Brendan is officially halfway through this drug wean, he is doing great so far. Just a few more weeks and we will be able to eliminate several dosing times during the day. We have one more drug to go and then he will just be on maintenance meds like his Prevacid.

I am officially exhausted. Brendan had a perfect night and slept so well. He woke up a few times but picking him up for just a few minutes put him right back to sleep. We had some major nap dysfunction today with both boys so they kept us hopping.Tomorrow we have appointments, PT in the morning, 15-month checkup and shots in the afternoon.

Bill made some popcorn this morning and Brendan thought it was just the coolest thing he had ever seen. He was attacking it, swishing his hands in it, scritching it around, and crunching it with his fingers. Trevor was napping, we would never let him have popcorn, but I had confidence that Brendan wasn’t going to put it in his mouth.
“POPCORN!!!!!”

“Camera ATTACK!!”

Trevor thinks he is such a big boy now when he sits on the couch by himself.

“Camera ATTACK!!”

The boys had a pretty good day, minus the lack of naps!

Trevor decided he would take care of all the photography today.

Brendan just is ready to pose

“I am ready for my close-up!”

“Oops, I forgot to take the lens cap off!”

“Oh, Trevor!”

Brendan figured out how to push the button on the big trucks today. And he pushed it. And pushed it..

He also is working on his strength. Yay, Brendan!

Trevor is just working on his toybox dismounts. He climbs in very nicely now, the exit still needs work!

The naughtiness in this video speaks for itself.

Trevor knew exactly what he was going for (digital thermometer) and just how to use it. He sees the nurses use it all the time on Brendan and he cries if they won’t give it to him. Now he just helps himself. (That is a shape sorter toy piece he is eating.)

All cuteness aside, we are possibly going to be without a nurse tonight due to illness. It isn’t worth the risk of Brendan getting ill, it just means that we are going to be super tired.

We also hope that Aunt Erin, Uncle Jules and Caleb recover quickly. It is super hard when the whole family is so sick at the same time. Healing vibes are going out to them, Grandpa Jack, Brendan’s nurse and everyone else who is under the weather.

Oh – one last thing – we received a package of two cute little onesies. It came from a t-shirt shop in Florida but there is no note so we have no idea who to thank! Whoever ordered printed onesies, please step up! We will be taking a picture soon.

It was a normal Monday at first. Brendan had a nurse so I wanted to get a lot done today. I took Trevor back to the big duck park to try to wear him out so that I could get a good nap out of him!
He really likes the ducks!

And he loves these weird little birds, I don’t know what they are.

His friend the mallard scared all of the pigeons away.

This park has a lot to offer. This miniature city of play is fairly new. It will be a lot of fun when the boys get bigger.

Once we were done giving cheerios to the ducks, we went to Target to try to find warm hoodies for both boys. We will take Brendan out to see the ducks soon too! We just needed something for them both to wear. I couldn’t find mittens at all, I will just have to make some for them!
Every time I load Trevor in his carseat, he gets very excited about the baby in the mirror.

The new van saw its first expl-“o”-sion today. I guess that is all part of breaking it in. It wasn’t Trevor’s fault. I spilled them because I didn’t ziplock the bag right. The birds in the Target parking lot loved it. By the time we were done shopping, the o’s were all gone.

We found the cutest hoodies!

The mask part is totally see-through and breathable. It also folds in to the hood perfectly if you don’t want to use it. Trevor thought it was funny!

Brendan did a lot of work on his PT again today with Jen. He is still coping very well with his withdrawal and still plays and smiles. He just has difficulty sleeping and needs to be held a lot. He takes lots of breaks from play.

Trevor did go down for a nice nap right after lunch but thanks to mister rev-the-engine-up-extra-loud UPS truck driver, it was over too early and Trevor woke up cranky! We were only able to calm him with some Backyardigans.

He didn’t pull himself up, no way! But look who is STANNNNNDINNNNG! (he loves when you say that, with a “yay! Brendan!”) His legs are getting much stronger to bear all that weight. He’s getting so big!

He does really well with the standing in the corner, but he gets scared when he doesn’t know how to get down! Daddy was there for the rescue.

Hopefully this week he will actually show his physical therapist all these new tricks!