We are very proud to congratulate Aunt Schnah for the successful defense of her dissertation. Congrats Dr. Schnah!!!

In recognition of her achievements, the boys wanted to celebrate with some graduation themed photos. We did manage to get a couple of real cuties to send to her this morning!

I always try to have adorable pictures for the blog, but it is usually because we are snapping shots all day long and we have 30-60 to choose from at the end of the day and we only pick out the best. Sometimes when I look back, the “outtakes” or the unused pictures are real gems. So tonight I am sharing the best of the outtakes.

Both boys got to play in baby jail today, although Trevor proved that he is going to need even more careful supervision.

He really did pull himself up to here by himself. Tall sturdy objects are being removed from baby jail.

Brendan found the whole thing hilarious!

Overall it was a good day. Brendan did 6 hours on the mist collar. Trevor slept in this morning until after 7am!

Trevor must have had a ton of extra energy tonight. He discovered he likes to dance!

Nothing big to report today. Withdrawal for this week seems to have finally passed and Brendan was feeling pretty silly. He did 5.5hrs on the mist collar and just over an hour on his HME! He is awesome!

He loves his helicopter

He has to sweep the fod from the landing pad!

Trevor will clean it up!

Brendan loves floor time now and he especially loves when Trevor will crawl over and play with him.

Trevor is teaching Brendan all kinds of ways to get in trouble!

That’s why he ends up in baby jail!

Or today he spent a few minutes on the “naughty step”

The boys video chatted with Aunt Shannon and CTB(cousin to be!). Brendan got out of his corner and loved sitting on the couch with reduced wires. Trevor had a secret plan to whisper.

He’s just trying to help his bro!

Gramma’s new favorite video! (she’s the one behind the couch managing Trevor the wiggle-worm!)

Tonight we have a new night nurse in training and she should start working this weekend. We will be back to having only our Saturday nights to cover.

I totally lose track of days, some of these pictures feel like they were from yesterday. To address auntletty’s question – the energy shots do work in the moment to wake you up, but they are terrible to use. I have an iron stomach and can eat just about anything and the energy shots give me acid reflux.
I had to use them for the weekend to stay up with Brendan and I still had a hard time staying awake, and then for the next few days (including today), I have had horrible caffeine withdrawal headaches.
If you have an urgent need to stay up, they work. Otherwise don’t even try them! If you are just physically exhausted or already on tons of coffee everyday, they won’t do a whole lot of good. And they taste nasty!!

All that aside, on to the cuteness. Trevor is trying to figure out how to escape baby jail. Music Fish just wasn’t giving him enough of a boost.

So bored, it is a shame this place has nothing to play with

Brendan had a tough night of poor sleep and was tired this morning.

By the late afternoon, he had a good nap and woke up feeling a bit more like his silly self.

Trevor is going to take care of the suctioning. He likes machines.

He also likes clanging the beads on the wood floor as he crawls around.

Right before Trevor went to bed, we took both boys out for a trial of their new stroller. It was still too hot outside to go far. But I think they liked it.

Brendan did 5 hours of mist and an hour of HME today! Go Brendan!