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No Cavities

Peter had his very first trip to the dentist earlier this week. I LOVE this new dentist but unfortunately the appointment was smack in the middle of naptime so Peter was not a happy camper. Peter was really excited to see the video games in the waiting area but had a fit when we were called back to the exam room because he didn't want to leave the video games, not a good start to the appointment. He sat in the chair all by himself for a bit to watch a video of a large primate brushing his teeth (the video totally freaked me out, it was a real monkey but Peter thought it was hilarious). He brushed his teeth for the hygienist but when it came time for the dentist to do the "knee-to-knee" exam Peter was not happy. At one point he grabbed the dentists' hand and pulled it out of his mount and yelled "All Done Bye Bye See You" and tried to get up and leave. The exam ended well when Peter was given his new toothbrush, goodie bag, and balloon animal. Peter immediately tried to eat said baloon animal and the mean mommy had to take it away to prevent him from choking on the baloon. He has 16 teeth right now and is getting his 2 year molars. Olivia has her appointment in a couple of weeks and I hope it goes as well!

Photo Captions and Thankfullness

I'm so behind on my Thankful posts, I've been posting to facebook but here's the recap.....

‎11/7/10-thankful that I was able to get so much done today! Thanks to the "extra hour" we were able to go to 9 am mass and then we still had the entire day to get things done!
‎11/8/10--Thankful for coffee time with a friend!
11/9/10--Thankful for Olivia's therapists! They are fantastic with her and we're blessed to have found them!
11/10/10--Thankful for the quality time that I got to spend with Peter while Olivia is at school.
‎11/11/10-Thankful that Gamma Phi Beta was founded 136 years ago! Love, Labor, Learning and Loyalty. Love to all my GPB Sisters.
‎11/12/10 thankful for the beautiful day spent exploring Pennsylvania Dutch country
‎11/13/10-thankful that we are able to be in Pennsylvania to see Larry and jenn say "I do"
‎11/14/10-thankful to be home! Scranton, PA to Fayetteville, NC with a stop at Ikea! Great day and discovered that Ikea may be the best place ever to stop while on a road trip. Clean bathrooms, quick food, plenty of room to stretch the legs and the kids loved it!
‎11/15/10--Thankful that everyone finally seems to be recovering from their colds! We're ready stop going through an entire box of tissues every day!


And now for some photo caption explanation. I got quite a few comments and questions of the picture of Mike from the Veteran's Day post. The picture on my Veteran's Day post is of Mike as he's completing his Jumpmaster duties. Mike can't really give me much information about the picture as he doesn't know when it was taken, he cannot even tell me if they were in the air or on the ground. In any case the photo scares me a little. Maybe "scare" isn't quite the right word. Every once in a while I will see Mike doing something related to his work that makes me look twice, I have this weird "I can't believe that's my husband" reaction. Every time I see him with a gun I have this reaction. How can the guy I meet at a frat party over 10 years ago be this guy? How is this the same person who dances around in the kitchen with our daughter? This is one of those pictures, he's so focused, he looks like a completely different person to me.

Veterans Day

I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died,
Who gave that right to me.
-Lee Greenwood