I haven’t had much to write about all week, it seems like we do a lot of the same things over and over. Trevor has been doing well in school. Brendan started with a new PT and that is going well.

We spend a lot of time at the aquarium. I stopped bringing my camera, so of course the octopus comes out for the first time all summer and is crawling like crazy all over the glass. I really need to get a better cell phone. 🙂

Brendan had a follow up appointment with his pulmonologist. She is happy to see that he is active and happy, but he is still not back to pre-op condition. So her opinion is still firmly against taking the trach out now, she wants to wait until next summer. But we will see what happens with his next surgery.

Brendan waiting for the doctor:

We do have surgery at 7:30am Monday morning, the doctor plans to go in and remove that cartilage and explore what is going on in Brendan’s airway. He will be able to tell us more after he sees inside.

Brendan is getting to be a big boy with the “I DO IT!!” attitude. He has done an amazing job with potty training; I think we bought our last box of diapers! He wants to do the buckles himself in his carseat. He even thinks he can suction himself.

We went out to dinner last night. We don’t get out often, but when we do it seems to always be BJ’s Brewery. (The boys call it “the beer factory”) Trevor loves their “meatballs and pasketti” and their homemade rootbeer!
Brendan is waiting for his drink

Trevor shares

Outside the restaurant is a splash pad. I took too many pictures, but couldn’t pick my favorite.

Something is happening in the garage that involves cutting holes in bricks. 🙂 More on that later.

It is still over 100 degrees at sundown, but the weather will be changing soon. We did a picnic dinner at the playground anyway.
Double Decker Boys

Tire swing

Brendan wants to go fast!

The boys were fascinated by this large accessibility-swing

Two boys fit!

The biggest news is that Brendan made it through an entire day today with his Spiderman underwear, not a single accident! He thinks he is ready to be a big boy now!

With Trevor in school, Brendan usually comes along with me on errands or we just go home and play. Without a very vocal brother around, Brendan has a chance to talk more (or at least be heard more!).
I haven’t posted too many videos of Brendan’s cute talking. He is really good at negotiations.

Here’s a video of him trying to talk me in to an expensive Duplo set. We don’t buy Duplos anymore, but Brendan loves everything Batman right now.

Lego playtime with singing 😀 🙂

The boys are having a phase where they sometimes like each other’s company. These moments of play are beautiful bits of time for me to do something productive. Then the crying starts again.