And so it begins...

We recently decided, maybe it was time to start introducing Aaden to the 'potty'. Yep, wish us luck!! I guess we started to think it was time because he loves to take of his diaper and tee tee on the floor. So Sunday, when he took his diaper off, we told him he needed to tee tee in the potty. We brought his little chair in the bathroom, that way, Mr. Independent, could crawl on the 'big boy potty' on his own.

He sat like this for a good 5 minutes, and nothing! So he flushes the toilet, and stretches his hands up to the sky and says, "I tee tee Mommy!! I did it. ", also stretching the truth has he runs in the living room to tell Evan.  Talk about one of the hardest things to say, because he was TOO excited. We told him he didn't do it, and we would try again in a little big. What does the turd do about 3 minutes later, he tee tees!! Yep, he did it!! ON THE FLOOR!!

I, once again, told him he tee tee in the potty not on the floor... so we went back to the potty, but of course, he wanted to stand!

Still, once again, nothing!!! I get the chair again and sit him down, and this time, he's scared to sit!! So I figured he just isn't ready. But, at the least, we can talk it up some... for the next few weeks.

Our conversation about the potty ended with...

Mommy - "Aaden, where are you supposed to tee tee?"

Aaden -     " On the floor!!" (with tons of excitment, as if he had gotten the answer correct)

Mommy - "No, you tee tee in the potty, NOT on the floor"

Aaden -     "On the floooooorrrrr, MOMMMMY" (making me feel as if I was wrong)

Hmmm.... maybe little boys are supposed to tee tee on the floor?? ;)

With love,

Courtney ;)



Beaching it!! May 2011

Earlier this month, we hit the road headed to Ft. Walton, Florida!! This was Aaden's 3rd trip, and BB's FIRST time to enjoy the surf!! We learned a lot about the kiddos on the trip down to FL, such as, Aaden loves the movie, Strawberry Shortcake. LOL. He and Brybry enjoyed it most of the way there. We had a fairly easy trip with 3 kiddos, as well!!

The afternoon we made it to the beach, we brought the Aaden, Brady, and Bry to play in the sand, in sweatshirts, yep!! Sweatshirts on the beach!! The next few days, it was chilly in the morning, but by lunch time it was PERFECT!! In the 70's to low 80's. That means, no sweating... no sand sticking all over you, which was IDEAL for me!!

This was BB's first trip, and by the way he snoozed to the sound of the surf, I have a feeling he LOVED it!

He took in every opportunity to snooze, especially while being held!! Everyone knows, BB is rotten, straight down to the core ;)

Aaden had a GREAT time playing in the sand, especially because everyone was building sand castles, so he could knock them over!!

Aaden and Bryleigh loved just digging in the sand, and filling up their buckets!! They, as always, were completely adorable, even when they would bicker over nothing at all. Just because they were kids!! We enjoyed Bry and her Mommy's company!!

Brybry and her AH-dorable booty cheek ;)

This year we also managed to get Aaden into the water, yep!! He wasn't scared, as long as Mommy was the one bringing him in! Which I, of course, adored him for :)

Then, there was this weird little critter Evan found. We asked the life guard what it was, after trying to google it, yep, iPhones on the beach!! What did we ever do before the iPhone?? I don't remember, really!



Of course, we did family pics!!! Our Nana & Big Guy will be celebrating the big 50 year anniversary this year, so we tried to get a real good picture of us all!



We also took a trip down the long pier between Destin and Ft. Walton!! It was so cool to be able to see straight down into the water, at all the different fish and sting rays!! Yep, you guessed it, BB snoozed, the whole time, on Pop!!

Our little vacation ended on Sunday, which just happened to be Mother's Day!! We found Lottie this adorable frame, and put the five generation picture of Memaw, Mawmaw Jerry, Lottie, Evan and Aaden from 2 years before on Mother's Day when Aaden was only 4 weeks old!!

This is what I consider a successful trip!!! Aaden was worn out!!

We had a BLAST!! Cannot wait to hit the sand next year, except, next year, I will have TWO little men, running around like crazy!! What's not to love about that though, never a dull moment, that's for sure!!

With Love,

Courtney :)