Brendan is still coasting through whatever this new issue is. He is not better or worse today, we are still hoping he can fight it off quickly. Kieran and Trevor got to have another grand adventure today, we took them to the big aquarium. This place can be seriously over-stimulating (even to the adults!) but the boys seemed to have a great time.

Trevor does not like this tunnel because the floor is clear and there is about 6ft of water underneath, so things are swimming under you. He has always been afraid of this, he doesn’t want to walk on it.
He told me later tonight that he didn’t want to step on a shark.

He got brave and ran to Uncle Jon. Kieran doesn’t seem to be bothered at all!

Little drivers like the school bus

After the aquarium, we did Johnny Rockets for lunch. Kieran got to sample an orange dreamsicle milkshake.

Trevor loved it

Brendan was happy to see the other boys this afternoon. He had a pretty good day, but he still tackled Trevor.

Everyone made sure to show Brendan lots of love this evening. He had a blast in the “Balls Everywhere!!!!!” ball pit.

Kieran wants to join the fun.

Here’s a shot of all of the cloth wipes we made. There are 6 of each pattern! We also finished sewing up a cute blanket for Kieran too.

The week is wrapping up so fast, we had so many ideas for things to do and there is no way to do them all. Time to pick and choose.

Look who slept well past sun-up this morning! (Then why was Trevor up and watching TV in my bed at 6am!?)

Poor Brendan definitely is battling some form of infection, probably a little cold virus. So far, it hasn’t affected his mood or behavior one bit, but it does mean more breathing treatments, more vest time, and more oxygen. We took the other two boys to the train park. I hope future Brendan realizes that we did not want to leave him out. I think he really would have liked a lot of things about the park.

Kieran and Trevor loved everything about the park.

This slide was very mean to Trevor! It looks bad, but he was smiling at the bottom and climbed right back up!

Everyone took a nice long nap and then got changed into fresh clothes. I love Kieran in this outfit!

It was such a gorgeous cool day (odd this week, back in to 90’s tomorrow), we ate our fish and chips on the patio. Brendan had to relinquish his high chair, so we brought out his nest.

Brendan liked malt vinegar!! He LOVES it when everyone watches him and laughs at his silly sour faces.

Kieran likes to walk walls

He is totally fitting in to our usual routine around here. 🙂

He is awfully spoiled by the bath every night.

Trevor had a blast playing take-apart cars with Uncle Jon this afternoon. He loved the one-on-one attention. Kieran and Brendan play very nicely together, so that worked very well. We hope Brendan feels well tomorrow. He is sleeping well now with great numbers. I hope he fought off this bug!!

Today was so long and full that as I sat down to go through pictures, I had already forgotten everything that we did this morning. That is why I love this blog and make the time for it.
All of our days slip by, and more than half the time we are in a tired stupor. Reflecting on the special moments, the average, the simple, the hilarious, and the stressful.. it is awesome. I know years from now, I will cherish all of these photos of this week with family. I had so many to go through, it was tough to pick!

Kieran is still getting up at the break of dawn. He doesn’t get to come in to the house because his cousins are still sleeping. So this morning, we all went out front to let him try the trike ride that the boys love so much. He was a little skeptical at first!

Then he decided that he loved it, especially going fast!

“Go!”

“Did you hear me, Dad? Go?”

Brendan is having some minor respiratory issues. Two vest treatments and and breathing treatment with some albuterol seemed to help him. He was acting fine and playing, oxygen needs were fine. He just sounded rattly and wet.

Trevor decided to take Kieran to IKEA this morning so that they could run around while Brendan dealt with his treatments. We didn’t take any pictures, but they had a good time and we got Trevor’s favorite lunch.
Those boys took an awesome nap. Not Brendan though – he skipped his. To be fair, the albuterol can do that to a kid. While Brendan played, Shannon raided my flannel stash and we cut and sewed almost 100 new cloth baby wipes in every color and pattern. You can’t visit here without it involving crafts or sewing at some point.

Tonight, we broke out one of the visitor favorites. The ball pit! We had to get a new pool because the other one had too many holes. The boys were ready but Brendan had the pump. We took it away to keep the other boys safe.

Brendan told us how he felt about that! We had to give it back.

It is raining!

Kieran liked it!

Of course, my boys love the ball pit.

While I was cooking dinner, Brendan and Bill invented a new little game.

I have loved having Kieran here, he is quite an awesome little guy. The only downside is that having three little ones around makes it pretty much impossible to have adult conversation, so we have not been able to enjoy Shannon and Jon’s company as much as we would like. We are all totally wiped out!!!