I have to rattle my brain and try to remember everything going on this week. Brendan went to the dentist on Tuesday. I was really worried about his teeth because they are more yellow than Trevor’s. Because Brendan does not eat, plus his reflux issues, plus general trach issues, his teeth are high risk. We had to pick a special dentist that has privileges to work in the hospital with the cardiac anesthesiologists if Brendan needs any procedures.
I was pleasantly surprised when the dentist told me that Brendan’s teeth looked great. Far far better than what he would have expected, compared to other kids like him. Brendan was stressed and unhappy about the tooth exam and we had to hold him still, but it went well enough. He will go back in 6 months, but to my shock, he does not need anything else right now. Yay!

He went for an eye checkup on Thursday. It was mostly to see how he was doing with his new prescription. Brendan actually stayed calm and let the doctor check his eyes with no fuss. All is well so far, he just needs to keep wearing his glasses!

Today was a really special day for the boys. We have had this tree stump in the corner of our yard for years. Bill and the boys have casually worked at digging and excavating here and there and it was a deep dangerous hole. Trevor enjoyed playing there though.

We are ready for work!

Giant heavy stump/root ball. It is too much to lift. We just needed the right tools.

Brendan is getting buckled in.

Ready for work

It is kind of loud when it fires up

Ready – years of waiting….

Over in less than a minute! The best part of this video is the little foremen shouting commentary!

Then the boys got their turn to drive the bucket

When I lifted Brendan down, he kept kicking his feet and saying “I’m not done!!!!!”

They love dirt clods

Work’s all done, time for a cold one. 🙂 Pulling out a giant root calls for a root beer

Bill loaded it into his truck and took it to the dump

The whole afternoon in time lapse! 🙂

I am happy that we are all healthy again for now. Other than the truck suddenly needing some expensive transmission work, the week has been ok. Busy, but good.

We have the rental digger until Monday… what should we dig next?