I had plans to take the boys on a walk this morning, we have to start prepping for our charity walk in October. Even though Trevor was miserable this morning, I thought it would help him relax. We did 1.3 miles and he was done at 1.

He ate some lunch and took about a 30 minute nap and then woke up screaming with pain again. (And woke up Brendan too). I took him straight to the doctor. Double ear infections means antibiotics twice a day for ten days. At least I know what it is now. He got his first dose and some ibuprofen and went to bed on time. Now the whole next week I will be waiting to see if Brendan catches this. So far, he is doing very well.

After the walk, Brendan was hot so he played in the sink. He really likes his mirror twin, that boy doesn’t try to tackle him, and he is really cute!

Trevor got lots of iGuy today to try to keep him happy. He did so much crying! “Trucks and Shadows” is his favorite app, and he is very good at it. He loves the sound effects.

We played with stickers for a while too, trucks of course

Then he narrates his artwork process, “dot! dot! dot! dot!”

Brendan gets in on that too

Brendan helped Bill do dishes tonight.

Food Critic Trevor gives his review of candy corn

I agree, Trevor! It’s nasty!

I am feeling frazzled tonight. Trevor had a low grade fever all day but was acting like a slightly crabby version of himself.
Then tonight around 5:30p his fever seemed to spike up. He was cold, miserable, and crying so much. Brendan was taking apart his food truck, climbing on tables and generally making it impossible for me to take care of Trevor at all so I had to call Bill home from a business dinner.

A hot bath was the only thing that helped calm Trevor down, I think he was chilled. I dressed him in warm jammies (that are actually too small for him, I picked the wrong ones) and he went to bed really early. I don’t expect him to sleep through the night. I don’t know what is wrong yet, or what we have to worry about with Brendan, who is still doing just fine.

I will probably regret giving Trevor banana this morning, and constipation might be part of his discomfort today. But he loves them so much.

Brendan had therapy today and impressed everyone. He played with stickers and water and did lots of talking for his new speech therapist. She was happy with all the signs he knows and uses.
Trevor sorted candy while Brendan had therapy.

Brendan signs “take a bath” in the bath

We had fun plans for the weekend to go to a Hopekids event, I hope Trevor shakes off whatever this is and that Brendan stays healthy. Only yesterday I expressed my fears of illness smacking us over the head right as we started to appreciate healthiness. 🙁

Today was all about errands, errands, errands. We had to make some returns, straighten out some messes, and pick some things up – like my camera!! I am so happy to have it back. Tempe Camera gets a shout out from me because they got the job done for $50 less than their original estimate. It works beautifully and came back clean and looking like new.

We had to return some jeans to Sams Club due to a broken zipper. Trevor thought the return was taking too long, he told me where he wanted to go.

“Look! One for me and one for Gramma!”

When all was done, we made five stops today. Trevor was falling asleep in the car on the way home. I spent the last couple of miles talking and singing and trying my best to keep his attention! He woke up and needed a snack.

This is one way to take off your shoe

We picked up some seasonal things from the dollar store today. Bill and I have not ever been much in to decorating, but now the boys make it fun. Trevor had a great time putting up window clings.

Brendan had a great day too. He got an oxygen refill today, but he has been doing so awesome that only one of his three tanks was even used. The other two were still full! I am so thrilled to see him making progress again and I am trying hard to shed the fear I feel every morning when I wake up, wondering if he will be showing signs of a new illness. I always get a huge surge of relief when I come out and see his huge smile.
Yesterday, his OT brought some bubble wrap for him to pop. He does not like it, but he gave it a shot. (He loves the pop books though!)

He turns his back on things he doesn’t want now.

Posing with his food truck

He will get this milk bag open one day

Trevor got an important phone call during dinner. Whenever he hears the ring, he will have these HUGE conversations while he holds his hand to his ear. But if you get him on a real phone with someone, he clams up and won’t say a word.

Somehow a few nights ago, Trevor found a sock on the floor and pulled it in to his crib. That sock has become his new “lovey” at night. It is a gray sock with this light rubbery non-skid on it. He has lots like it. But when he settles down to rock, he has to have this sock so he can rub it in his fingers. He still likes his burp rags, but he will cry if he can’t find his sock.
He will sign “socks” when he is getting ready for bed.

He talks to his stuffed animals too. Whatever keeps him happy so we can sleep!