The chaos of the daily grind continues. I found out that we had a cardiology appointment today that I didn’t make and had to reschedule and the sleep clinic called expecting Brendan tonight for his sleep study even though that was rescheduled due to his illness.
We are trying to iron out our new nursing schedule and get used to the changes in the day/night hours. I did do something fun with Trevor this morning and it was really nice to get back to doing something adventurous.

Trevor started the day for me by waking up screaming at 5:20am. He wouldn’t go back to sleep, but he did just let me cuddle him and read books and watch videos until 6am before we went out.
Being up early was the best time to go outside.
Outside needed some work though, we took the hose and blasted down the whole play area and mopped the pads. Trevor was a huge help of course!

In cleaning up outside, we found the last missing magnet letter under the slide!

After breakfast, we decided we needed a fun outing. I decided to take Trevor to visit the “Hall Of Flame!” For a kid that loves trucks, how could you go wrong with a firefighting museum with a $6 admission and free kids under 3?

It seems like they have a hundred trucks and carriages on display. It is a pretty amazing collection of vehicles. We had the whole place to ourselves first thing. A construction crew down the street had accidentally dug into one of the electrical mains for the area and most of the museum was without power and AC. It was too bad, but we still enjoyed it!

Trevor says, “What are these, I thought we were coming to see trucks?”

“This is better!” In the whole place, there is one large truck that kids are allowed to climb all over.

Trevor trying to put the hat on by himself. It was a good effort!

They have a dress up section for kids. Trevor is the cutest little fireman I have ever seen!

Big dog puzzle kept Trevor entertained for a while

Right as we were getting ready to leave, two bigs schools buses pulled up and 65 kids (5-7yr olds I think) and 9 adults in matching shirts piled out. Trevor was mesmerized!

When we got home, Trevor was thirsty. He thought Eins needed a drink too.

Brendan had fun ringing the chimes while Trevor had lunch.

Trevor took a 3.5hr nap! I was so exhausted, I crashed too and slept an hour and a half.

Trevor did bring a firetruck home for Brendan because he missed out on the fun.

Brendan loved it. It was THE TOY of the day.

Trevor stole it back at every opportunity.

Despite the good naps today, the boys both went to bed at a reasonable hour. Lets hope they sleep past 6 at least!

Today was full, but I didn’t pick up my camera until dinner time. I was spoiled having Gramma here shooting all the cute pictures.
We piled in the car just before 7am today and took Gramma to the airport. We are glad that she made it home safely this afternoon. It is always hard to say goodbye.

We had our first therapy meeting with the new team leader (OT) and PT today. Brendan startled us all and was happy and playful and showed off all of his tricks and skills. He wowed them with his abilities.
I was less than wowed with the new team. After expressing to them my displeasure over previous speech therapists using things that were dangerous to Trevor and leaving me with a giant mess, they still wanted to have Brendan play with a big tub of dry rice. The OT promised she had a great way to contain it and that it would be safe.
With Trevor climbing in to the tub and both boys swishing, dumping, and spreading it, there was no surprise that Nurse Vanessa and I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning up rice bits from my floor and furniture. It gets everywhere.

Trevor was taking 2.5 to 3hr naps while Gramma was here, but today it was an hour and a half! At least he is feeling better and his appetite is returning. He was chomping teriyaki chicken, rice and peas.

The chicken must have smelled good to Eins, he was watching the floor like a hawk for dropped bits.

Trevor is extremely observant. He is Mommy’s little helper and has to start doing his chores again now that Gramma is not here doing so much work. He knows now that after you sweep debris in to the dust pan that you have to dump it in the garbage can. He does it all himself, copying what he has seen us do.

Brendan got some “air time” on his little butt after his bath tonight. He has had wicked red diaper rash lately, most likely due to the bacterial upset in his system after being on the antibiotics.
He did some nude chomp n clack.

I can say I have tried a lot of products for diaper rash and some definitely work better than others. Today I picked up some of this:

It is the first product that has made an immediate difference on the redness and bumps. It has an odd smell almost like cedar.

Brendan is convincing Daddy that he doesn’t have to go to sleep by giving him a back rub.

When Gramma is on our network, she can use her iPod to log in to Trevor’s spy cam and check on him in bed. I know she is probably missing Trevor cam tonight, so here is a snapshot. He fell asleep fast tonight, he was so tired!

It is a Trevor-pictures day today, he had some big outings while Brendan had a nurse to take care of him.

Right after breakfast, we hit the sidewalk and went to Bailey’s house.

Trevor loves Maggie-Moo

He was initially not sure about the pool, the water was chilly to first get in

“This thermometer says 85, but it is still cold at first!”

He acclimated

He’s taking a break to sun-bask on the deck to warm up

Pool noodles are serious work

Swimming with Gramma

Tuesday means he can’t miss the garbage truck

He tries to show Gramma how amazing it is

Brendan had a good day too, just less adventurous. He loves to read his books

He got plenty of cuddles from Gramma too

He got a little hyper in his bath tonight and was splashing like a crazy!

We got oxygen refills, did an art project, and ran all around town shopping today too. We had to make the most of Gramma’s last day in town. Tomorrow we go to the airport first thing in the morning! We will all miss her very much!