Almost the end of a few things

L4 made a lot of good progress on the pergola on Saturday. He has put up the stays, the copper, and cut off the last two vertical posts. He also added metal trellising for the three grape vines so they can climb up. One of the vine grabbed on and started climbing immediately. Eventually, we’ll remove the metal trellising. He needs to solder some of the copper joints and stain the wood then the pergola will be done! It sounds quicker written than it will take in actual time.

On his way to work Wednesday, L4 was jolted awake by a friendly bump from another driver. If you were worried, the Scout suffered no damage. It is constructed like a tank and gets about the same gas mileage. The other car lost some plastic pieces from the front. L4 was a little sore and visited the chiropractor for an adjustment.

Underfoot finished swimming lessons this week. He swam with summer clothes and winter clothes. His shoe fell off his foot, and he was more concerned about his shoe than trying to swim. He did swim though. If you’d like to see some neat pictures, go to here. The password is our last name with capital at the first. Underfoot has been very helpful this week. He played with some friends on Saturday. He played so hard that he fell asleep in the car coming home by 6:30 p.m. (Underfoot normally is a night owl.) He has named the new car “The Giant.” When you go from a small car to a large car and you are little, anything is considered a giant. He wore underwear to bed and did not have an accident! Yippee!

K2 has taken to playing with any ball. He loves to pass them back and forth with Underfoot and Daddy. K2 can stand up on his own. He likes to hold hands and walk. Today he pushed Underfoot around on a little plastic toy car. It was adorable to watch them play together. He has two teeth starting to push through on the top gum so he has wanted to be held a lot more this week.

I went to the doctor and got the results from the MRI and CAT scan. I have a lymphangioma which is made up of mixed venous vascular and/or hemangiomatous component. This means I have a mass in my neck that is not harmful. The doctor gave me three options: 1. Do nothing. 2. Surgically have it removed. The mass is surrounded by a lot of nerves, and my salivary gland is in the way. 3. Sclerotherapy which is injecting alcohol in the mass and having it scar and shrink. I think at this point we will choose option 1 and do nothing. The reason to remove it would be cosmetic.