly 4 years before her permanent teeth moved in, they recommended she be fitted for a pedo-partial, which is essentially a permanent retainer with 2 very real looking baby teeth attached. It is to help maintain the space in her mouth and to prevent a speech problem.

The above beach picture is when Lacie was without her "new teeth" for about a month this summer. Her mouth outgrew the partial and the dentist had to make a new impression and order another one. This is what her new teeth look like:
Del likes to laugh that the girls got their lack of coordination from me. While I didn't lose any teeth, I am not the most graceful person in the world. Luckily, we have good insurance! Maybe they are trying to get a good look at the medical profession; every family needs a doctor... or two!