Year 2 – Week 45 – Day 3

Saturdays can be fun because Bill is home and not working. The boys were at each other this morning and getting all worked up, so Bill decided to take Trevor to the park while I stayed home with Brendan.

He loves the park. Because of the rain, it was only 95 this morning.

He mostly loves to play in dirt

This video has some issues. There are weird freezes and the audio is a little off because Bill took it on his old phone and it had trouble. It is too cute to not post it though. Toddler jogging!

Brendan and I decided to build some crazy train layout. Brendanzilla decided to eat track!

He was helpful for a while

I had to put him in his highchair for the final checkover before we could run a train on it

Slightly boring to watch on video, this is just an engine going around our circuit. It was pretty complex and four stories tall.

Trevor came home in time to see the train running

Brendan helped me put together a storage unit that we will use to put away all the track pieces

He got a little carried away with hammering

Because Trevor has just been obsessed with our very heavy full sized vacuum, Bill decided to make him his own. This is a real Bissell 3-in-1 that can be bought at Walmart for less than $15. Bill cut, drilled, and modified the handle to make it Trevor sized. Right now the cord is tied up, but before too long, we will see how Trevor does at real vacuuming. He pushed it all around, up and down the hall, in the bedrooms. He loves it!

He even gives it a kiss to show how much he loves it!

No words….

These Crayola Dry-Erase Washable markers really do wash off easily and well. They just don’t write on the dry erase board well at all. Trevor loves them for coloring on his high chair tray.

Brendan wants to show off something…

He is wearing his new onesie from Gramma!

He like to lean, tough guy style

It is Bill’s night to sleep in the living room with Brendan. He has been slowly improving, he is on 3L tonight!

Year 2 – Week 45 – Day 2

Friday… no TGIF here. Friday means I get to sleep on a cot and take care of Brendan through the night.
Brendan had an extra therapy session this morning and did pretty well. He is still on 4L.

We got a lot of rain this afternoon. Trevor loves to go out and play in it.

Brendan loves the water, but he loves Trevor being silly even more. He can’t be let loose to play in the rain yet.

Once he was warm and dry, Trevor had his new favorite afternoon snack: Honey Nut Cheerios and vanilla Silk milk.

It is a challenge every day to survive the toddler outbursts, and I am so tired by the end of the day!

Year 2 – Week 45 – Day 1

Some days we just have to put our brains in “auto pilot” and just trudge through the day and hope we make it until bedtime. There was nothing terribly bad nor anything surprisingly good about today. I was never motivated to get the camera out.
Meals, dishes, laundry, diapers, medical care, baths, spills, cleanup, errands, etc..

Brendan did manage to get to 4L of oxygen. Bit by bit, he will hopefully get well. Trevor had a decent morning and a rough afternoon.

Trevor is now sound asleep

Brendan is still being rocked, and is using the pressure from his ventilator to talk and say “Haaa haaaaaaa! Ha ha haaaaa!” He knows he is funny, but we try not to laugh and encourage him.