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July 9, 2014 - We woke up and this boy
was so happy and looked so grown up to me! |
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| His drool production has gone way up..... |
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Atticus and Hendrix chilling in the shade while
Dylan and I weed the gardens |
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| These boys all love each other so much! |
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We helped Tom and Glenda build a patio at their house.
Hex wanted to help Dad on the skid steer! |
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| Ripping up the back yard. |
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Some days I helped, some days I had work and
meetings so I just hung out in my spare time.
Hendrix loved watching all the work! |
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| Glenda is as strong as a skid steer! |
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| July 14, 2014 - Hendrix's view today. |
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| Dad taking a break with his boys |
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| Watching Dad work makes this boy sleepy |
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| Hendrix had so many stories to tell Dad at the end of the day. |
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| July 15, 2014 - The Carlson cousins kept us company today! |
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| Dad is so beat at the end of the day. Working in this heat is tough! |
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| July 17, 2014 - Another day on the job! |
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Dylan repainted his bike and Lisa made some vinyl for him!
(the flag is on crooked, we are fixing it!) |
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| This boy loves to sit up! |
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Dylan read Hendrix "Eating the Alphabet"
It was so precious. Hendrix really was paying attention, and Dylan had these silly voices
and comments about the different foods. It was such a sweet moment to share with them. |
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| July 21, 2014 - The LAST day on the job! |
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| Almost finished! |
These next pictures are a little gruesome! Dylan was using a 16 ounce mallet to pound some of the pavers that weren't lining up the way he wanted to. He was just wailing on these things, full swings. He lost track of where his finger was and brought the mallet down, full strength, onto his left pointer finger. His finger literally exploded. There was so much pressure it blew out the tip of his leather glove. He jumped up and started yelling and ripped off his glove. I saw blood spray across the pavers and jumped up to help him. Dylan started running around the house and I was worried about him passing out (he doesn't do well with his own blood, plus just smashed his finger....) so I chased him around the house. He finally laid down in the grass. We got him to calm down and Tom gave him a blessing. We left Hendrix with Tom (thankfully he was sleeping) and I took Dylan to the hospital. He had to get 3 x-rays to see if he broke anything. He crushed his bone! Everything should heal together alright though. He had to get 4 stitches and an IV drip of antibiotics (they were really worried about infection getting into his bone). I think having that IV in his arm for 15 minutes was the worst part for him, but he didn't pass out (or cry, Asher and Lance!). He was such a trooper.
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| Waiting to be admitted |
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| Waiting for stitches |
The doctor said it would be able 6 weeks before he can play guitar again and about 6 months before things are back to normal. Despite this, our house is still musical! Dylan's guitar and piano skills are still incredible impressive even when he can't use his left pointer! Dylan was saying he was grateful he did it to himself and someone else didn't hit him. I beg to differ! Dylan is the strongest one that was working on the project. If Tom or I accidentally hit him we couldn't have done half the damage he did to himself! He is still in a lot of pain, but recovering really well. He is bummed that this will probably inhibit him from pulling crab pots when we go out with my family, and it's delayed family bike rides, and we just barely got Dyl's bike put back together!
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| Despite the break in the middle of the day, we still finished the patio! We broke it in with a BBQ and s'mores :) |
