Trevor had a very off day today. He was just frustrated and quick tempered and LOUD. It made the doctor’s appointment this morning quite a task.
Neither boy wanted to cooperate.

The meeting with the doctor was so frustrating and embarrassing. The boys were so loud, raucous, getting in to everything, touching what they shouldn’t, crawling on the floor, screaming if I put them in the stroller.. out of control. I simply couldn’t have a conversation with the doctor. I could barely hear myself talking.

In the end, it comes down to “no changes” for Brendan for now. His pulmonologist is happy with his progress and wants to keep going on the ventilator at night to help him get good rest.
He might be able to get off the vent after we see her next time in May.
I was glad to be heading home, my head pounding.

After lunch and naps, I tried to get them to play with shaved ice.

It entertained for a couple of minutes and then everything started to fall apart.

I tried to divide up trucks so that they each had the same kinds.
Brendan was having a total conniption because he wanted the green truck that Trevor had. Trevor would scream if I tried to give it to Brendan.

Trevor was finally distracted by something else, Brendan won.

He gave Trevor all of the rest of his trucks, he only wanted the green one.

After work, Bill took Trevor to the park to try to help him run off some steam.

Brendan and I got some nice one on one time in the kitchen. He made baggie banana muffins. We peeled some really brown bananas and Brendan got to help mash them. Stomp stomp!

Time to add eggs

All the ingredients are in, time to shake, smoosh, and mix!

“I am your little Bren-muffin!”

Brendan was actually a great helper. To finish the muffins, we cut a little corner off the bag and squeezed the batter in to the cups.

Trevor gets to try one

Yum face!

They turned out really well, but very sweet. The recipe suggested glazing, but they definitely did not need it, the glaze was too much.
We got to see Beth and Glenna again tonight for a short visit. I am glad they were able to come by again. I hope they all have a safe flight home to their igloos!

Today was full of randomness so I have a lot of pictures. I had to leave a bunch of cute ones out!

Trevor is practicing his balance bike. He is riding it up and down the halls, turning around in his room, ringing the bell and doing great! He just walks it, but it doesn’t tip over much like it used to.

Trevor learned a new trick that he can do instead of taking a nap

Our friend Jonah brought the boys a super cool present… giant rocks! They won’t stay in the middle of the lawn, we will be figuring out where to put them in the next few days. But how do you turn down free boulders?

Trevor says, “Thank you, Jonah”

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Brendan was doing some pudding fingerpainting

Maniacal laugh!!

Brendan had to come outside and check out the rocks too

Running barefoot in the grass!

Finally, some silly Brendan and rock fun

I was too tired to try to accomplish anything today, so I took Trevor to the park this morning to try to burn off his energy so he would nap.
He fed the ducks

He ate some of the cheerios himself

He went on the swing

We saw a blue garbage truck!

He hid rocks and pine cones in the secret compartment he found in this horse’s hooves

He climbed ladders

He is getting better!

We saw the mail truck several times

He went down the slide

It worked, he did take a good nap.
Brendan took a long walk down the street with his nurse so he was tired too. He didn’t get such a good nap though.
He was wanting nothing to do with a bite of cottage cheese. He wanted every fork that he could see and would pitch a fit until he got them.

He finally settled on two forks

And licking balsamic dressing…

Dinner was full of yelling, but it all ended with an episode of Curious George

I am hoping tonight brings good sleep to all.