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Yesterday was the day I've been waiting for for two years now! Marcus is 8 and has the worst teeth. I knew things were going bad when he started loosing his baby teeth in the wrong order. Knew braces were coming for this kid. With his permanent cowlick sticking straight up on the back of his head, his 8 year old boy spirit, and that gap-toothed grin I OWN Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. Calvin lives with me, only here his name is Marcus!

I celebrated the day in January our dentist said - It's time. He knew how impatiently we were waiting for this. Went to the orthodontist and got his schpiel about why braces were important for this child of mine - I said he didn't have to work so hard to sell me the braces, we've been waiting for the adult teeth to be down far enough to get metal stuck to them! Poor guy, he had an animation ready and everything...

Yesterday was the day. All the new experience excitement wore off very quickly for Marcus. I'm thrilled, he's not. Today, he's a little sore. Very little. And I'm thinking - SAHWEET!!! This is manageable, his pain tolerance is good. The novelty of the high maintenance will wear off soon, I expect. At the other end of all this, a decent smile in a very sweet face.

Now, how do I manage that massive cowlick on the backside of his head?!!...