Babysitting Duties

 Cheryl has a babysitter (nanny) who watches Kessler Monday - Friday while she teaches school and Parker is at work.  Unfortunately, the sitter had to have emergency gallbladder surgery on a Wednesday. Cheryl was able to secure temporary sitters for Thursday and Friday, but needed someone to watch Kessler this week so she called in her reinforcements - Alan and I. We drove down there on Monday morning (Cheryl didn't have to work that day) and watched Kessler on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. He is quite a handful, but we had a great time watching him and spending time with Cheryl & Parker.

Kessler is 19 months old and is full of personality and has lots of energy. He loves to talk, make animal noises, and run! We had a great time taking him to the park one to two times per day so he could release some of his energy. 

Kessler loves hats!

He turned this box into a horse

He loves jumping and we felt it was unsafe, so we put the couch cushions on the floor and he continued jumping on the cushion-less couch.

He's quite a daredevil, but has very good balance. He walked up and back on this concrete balance beam without falling once.

I love how Kessler loves his "bampaw"! He was way more interested in Alan than he was me, but that's totally fine. It was very cute. Here are some pics of their time together.

Oral Surgery

 One week ago, I went like a lamb to the slaughter to undergo oral surgery as recommended by my dentist - the best dentist in the world - Dr. Alan Stott. This is the second time I have undergone this particular surgery. I have a condition where I grow an excessive amount of bone on my gums, which interferes with my ability to clean my teeth thoroughly near the gum line, especially the molars. I need a crown on my last molar on my lower left arch. In order to do that, Dr. Stott needed to remove the excess bone. This is not a fun surgery to have. He decided to do my whole lower arch (outside and inside). It has been a very painful recovery, but I'm doing much better now, but still can only eat soft foods.

This isn't a very flattering picture, but this is me a day or two after surgery with my swollen "chipmunk" cheeks. Over the next two days, the swelling got even worse, traveling down under my chin and into my neck area. No photo of that!

I can't wait until I get to have the same surgery on my upper gums (insert rolling of eyes here). At least there will be no need to do the inside of the upper arch, only the outside. This is what my boney gums look like.

I need to get all of this dental work completed before Alan retires while I can still get it done for free! I can't imagine having any other dentist doing my dental work. Alan has been my dentist since we got married 45 years ago. He hasn't always "enjoyed" everything about the dentistry profession, but he is good at it and he has provided well for our family, for which I am very grateful.