Sundays should be about relaxing but they tend to be all about errands. We put Brendan to work first thing, he is showing off his tummy time.

He is proud of himself!

Trevor says, “Now this is proper tummy time. Get with the program, Brendan!”

Trevor and I went grocery shopping today. He had on cute little jeans to go out in public. But it never lasts once he gets home. Jeans don’t provide proper couch climbing flexibility.

After his bath, Brendan got dressed in the cute monster jammies. So Trevor had to put on cute monster pants too. (It isn’t Daddy’s fault he doesn’t match!)

Brendan says, “I’ll just take that hammer, Trevor, thanks…”

We worked Brendan today. He is SO close to being able to sit himself up from on the ground. He tried and tried. Then he just got worn out!

Trevor is enjoying his after-dinner ice cube and tylenol. He was super good today even though his teeth were obviously bothering him.

Grandpa Jack is not well, he has come down with some kind of respiratory infection or cold. We are hoping that he can rest and feel better tomorrow.

There was not much going on today, just routine stuff. Bathing, eating, playing, cleaning, etc, etc, chores, chores, chores. But I took a ton of photos and had to pick out the cream of the crop.

Trevor was testing out a new Christmas present bath toy this morning.

The verdict is: They don’t stick across grout lines, but the small ones stay on the bumpy tiles. They fall pretty easily. Trevor had a blast but he won’t keep them out of his mouth.

They don’t hold up to biting, so we will have to put them away for a little while until Trevor learns not to teethe on everything.

Good Parenting Tip: Don’t put a shelf above the changing table. There is a risk of items falling and it is something for baby to grab and pull.

(FAIL)

Good Parenting Tip: Consistency is crucial. Unacceptable behavior should be prevented or stopped, even if it means missing out on a priceless photo.

(FAIL)
He is a little monkey that doesn’t like to get dressed after a bath!!

Speaking of monkeys, Brendan spent time in the jungle this morning.

Trevor will pass a lot of time playing independently in his toy box.

Monkey see, Monkey do!!

Trevor was pretty happy with his brother coming to play

They had a blast!

Then I told them it was time to get out and go to bed!

Their interactions just get cuter and cuter. They surprise me and make me laugh every day with the things they do!

Looking back to pictures I took this morning makes this day feel very long. That seemed like yesterday. It wasn’t bad, the boys were very good. It just was a lot of work and many comings and goings like speech therapy, oxygen refill, a couple of packages, and lots of phone calls.

If there is nobody to stay with Brendan, Trevor can’t have his morning bath in the big tub. But I think that they are getting too big for this little tub!

Brendan had a very active night. His nurse said that he did not sleep much at all and that he just wanted to play and make noise. Surprisingly enough, he was awake all morning and just wanted to play!

He usually takes a nap at 10am, even if it is just 30-45 min. But he was awake and playing and just started to show signs of sleepiness at 10:30am. But he had speech therapy at 11 so I couldn’t let him fall asleep or we would have to wake him up and he would be really crabby. So I made him stay up!
He actually did a great job with the therapist. He was having fun with the toys she brought and was being happy and cooperative. But half way through his session, he finally hit his wall!
He tried to keep his heavy eyelids open to play. He just couldn’t hold up that big, heavy head!

I was worried that the O2 refill would come right after I got both boys asleep and then all the banging and clanging would end nap time really early. But he showed up during speech! Trevor was having lunch so he was out of the way. And with all that done, they both got to take nice naps! Some days it just works out, I wish they were all like that!!

Trevor woke up silly. He says, “Wanna dance?”

I love my strange, strange little Trevor.

The boys played with blocks all afternoon. They are learning their stacking skills, but really they just want me to stack and they both love to crash and sweep.

They got another cool christmas present toy in the mail. It has been the hot item around here today. Brendan finally got it away from Trevor.

“You’re doing it wrong! You are supposed to push these dudes in”

“I know how to play this, Trevor!!”

“What disaster trail?”

We hope there is a good weekend ahead!