Moods were better today than yesterday, mostly. The day was uneventful.

Nobody will ever believe that Trevor gets dressed every day! He is an AZ baby and it was 103 today, so he is running around outside in just a diaper. He is Trevor the Gecko Hunter.

He was driving his truck around finding rocks in the yard and putting them in the truck.

He kept offering the dogs some rocks. They kept falling for it.

Run away!

Brendan is happy to just swing swing swing

This is his way of saying he isn’t ready to be done, crossing his feet and holding on to the harness so you can’t take him out.

“Now how do you buckle this back up?”

Drumming with glow sticks

More evidence that you can not turn your back for a second

Brendan skipped his nap again today, but went to bed earlier than usual. It is going to be a very busy weekend for everyone, I really need him to sleep well tonight!!

I will not allow a big green truck to toy with me again! This morning, I was loading Trevor in to the car to run some errands. I got him all buckled in and thought I heard the recycle truck in the neighborhood. So I let him out! The schedule has been so crazy, Tuesday they came for the garbage at 6:45am, and last week it was after 3:00pm.
After waiting and not hearing anything, I put him back in the car. But then I was sure it was about to come around the corner, so I took him out. We waited and waited, and nothing, so I buckled him back in. Then I got the warning text from Bailey that it was on our street, so he got back out!!

We got Brendan and his nurse outside in time to see it this time.

I can’t say Brendan is the fan that Trevor is, but maybe he just needs time!

Trevor and I were searching for a simple white wall shelf. We ended up at IKEA, so he had to have a meatball kids meal and some lingonberry juice for lunch. The frozen yogurt machine was broken!

Brendan did about 100 more laps pushing his box this morning, and he wore his PMV all day. (Except for the “nap” he took for 20 minutes!!) Pushing the box must have really helped because Brendan surprised us this afternoon with a new trick!

It seemed like a great day until about 4pm and then it went to pure insanity. Brendan was tired and crying, Trevor hated the sound of Brendan yelling and crying so he was having a total meltdown. The entire time I tried to cook and clean up the kitchen, the two of them were screaming. By the time dinner was ready to eat, nobody had an appetite so it went untouched.
Bath time stopped the screaming and both boys went to bed at a good time. The silence now is nice, it takes a while for the tension and headache to dissipate. We are so proud of Brendan for his big accomplishment. Now we are in big big trouble!

“Is it bedtime yet?” said the voice in my head again and again all day today. Noise, crying, yelling, chaos…

Brendan had PT/OT today. His PT wants him to do pushing exercises, but he outgrew the Chomp n Clack and Trevor’s shopping cart is too unstable for him. So she found this storage bin that we have with wheels on it and put some weight in it. He pushed it all around the house, up and down the halls, back and forth. He loves it, even though he sometimes cheats on his posture.

His nurse made him do more laps after his nap, and then Bill made him do more laps after dinner. He should be one tired boy! He wore his PMV all day too!

Second to water, Trevor likes to play with flashlights

He still loves his trucks and trains

Trevor took this picture of Brendan

Then he promptly threw this tantrum when I wouldn’t let him have the camera without me also holding it

Bill took Trevor on an outing to Home Depot while Brendan and I made dinner and Brendan knocked out a few puzzles.

I took a few videos, but I can’t stand another minute of the yelling to watch and edit them for the web! When Brendan has his PMV on, he is VERY vocal and VERY loud. I now know how Trevor feels!

Things are still going well with Trevor’s new crib setup. I hope we can get at least a few more months out of it. It is a laugh trying to put him in it!