Your wish was granted!...

Trevor told me he was tired 4 times before we got to daycare this morning… I would take that as a successful birthday party.  I told him “Happy Birthday” this morning as he was crawling out of bed… and he sweetly and quietly said, “no.”  Too much fun for him yesterday?

So my wish for Trevor was GRANTED!  We posed for pictures with the cake prior to the party and practiced blowing out the candles, just in case!... And there was no need.  He even blew out the candles twice!  He had the sweetest grin after the first 4 blows to get 3 candles out!!!  He definitely knew it was his day at that point!  When Grandma offered to light them again… he didn’t refuse!  He was pretty proud of his cake.  That really made mommy feel good too!...

There was about a 20 minute period when he was glued to daddy’s or mommy’s hip… I was nervous that it was the end of the fun for him.  He was “hiding” on our laps during lunch… he only ate a nutri-grain bar… even over chips!!???  (later, we ordered pizza for supper and he ate 3 pieces!... so he was hungry!)  He did eat half of his cake though!!!... only on your birthday do you get to eat cake/dessert if you didn’t eat your lunch first!!!! Ha…….

Then he bursted into party action again!  Just in time to rip open... (gently actually!) every gift... He was snuggled into Daddy’s lap during gifts, but he wasn’t anxious much.  He even said, “Thank You!” to the crowd (after being prompted!) once the gifts were opened! 

Isaac was a pretty good big brother.  He took it upon himself to keep the party going.  My aunt told me, that he instructed the crowd, “There is no TV during a birthday party!”  Hard for most of the men around – Viking football was on.  (They got to watch the end!)  He was also in charge of bringing more gifts to Trevor to open… and did a WONDERFUL job of that.  He would go back to his seat and patiently wait while the open gifts were passed around for everyone to see.  He would pass them onto the next person in line…Were they paying attention???? = better be because he threw them most of the time!  Didn’t want to lose his seat?  Isaac did an impressive job of letting the party be Trevor’s… maybe wouldn’t have worked so well if his wasn’t the first of the October birthdays… so we will see in the future years!  BUT this morning and some last night… all of a sudden Trevor’s new toys are “Isaac’s toys.”… So just a challenge again!... After the “new” wears off… I bet the sharing will improve.  Let’s hope anyway. 

We had our last session of speech therapy at the rehab today.  He even left with a balloon for his birthday/last day.  AND some playdoh for a Halloween treat.  It was a mixed emotions day for me.  Happy to be moving on, yet he is just comfortable with the current SLP and now we are starting new.  We will see what Wednesday’s session brings. 

Pictures of the party coming soon!  Just wanted to share the success of the day!  Now onto Halloween activities… let’s hope everyone wears their costume and we remember our manners tonight!... Have a spooky, but safe Halloween!