We were thrilled to get report from the night nurse this morning that Brendan had a very restful night. She was afraid to say that he was doing well for fear of jinxing him! He had a surprisingly good day today too, just a few troublesome episodes.

He has started scritching his little nails on things to feel textures. He especially likes Daddy’s whiskers.

He spent time on the floor in outer space too

“Don’t mess with me, little planet dude, I will shake you up!”

He must have been in space too long, he passed out cold! He slept here for quite a while, we weren’t about to disturb a nice nap.

Brendan had an exceptional physical therapy appointment. He was all smiles and was showing off all of his tricks. The therapist was really complimentary to us as well, he says he was very pleased with all the things we were doing and with Brendan’s progress. We practiced some more rolling and footplay today.

Brendan was a little late for lunch, Trevor was waiting.

Brendan won’t eat puffs, but his therapist says he is supposed to play with food.

“Are you going to eat those, bro?”

Caught puff-nabbing!!

Trevor still hasn’t figured out forward motion, but now he is trying to figure how to stand. He is pulling on furniture to get up, it is just a matter of time.

Mr. No Nap strikes again. I was just about to put him in his crib when the speech therapist showed up and the dogs barked and Trevor had to come be part of the commotion.

Speech therapy went very well today too. She backed off on her approach and introduced a new toy that Brendan likes to chew on. She left it with him this week to let him get used to it.

I told Trevor to make his best “I miss Gramma” face.

He was so overtired, he had his post-dinner bottle and was in bed by 6:45pm. We expect to hear from him again soon. Brendan had a long bath and is asleep now too.

Unbelievable, these two baby boys are nine months old today. We had no way to even imagine that at 9 months, we would be where we are today. We are climbing a steep mountain of challenge with a long way still to go. I am realizing as I am typing that there are at least two things that I forgot I still have to get done today, it has been busy!

The boys did pretty well this morning. They did not make a lot of noise during Daddy’s work calls. Brendan did a lot of sleeping which allowed me to spend more time with Trevor. Trevor is getting more and more independent and really wants down to play and explore, but he needs to be able to see you in the room or he calls out. He also seems to have an insatiable appetite and was demanding dinner an hour early. He must be about to grow again!

It is an exhausting life, being locked up in this baby jail

You would think they were twins or something

“So Brendan, when they tell you it is the last bite, hold it right here in your cheek until you get all cleaned up and ready to get out of the chair. Then drool it out on your clean shirt!”

Brendan had a good time at home with Daddy after work today and Trevor and I went to my office to clean out my old desk and bring everything home. It is going to take a few trips! Funny how much crap you can accumulate in 11 years. Trevor was a celebrity, he got a ton of attention and ate it all up!

Brendan had to play with Mortimer until Trevor got home!

It was an OK day today, Brendan had a lousy morning, an OK afternoon, and a really nice evening. Trevor was exceptionally good for me all day, although I did shower him with lots of attention. He absolutely cracks me up every day.

He is a very good eater, we haven’t found anything he doesn’t like yet. He seems very interested in self feeding too, and now he really likes to have his puffs with each meal. At least a couple of them actually make it in to his mouth each time.

Trevor presents the Captain Calamari Puppet Show for your entertainment:

Brendan needed all fresh tape on his face today. I hate to do it because taking off the old tape leaves his poor cheek red like a fire engine. His skin is so sensitive to it.

He was so happy to kick in the bath water that he was launching water 10ft across the living room. With a look of sheer concentration on his face, he would slam both heels down in perfect timing and launch a wave of water out of the tub. So we had to put a poncho on the tub!

As long as he could still see his feet, he was still loving the splashes.

He won’t go to sleep tonight, so he is sitting in his bucket swing right now trying to grab the purple rhino down. Each day, he gets more and more aware of his surroundings and his ability to manipulate things.

Tomorrow is our first no-nurse, no-gramma day with the boys. I am hoping we all get some good rest tonight, it is going to be a challenge!