Year 3 – Week 10 – Day 5

Happy last day of 2013! I am not going to go on and on about it being the new year, I will just go straight to pictures.

We did some holiday baking today to share with good neighbors. Trevor was a huge help.
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Trevor popped the bubbly
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We took the boys out tonight to burn some sparklers. They were definitely impressed.
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We took them down to the house down the street for the last big hoorah of Christmas lights.
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Trying to write “Happy New Year” in sparklers!
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The boys were up late, so far they are sleeping through the miscellaneous fireworks that are going off.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year’s Eve and that 2014 is full of happiness and progress!
I leave you with a message from Trevor:

Year 3 – Week 10 – Day 4

Bedtimes lately have been getting later and later. There has just been so much irregularity in our schedule. The boys sleep in later in the morning, then take later naps, dinner gets pushed back, and then they are in bed later. This hasn’t been working out well so we are going to push back.
It starts with trying to exhaust Mr. Energy himself. I took him to the park this morning to run.

He likes dirt
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He climbs
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He pokes trees with sticks
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When the UPS truck went by, he pointed and said “Ooooh! Go Trevor’s house!”
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He discovered pine cones
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The canal has water again, we watched some equipment working on cleanup and grading.
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A little yoga in the park
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He fed the ducks. When we left the park, we made a trip to the bank and went through a car wash. It all worked, he took a nap without huge resistance at the old normal time.
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Brendan had a struggle today with the temporary nurse. We can’t wait for things to return to “normal” again when his regular nurse is back from leave.
He is still throwing up today, but it hasn’t bothered him much.
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They are watching a TV show
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The boys each received a pretend “Gizmo” from Gramma. Trevor really likes it and now he has a new friend that has to go in his crib with him to sleep.
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This is how Gizmo gets a hug.
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We started the process of taking down Christmas decorations and I have been striving to clean up and organize all the mess that has grown this month. We just need to get healthy again and back to routine and we will all feel better.

Year 3 – Week 10 – Day 3

It was a very stressful day for us. Starting out getting completely doused with sour formula vomit didn’t help. Brendan had a bad day keeping his food down, but otherwise his day went well.
Getting all of Quinn’s belongings packed was sad. He got picked up at 1PM and went to meet the new family. We just had to wait. Later in the evening, we heard that everything went well and that they were going to keep him there tonight. That is the best news we could have heard in this situation. It will be a good place for him. Many thanks to Bailey for watching him for three nights. I am glad she gets relief too.
That this all worked so well so fast still makes me nervous, but for now, we will just try to move on.

We tried to exercise the boys with some yardwork. Afternoon naps are starting to slip away and we try to increase morning activity to help keep them! Trevor discovered the leaf blower/vacuum and of course, he wanted to help.
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Brendan would rather push the trike around. They are still not big enough to sit and pedal it. Trevor can almost do it.
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Trevor likes to play in the neighbor’s yard.
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The boys like to walk. Trevor has started darting away and running so we have to be so careful. He does very well knowing not to walk in the street.
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Lunch time was cheesy
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Brendan is getting more confident about trying to touch and lick things
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We finally found more of his favorite honey mustard pretzels
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This is the “Happy Face”
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Too much stress and work to do led to Wendys for dinner. Trevor got to enjoy the last free Frosty from his coupon book.
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Brendan just had to sweep.
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I am so ready for a day without vomit and anxiety. I really wish I could get one solid night of sleep.