Jordan's White Coat Ceremony

I knew that coming to St. Maarten with a 3 year old and a 2mos old as essentially a "single mom" while Jordan was in school that there would be challenging days ahead of me. I just wasn't anticipating one of the "rough days" to be on Jordan's Big Day...aka The White Coat Ceremony.

We got to the school in time for pictures beforehand. Everyone looked so nice! I had brought Ian in the carrier and Bradley in the stroller. We got to the auditorium for the ceremony and I chose a seat towards the back to accommodate the stroller. Everything was going fine for the 1st hour of the ceremony, then 6pm hit and I knew Ian was going to need to nurse and Bradley was anxious for dinner. I packed snacks for him, but that wasn't good enough. I was able to feed Ian and he drifted back asleep in his carrier, but Bradley could not sit still. At one point he was misbehaving that people were looking at me with glares. I had sweat literally dripping from me in embarrassment. I took him out into the hallway and ended up missing a good portion of the ceremony. Luckily I was able to get back to get one photo of Jordan receiving his white coat.

 Afterwards there was some miscommunication between me and Jordan. I was standing with the kids waiting for him, but he had already been shuttled over to the reception area with his classmates. I couldn't get ahold of him because our cell phone coverage is not the greatest. I also realized Jordan still had our keys. The kids were hungry, hot and tired..and I am wearing heels. Ouch. Finally we were able to get on a shuttle to meet up with Jordan, but by that time I couldn't wait to get home and call it a night. Bad day for me, but the big picture is how proud I am of my husband! I know he is going to be an excellent physician. I'm proud of all his hard work he's put in to make his dream a reality. He is officially a student doctor!!