First, I will post the cute Brendan pictures that Bill emailed to me today. They had quite a bonding adventure day. Brendan got to go on bike rides, errands to the mailbox and park, and they had company for dinner.

I am so glad he is still doing well. I miss big B and Li’l B!

Trevor had a VERY FULL day. It was garbage day at Gramma’s house. Gizmo made sure to be on lookout for the truck.

We went outside so that Trevor could see his first snow while we waited for the truck to come by. He LOVED snow!!

He liked the different truck.

He really likes to help bring in the cans.

Once we were warm and dry, Trevor got a haircut. How could we be in Gramma’s house without a haircut?

Gramma rocked Trevor to sleep and then held him for his entire nap. Such a spoiled boy!!

Frozen cokes!

Granddaddy stopped by to visit and picked up his birthday artwork.

Then Aunt Heather, Uncle Kevin, Kayla and Ashley, Aunt Erin, Uncle Jules and Caleb came over. Kayla was a living fort and the little boys loved it!

Uncle Kevin put burgers on the grill in the cold. Caleb “dug in” to dinner!

We did a little mini-Christmas and gave Gramma a giant stocking full of stuff to open. The little boys helped.

Instead of birthday cake, Aunt Heather wanted a sundae bar. Yum!

Ice Cream!

Trevor says “Ice Cone!”

We made our best attempt to get a picture with Great-Grandma and all the great-grandchildren

Aunt Heather gets birthday tackles as everyone gets ready to say goodbye.

Birthday balloon!

I wrap up the pictures with exactly 40 pictures on Aunt Heather’s 40th birthday. We hope she enjoyed her evening and we are so glad we could be here to celebrate.

Trevor and I were supposed to go home tomorrow, but as I type this a severe winter storm is blowing in and we could get a foot of snow due to the lovely “Lake Effect”. In order to avoid an hour drive in dangerous road conditions and a possible long delay at the airport, I was able to use Southwest’s severe weather accommodations policy and bump our ticket to Sunday at no cost. We will fly home a little earlier in the day and by then the roads should be better and the airport not a mess. (WE HOPE!!!!)

This trip is flying by, it is pretty surreal. Thanks Gramma for rocking and holding little Trevor while I did this giant post.

It was an exciting day today. We started out with surprising Great-Grandma. She was so confused, having absolutely no expectation that Trevor could be standing in her living room. At first, she thought Caleb had gotten a hair cut! As she got closer, she realized it wasn’t Caleb, and thought that he looked kind of like the boys in the pictures on her window sill! Poor Great-Grandma was so super shocked when I came in and said “Surprise!”

We caught her unprepared, so we didn’t take pictures yet with her. Trevor got to play with all of the classic toys at her house. He loved the marble run (what kid in 60yrs hasn’t?)

Trevor had to kiss the kitty

Someone else kissed the same kitty in the same spot 37ish years ago

Trevor liked Great-Grandma’s flowers

The rest of the day was playing with Caleb and Gizmo

They got to read with Gramma

Trevor took a short, late nap. He is so overtired and overstimulated!

Caleb liked to play iGuy while Trevor slept

After dinner, Gramma and Grampa, Trevor and I drove through the big holiday light display. Trevor is passed out on Gramma’s lap now waiting for me to go to bed.

Brendan had a great day in the much warmer climate at home! He had to go with Daddy to the pharmacy and ride in the truck!

He got to check the mail

Officer Brendan inspected the Christmas lights

Uh-oh, looks like he was snooping!

He had to do some chores too.

I have a bad head cold that started the night before we got on the plane. So far, Trevor is fine, Bill and Brendan are fine.. I just have to get healthy to fly home and hope that this cold ends with me!
Tomorrow will be a big day too with triple cousin fun!

The day started out like most any other, except for the frantic last minute packing on my part.

Brendan had therapy today and he spent most of his time playing with stickers and paper, and doing M&M and Reeses Pieces paintings. He tried a butterscotch dum-dum today!

Brendan thinks you get things off of your head by pushing on your nose!

Now here’s the top secret plan – nobody tell Great-Grandma! Trevor and I found a fabulously low fare to Chicago and we are going to walk in to her house tomorrow morning and surprise her!! Aunt Heather K. has a big birthday this Friday to celebrate and we could not pass up the opportunity.
We are sad that Brendan could not travel yet, but he will be well loved and spoiled by his daddy and nurses while we are gone.

We got to ride the new sky trains at the airport. Trevor was impressed. Mommy was impressed by the drive-through baggage check-in!

We loaded down this stroller with lots of stuff and got on the train!

Trevor is waiting at the gate to board. He was loving watching all of the baggage “tractors” and planes.

He was SUCH a good boy on the flight. He had his iPad and his paci to help with his ears and he was all set. He played nicely and I was shocked at how well he sat in his seat. No crying at all!

We left at 65 degrees and arrived to 8 degrees! Aunt Erin picked us up and took us to Gramma’s house. I didn’t unpack my camera, but what happened when we arrived was unbridled hilarity. Trevor was squealing with giddiness over Gramma’s silly little dog and adorable cousin Caleb.
Boys were most literally bouncing off of walls, they were wound up!!
We can’t wait for the big surprise tomorrow morning, and Caleb and Trevor will have a chance to play!
It was a LONG day, we go home on Saturday so we don’t miss Bill and Brendan too much.