First trip to the dentist

Ahh the Dentist... technically it was the third visit, but it was the first time he had his teeth cleaned, and the first time he actually had more than just his teeth looked at. 

A few weeks back Kellen bonked heads with his cousin at grandma's house and a previous injury to his tooth started to bother him. We took him to our dentist, Derek Hauser, and they took an x-ray of the tooth. He recommended a kid dentist in Temecula, we call him Dr. Mick. Unfortunately there hasn't been much they can do for his damaged tooth, however, keeping the rest of the teeth clean is obviously a top priority. 

He had his teeth cleaned and did pretty well. Here are some photos of event. He was a little nervous, with the usual fingers in his mouth. They let him sit on dad's lap to complete the cleaning.

 

He quickly calmed down and let Dr. Mick look at his teeth. As you can see daddy is trying to coach him with his mouth open too! Ha ha!

  

Dr. Mick has a dental hygienist that cleans the kiddos teeth, just like we have Erin at Dr. Hauser's office. Kellen was quick to let her take a look at his teeth like a good patient. 

They were kind enough to make sure that the light didn't shine in his eyes. :-) He also liked it when they moved the chair down. Colin may fall asleep!

 She quickly got to work scraping and polishing. He liked the water and suction tube too!

 The whole thing was done really quickly... making me less nervous too. :-)

 After his cleaning they took some old school x-rays. Kellen was very still. Apparently the old style x-ray is better to get a good look at kids teeth. That or Dr. Mick likes the old school one because it is cheaper than buying a new one so he can use all his extra money for fishing! Ha ha, if it ain't broke...

 

It was a successful visit. Kellen got two "prizes," toys from the toy box, and we scheduled an appointment to put a Serum on his back top molars. Those are the hardest to keep clean on a kid, and he has deep groves in them. The serum helps prevent cavities, since he will need to keep those particular teeth for another 9+ years. We scheduled both that appointment and his next cleaning in November. The whole process was very quick. 

** His second appointment went real well. They were not sure if he would sit through the entire procedure, placing the serum on his teeth, sucking all the extra stuff out, using the laser light to dry them, and then repeating on the other tooth. It was just Kellen and I for that trip and he didn't even have to sit on my lap. And, the whole procedure was super fast!! 

All in all some great visits to the dentist with little Kellen Lee. Hopefully helping to make him not fear the dentist, and to take good care of his teeth (so that he doesn't have to visit for anything other than cleanings). Good Job Buddy!

Toby Mac Style

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark 8:36

OK, so my son really likes to sing. He will sing any song he remembers from anything. Most of the time it is a Veggie Tale song from one of his videos... he's been stuck on the Star of Christmas for the last few weeks.

However, occasionally he will bust out a song he hears on the radio. We pretty much always listen to Air 1. (www.air1.com) and sometimes we will be hanging out at the house (or still in the car) and he will start singing one of the songs.

Last night, as he was taking his bath, he usually chills for 20-30 minutes playing with is sponge toys, and he started to sing. I ran to get the camera because the song he was singing is not one that we have on CD, he just heard it on the radio. It melted my heart... maybe it will melt yours too. He's almost 3 by the way.

The words he is singing are, "I don't want to gain the whole world and lose my soul." Praise the Lord, I hope he truly understands the words as he grows up. What an amazing responsibility a parent has to teach their children how to live for Christ.

Our New Bald Buddy

Since Kellen was born he has had a head full of hair. It grows fast and for whatever reason he HATES getting his hair cut now. No matter how much we bribe, pray and try to calm him down with snacks, a movie, letting him shave daddy first, he just isn't having it. His head gets so hot when he plays and with the warm weather approaching (I think, today was confusing with the rain) I don't want him to get over heated.

SO... we shaved his head. His first summer he had a mow hawk, and he looked rad. He's a boy, he can rock any hair cut and if we don't like it, it grows out in less than a month. Here are some before and after photos... and a video of my fitness partner. :-)

Here he is resting with Daddy... and Mater.

I think this one is at Grandma's house... a back view, while blowing bubbles!

And now, with no hair. Yep, it's gone (for a little while). It seems to have made him more hyper and mischievous. I don't think I will do that again. I think next time I will make Colin take him to a barber shop and see if that works.

No matter how crazy the little guy gets, he is still the most amazing little thing to look at when he sleeps. I am so thankful that God has blessed us with such an amazing little boy.