{"id":11188,"date":"2013-09-16T20:44:21","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T03:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/?p=11188"},"modified":"2013-09-16T20:44:21","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T03:44:21","slug":"year-2-week-47-day-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/2013\/09\/16\/year-2-week-47-day-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Year 2 &#8211; Week 47 &#8211; Day 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was Mommy Monday Madness Day. We have no day help and Bill is very busy with work, so I get to manage the monsters alone. Bill takes a lunch break to come out and rock Brendan while I put Trevor down for a nap. Today was brutal. The floor crib is working well right now for Trevor so we are not going to rush and change it. I hope we can buy more time with this setup, I just have to find a way to make it a little better.<\/p>\n<p>We bought some bananas yesterday. Trevor LOVES banana but they don&#8217;t love him back so we have to have them only occasionally. He loves them so much he gives them a kiss.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247t21.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19\" title=\"Week 47 - 247t21.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247t21.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a hug! He will devour a whole banana and if the others are visible on the counter, he will beg and plead for a second one. He yells &#8220;Bayaya!! Peel! Peel!&#8221; (Kayla would be proud)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247t22.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19\" title=\"Week 47 - 247t22.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247t22.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want to do good things with the boys, but they make it nearly impossible. Trevor loves to read books so I thought I had Brendan playing nicely and tried to read to Trevor. Nope! Sorry! Put the book down and capture the monkey!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247b12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19\" title=\"Week 47 - 247b12.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247b12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I got them watching &#8220;Baby Signing Time&#8221; and working on signs with me, sitting so nicely together.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247bt02.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19\" title=\"Week 47 - 247bt02.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247bt02.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trevor was going to give Brendan a kiss (to apologize for the brutal tackle earlier) but he got swatted away!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247bt03.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19\" title=\"Week 47 - 247bt03.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247bt03.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>They were best friends and worst enemies today. Trevor charged Brendan who was sitting on the floor, he planted both hands on Brendan&#8217;s shoulders and shoved him over, landing on top of him and rolling. How do babies know how to do these fancy maneuvers?!<br \/>\nBrendan pursued Trevor all day trying to take toys away. You could not stop him (in the video below).<br \/>\nYet, they chased and giggled and talked and bonked heads all cute all day too.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247bt04.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19\" title=\"Week 47 - 247bt04.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/projectbat.com\/minibat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/247bt04.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sample of today&#8217;s mayhem.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MM_0P62CL94?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The constant crying when they don&#8217;t get their way wears us down so fast. There is a ton of cleanup still to do tonight, dishes in the sink, formula to make, and laundry to put away. All I want to do is take a long hot shower and go to bed!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was Mommy Monday Madness Day. We have no day help and Bill is very busy with work, so I get to manage the monsters alone. 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