Simple stay at home days are good. There was a monthly ventilator inspection today but that is quick and they didn’t come during nap time this time.

Trevor has got excellent hearing and he knows long before me when the garbage/recycle truck is coming down the street and he gets anxious to go outside. He is so eager to see the truck working that I actually got him to sign “please” before I took him out the front door.
There is that truck coming down the street. He loves seeing it lift the big cans to dump them.

Of course, once it gets to our house, he has to run back to the patio because it is so big and loud.

He also likes to get the mail each day.

Oh look, he got a letter

The timing today was perfect. While we were outside, the mailman came down the street. So Trevor got to see the mail truck and meet the mailman in person. He was really friendly and squatted down to Trevor’s level and handed him the mail. Trevor was impressed.

We also saw a furniture delivery truck go by and the driver beeped the horn for us. It was like a big outing for Trevor all on the driveway!

We enjoyed the rest of the morning outside.

Brendan’s PT would be impressed. He was trying to figure out how to crawl down the step to get outside. Instead, he got both feet under him and got his butt in the air. This was the skill he was practicing this week in therapy as a move to standing up on his own.

Speaking of impressed, the day just kept getting better. I gave both boys chicken bones with lunch. Trevor loved it and I had to watch him closely. Brendan touched his only long enough to throw it on the floor.

He wouldn’t play with chicken but he did EAT some cheerios!! Really ate them. You can see them in there along with his 13th tooth coming in! He also ate six good bites of green beans.

Trevor’s little apprentice is a fast learner

Keeper of the cups

And as if eating Cheerios wasn’t enough for today, something special is happening in this picture too.

You can’t see it unless you know just what to look for. Brendan is wearing his speaking valve and he blew his time record AWAY. He wore the valve non stop for FORTY-FOUR minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!
The last few days, he wore it for 2 minutes at a time. Then yesterday he did 5 minutes. Today I was hoping to get 5 again but he was doing so well and just going on about his playtime as if nothing was different so I left it and let the timer run.
This is such an encouraging thing.

Can I get a “Yay! Brendan!!!!”? 🙂
Yay! Trevor too for being an awesome role model and such a good boy.