ole schnikees: trevor

9/23/14

trevor: first times for: on a school bus, johnny jump up, in a shopping cart, gnawed on an apple core, in a restaurant high chair

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Wednesday night al's mom, diane, and step dad, rick got into town (from Alaska) so we hung out with them and ordered in pizza. it was the first time they met trevor and he loved them and they loved him! he showed off his dance moves and a little bit of his smiles.

Wednesday night was our worst sleeping night we've ever had with trevor. he caught a little bit of al's cold and with a stuffed up nose, he didn't sleep well. the longest stretch we got out of him was rom 2-4 am, otherwise he was up somewhere between 20 minutes to an hour. ufffda! and al had to be up at 630 am to get the dog up to bloomer by 730 to get neutered. we also dropped the Volkswagen off to get an oil change.

Thursday we were all super tired but wanted to be able to do stuff with diane and rick, so we powered through. they came over around 11 but trevor ended up napping from 920 until after noon. once trevor was awake we headed out for some adventures. we went to an apple orchard, the leinie's lodge to sample beer, picked up the dog in bloomer, then picked up the Volkswagen. once home, trevor took a short nap while we waited for althea to get there. once she arrived and said her hellos, we went to eat at Milwaukee burger company, it was a little late but trevor did pretty good. he went to bed once home, and we followed shortly after. althea slept on the couch with beeker on the floor next to her.

Thursday night was a better night of sleep. Friday morning while trevor took his morning nap, al and althea met up with diane and rick and went to big falls (a cool outdoor place with waterfalls and beaches and walking on rocks). then my mom came down in the afternoon and we all went to fish fry for dinner at northwoods. mom headed home and trevor and I said our goodbyes since we had to leave early the next morning.

Saturday morning trevor and I drove up to mom's and then we went to lake phalen for the als walk. it was a great walk, tons of people, beautiful place and weather. we parked in a parking lot and then were shuttled in a school bus to the lake/park. trevor loved being on the bus and was a little crabby during the walk because he was tired and wouldn't fall asleep. we walked most of it next to angi and ruby and their stroller. we then went to stout's (nick's bar) afterward for "ales for als" beer that my cousin travis made/created. it was tasty (I only had a sip of aunt Sheryl's). it was good to see everyone including the lund's and maren's friends.

sunday we went to the munchkin markets at the state fair grounds and didn't find a whole lot but did find 2 fall/winter over suits for trevor that I've been looking for but haven't wanted to commit the money to. so finding them for $3 a piece was ok with me. he may need a bigger one by the end of winter but at least we have them for fall and the beginning of winter. we also ran to Burlington coat factory since mom had a coupon and had dairy queen. :)

Monday trevor and I went to visit kris, jeff, Easton and new baby colton (ellie was at school). colton is so cute, tiny and looks a lot like Easton. then al came up to watch trevor while I played softball. softball was good, beautiful weather and we won both. once I got home, al headed back to eau Claire so that he could get some more/better sleep.

Monday night trevor slept from 715-540!!!! and then slept from 715-9a (so did I); that was so good! hopefully he keeps going on that trend. I figured out this weekend that i'm not feeding him nearly enough baby food. so Monday evening al fed him 3 tablespoons of cereal, sweet potatoes and peaches. hoping that's what helped him sleep so long; we'll be feeding him more each night now (I have to make more food for him soon) and possibly start feeding him some lunch too.

happy to have grama back!