I had to take Jaxson with me yesterday for a two hour dental appointment. Thanks to modern technology and Nintendo Gameboy, he sat in a chair and only made a few interruptions. It helped to calm him with promises of Golden Arches (McDonalds) for lunch if he behaved. He was so good until it was time to leave. Before I could get up from the chair, he ran through each room with different patients and said goodbye to all of them. Loudly. He had to make sure they all knew he was leaving.

Connor has such a different personality. He is so serious sometimes. After dropping Jaxson off for school yesterday we had ten minutes before I had to take Connor to school. I asked Connor if he wanted to stop at Dunkin Donuts and get a treat before school. He refused saying he didn't want to be late for school. I explained to him that he had 10 minutes before school started and he said, "No. I want to go now so I can be early and we can get a close parking spot" ????? A first grader that will pass up a donut to be 10 minutes early for school? He was explaining to me on the way home from school that he is working really hard to get higher scores on his spelling tests. He is so determined and wants to be the best at everything he does. I hope it doesn't interfere with his ability to just enjoy life. He has two really good friends that live on our street named Zack and Geo. They are older than Connor but the three of them play really well together. Connor told me, "Mom, I don't want to move to another house ever because I like my friends Geo and Zack" The three of them have beat every Nintendo Wii game we own. I spent yesterday night helping Connor finish all of his Valentines cards for his classmates. It was so much fun to see how thoughtful he has become. He selected each card individually for his classmates by making decisions on which one they would like the best.

While I have been VERY aware of my pregnancy for the past few months, some of my coworkers have just started to notice that I am pregnant. The nurse I gave report to today said to me, "Oh, my, I didn't know you were expecting. You just popped out." She didn't believe me when I told her that I am 7 months along. I find that so hard to believe because I feel HUGE! Tonight my hips and back are really hurting me. Standing for 8 hours at work is starting to get difficult. I'm slowing down. I can't move away from the aggressive patients as fast as I could before. One almost got me today. I was trying to reach around her and put her wheelchair brakes on and she was reaching around trying to hit me and grab my hair. After a REALLY close call I decided to kick the brakes on with my feet. It was successful and injuries were avoided. Last week one of the ladies was mad at me and said, "You are lucky you have a baby in your stomach because I want to hit you so hard." Pregnancy saved me that day.

We have so much snow and we are getting more tonight! I have never seen this much snow in New Jersey. I feel like I am back in Calgary,