Tons of things were accomplished today. Trevor and I raked and bagged leaves to try to wear him out. Trouble is, all of the increased activity that I have been trying to do with him lately has not really led to him sleeping more or better. It has increased his appetite significantly though! He eats a LOT now!

He did take a decent nap, long enough for me to finish the border and paint the window casing in the playroom. The painting is ALMOST done! I have just one weird wall to fix and it will be ready for carpet!

Brendan ate apple,pear,sweet potato blend today and did a great job! Almost a whole pouch! But the biggest thing that happened today was that the last pieces of Trevor’s new twin bed arrived. It is a good thing I happened to check the tracking number, because FedEx left my boxes at the wrong house. AGAIN. I got the bedding through the wash and then it was time for the switch.

The last picture of Trevor in his crib bed this morning

He was trying to somersault out

Time to take this bed apart!

The mattress was delivered in a box. It is a nice individally wrapped inner coil mattress with a euro top and it was ULTRA vacuum compressed and rolled in to the box. The boys came to check out the mattress sausage.

They were so excited when Bill cut the wrapping and the whole thing began to decompress and expand with a hisssss. When it was all expanded, Trevor clapped and said, “Again!”

He was pretty excited about his new sheets and pillow

He is reading his Trucks book in his trucks bed to his Gizmozes. (That is the plural of Gizmo, according to Trevor)

He always tells me that he “Needs Brendan’s Gizmo”. That’s why there are two in his bed.

The side rail that we bought to keep him from falling out had a major problem. A defective piece prevented it from being put together. Since we had already built the bed, Bill cut and welded the bars on the rail to make it work. It is probably much stronger this way anyway.
I hope we can lose the side rail soon, but since this bed is higher, we will let him get used to his space first. The rail folds down and tucks under the mattress when you don’t need it.

Trevor went to bed without any complaints. He was a little disoriented but seemed really comfortable. His mattress is so nice, I wanted to nap on it!

We will have to move the camera up now, but I am glad to see him sleeping very soundly.

Here’s a quick video of the conversion

We know that things are getting back to “normal” for us when the silliness comes back. Prepare for big silliness in this blog post.

Trevor and I ran errands this morning and when we got back, the garbage truck had picked up the recycling on our side of the street but not the other. Usually, there is about 10-15 minutes in between, so we decided to wait. And wait…and wait.
Trevor had to pass some time.

I worked super hard with every spare minute I could find in the day to make more progress on the play room. Trevor even helped. We did a little art project in the yard. You will have to wait for the finished pictures though!

I did more taping, drywall repair, touch ups, caulking, and prepped the new window sill Bill installed. (Oak, not drywall, for holding up to “vehicular” traffic)

Brendan had a good day too. He ATE an entire 3oz pouch of pureed pears today. It was spread out over several bites over the whole day, but he really liked it. We are so excited to see him trying foods and liking new tastes.
I didn’t get to take pictures until he was in the tub.

He would have a huge fit if I tried to take this pump stem away from him. It isn’t soapy, it is a well rinsed one they play with.

He also loves this squeaky lollipop and wants it to fly like a rocket

He wants to drink falling water like he sees Trevor do!

The silliness peaks with these post-bath antics

I am super tired, but it is all for good reasons!

After taking great efforts in taping with all the tricks I had read online, I peeled the tape off the walls and was SO mad to see seeping/bleeding/run marks everywhere, especially on the two wood-paneled walls where it can’t be touched up. I even bought the pricier Frog tape. AARRG. So Trevor and I are going shopping tomorrow for some materials to put up a border along the ceiling. This is just a setback in playroom progress, and doesn’t do much for my DIY project confidence.

We had a PT session today. Brendan blew away his PT who hadn’t seen him in a month. He is walking so steady and navigating bumpy ground and inclines so well. He blew away both his OT and PT by diving in to this pile of leaves without a care as to what texture it was or what sound it made. He loved it!

Part of his PT exercises involved walking up and down the bumps and hills along the wall while he colored with chalk. Both boys liked this too.

Then they colored on the tree

Tonight we decided to get the boys out for the last of the Christmas light celebrations. Most houses in the neighborhood have their lights off/down now. But until the 12th, we can still do ZooLights!

They were both mesmerized as long as we didn’t stop moving for too long.

This tree has to be at least 80ft tall. I love this color blue, that is a lot of lights!

Bye, cricket!

Happy boys! We got them home, bathed, and put to bed at a reasonable time too.