all I want for Christmas

Today was Eva's first dentist appointment. Brendan was able to rearrange his schedule so he could come in, because knowing Eva, there was no way to predict her reaction to this first experience. He went back with her, and I only heard two blood curdling screams at the beginning. I was informed afterward that the screams were a prequel to the actual exam/cleaning, and had nothing to do with them, but were in fact because she was told she had to wait until after the cleaning to get her balloon. Once she recovered from that, she was fine. Of course, this was largely in part because they brilliantly installed tv's above the chair, so the child could just lay there hypnotized throughout the cleaning. She also got to sit next to Estella, and they both got cleaned at the same time, so I'm sure that helped, too. Both of them have clean, well cared-for teeth, although Estella has a crossbite or something like that. They both got balloons at the end, along with toothbrush and floss, which Eva proudly pulled out after brushing her teeth tonight and dragged around the house for the cat to chase.

These pictures don't have anything to do with the dentist appointment, but are simply cute pictures of Libi adoring her cute self.