ole schnikees: 2016

funny T story: he's been really into his stuffies this week and has even been sleeping with his mini dino pillow, so they're usually strewn about his room. one day this week when he was in his crib for nap, he started crying kinda hard. I thought his foot was stuck in the crib slats so I went in there. when he saw me he said, "momma, the giraffe looking at me. me no like it." I looked over and sure enough the giraffe he'd gotten from grandpa neil and papa's house was standing up beside his chair staring right at him. I chuckled to myself, agreed with him, then moved the giraffe. once I was out of his room I cracked up; the giraffe's eyes were kinda creepy! also, then end of the week was a rough one with T between the tantrums and hitting/kicking/pulling hair, and then not napping and refusing to sit on the potty, I had to keep my patience in check.

Al was off Tuesday through Thursday this week.

Tuesday morning we met up with Jodi and chloe, Easton, and baby Evrett after they dropped cam off for school. we went on a walk, stopped at a little park we've not been to yet, then walked over to Jodi's house. we played there until lunch time then went home for lunch and nap. after nap we played outside until it was dark and then went to cancun with the neighb's.

Wednesday morning we got up early, ate breakfast, then drove to Marshfield for Trevor's eye appointment. I have been seeing his eye crossing more often then it was so we were happy to be getting in to see the doctor. he came in, did the usual tests, and then used some glass prisms that he'd not used before. we then had to wait for Trevor's eyes to dilate before some more tests. then the doctor discussed with us what he saw. for the first time since we've been going to him, Trevor's eyes weren't getting better, they had actually gotten worse (the crossing). and it's not just when he's tired now, it's when he's looking at anything detailed and up close. his vision is good, just the muscles never developed correctly to keep them from crossing. so he's going to need surgery on both eyes within the next couple years. we'll see dr Anderson again in 6 months and he's pretty confident Trevor's eyes will have got worse by then, possibly significantly worse. it sounded to me like he's expecting to schedule the surgery at our next appointment in may. it'll be an out patient surgery and dr. Anderson does the surgery but still scary for us! there's really no recovery time, T will be able to see right after and other than swelling and redness, it won't affect him. he said it's possible that it's hereditary since Peter, Al and now Trevor having crossing eyes, but there's no data on whether it's a fact.

after the eye appointment, we went to the Marshfield wildwood zoo as usual and it was so nice out! the sun was harsh on little boy's dilated eyes tho! we walked the loop of animals twice and the bears were finally there and active; they were so friendly! we had lunch, then drove home, of course T didn't nap on the ride home.

Wednesday night, we raked leaves until it was dark (T didn't nap so we were outside by 4) and took 2 more 10 bag loads to the compost and 5 paper bags on the curb for the garbage to collect. then after bath, one of Trevor's bath toys went down the tub drain (there was no grate over it) and was backing up the water. we tried some simple things to get it out with no luck. after T was in bed, we googled it and got some ideas to try the next day. Al tried them all and couldn't get it out, and ended up not being able to get the pipes apart and breaking a bolt on one part (it was so old it just crumbled), so we had to call a plumber.

Thursday morning, T and I went to Irvine park with Jodi, chloe, kade and Easton (we had chloe in our car with us). it was beautiful out and we had a great time looking at the animals, playing at the parks, and having a picnic lunch. after nap, we walked up to the park until it was dark, had tacos for supper, got some things done around the house, then watched finding dory for a movie night.

Friday morning, T and I did crafts after breakfast, ran some errands, then walked to Jodi's house for a little bit before heading back for lunch with Al. T didn't nap even though he was very crabby before nap.

Saturday morning mom came down, then we dropped Trevor off with matt and the kids, and picked up Jodi and Kassie. we had a girls morning where we went to a craft show at an elementary school and then went to our favorite store, the shed. we all got some cute things and had a good time. meanwhile, the plumber came to our house to fix the bathtub piping/toy issue. we got his name nad number from matt and he was awesome! he was here for 1.5 hours plus parts and it was only $100; it could have been so expensive, so thankful! we picked trevor up about 130, went home for lunch and then T didn't nap again. mom and I crafted during Trevor's trying to nap time and then we went back over to matt and Jodi's for supper and more crafting with Jodi.

sunday morning mom left about 10ish and T and I just relaxed until Al got up for lunch, football and nap for Trevor. after nap we just hung out at home.

Monday morning after breakfast, T and I ran to target and then walked over to Jodi's house. we were home from lunch and nap, and then hung out at home all night. we have been pretty tired and not feeling great; must be the weather.

cement truck pouring right in front of our house