We made a quick trip to Orlando last weekend for a work convention, we left EARLY thursday morning for our flight along with my parents and mindy, kyle and makenna!
The boys did great, this was Sadler’s first flight and Grayden’s flown twice before that but this time he was SO excited to be on a (h)airplane at the (h)airport ;)


grayden was pretty geeked about his suitcase, he loved pulling it around and being pulled on it!



We spent the day at the pool, the weather was perfect!
They had a little mini pool that was just perfect for the kiddo’s!

this little boy LOVED the water!  photo credit, Mindy! :)

gray LOVES his cousin! they are adorable together!


The other few days were rainy so we did some shopping and spent lots of time in the hotel room



my little nose pickers! ha!

We headed back home Sunday, our flight was delayed twice, such a bummer, but again the kid’s did wonderful!
We had a nice time, it was good to get away for a bit!

that was harder than i thought!

love him!

for those that asked about our potty training technique here’s what we did:

first of all, i feel highly incapable to write a post on potty training I had no idea what I was doing and wanted to give up after the first day but here it goes.

The first morning I put grayden on the big potty with a little potty seat on top and told him he needed to go potty in the big boy potty and he had big boy undies now and no more diapers. I also let him pick out a toy at Target that he could play with once he was potty trained for motivation!

I set the timer every 15 minutes and he willingly sat on the potty but didn’t go all morning on the potty, only accidents. When he’d have an accident I would run him to the potty and remind him to keep his undies dry and to only go on the potty.

After his first success I paraded around the bathroom like a crazy woman, high-fiving and clapping and giving LOTS of praise!! He was so proud of himself! I also rewarded with candy. (he’ll do anything for candy!)

The next day was about the same; some accidents but more successes too! And every day there was more and more improvement to the point where I don’t set a timer anymore I just make sure to remind him he has big boy undies on and to keep them dry and that he needs to tell mommy when he has to go potty.

He’s doing awesome! He even used a urinal a couple times this weekend! HA!!!

We still have to tackle pooping on the potty and staying dry in bed but we’ll get there!

Potty training is hard! I was so frustrated at first but kept going and he caught on. Hope that helps!

We set out to potty train Grayden last week Monday, we wanted to wait until after the wedding but I also wanted to do it before we move to the new house.

Monday started out pretty rocky, I almost gave up after 3 accidents in just an hours time! It was a rough day! But right when I was about to give up ( I never knew it would be so frustrating and hard on ME!) he went pee on the potty! I’ve never been so proud of him!

Right after Gray went potty on the big boy potty for the first time! I got a video too but its pretty cheesy ;)

Each day got continually better in fact Tuesday night while I was gone he went pee and poop on the potty for Robb! By Wednesday he was accident free during his time in undies which was only when we were home and not napping.

Now a week later I put him in undies no matter if we are home or away and he’s been using the public potties as well with only one or two accidents since last week Wednesday! He’s even telling me when he has to go potty instead of me having to ask him all the time.

We only have him in diapers during naps and nighttime!

SO SO proud of you Gray! You are a potty training champ!!

Robb’s brother got married on the 24th, it was such a fun weekend!

We started with rehearsal on Thursday night. Robb was a groomsman, I was Alyssa’s personal attendant and Grayden was the ring bearer. He did great, he was flirting with the little flower girl, Sadie and trying to win her love with Kleenex ;)

how romantic! lol!

my big boy! so proud of you Gray!

Saturday was the BIG DAY!

Robb went golfing with the boys in the morning.

I made sure Grayden got a little nap in before he had to be at the church for pictures at 3pm. I dropped Sadler off by my sister and she brought him to the ceremony later on.

I went with shoes #1, it was a close race with #2 in the lead but I’m pleased with my choice to wear #1, they were comfy and a little dressier for the wedding! Thanks for your votes!

Grayden with the beautiful couple!

this picture says a lot!

me and my new sister-in-law!

Grayden walked down so good and when he got to the end he turned around and walked back up the aisle and down one more time!! SO funny!

my husband and I on the trolley to the reception!

The reception was a blast! Grayden danced and danced and danced some more! He has SO much energy!

Congrats again Jeremy and Alyssa! We had a great time celebrating your special day with you!

It probably would have been a wise idea to read thru the photo list before I committed to the challenge, once again I have no idea what Bokeh is! Even Google couldn’t help he out!

Instead here is a cute pic of Robb and Grayden at the apple orchard yesterday!

It might be November by the time I finish this thing up, but I WILL do it, a quitter I am not!

Day 19: Something Orange:

The Rachael Ray knife set I got from my birthday!

We had our annual K&R work party (which also ends up being a family party!) at Craigs Cruisers on the 17th, we always have a good time but this year was especially fun for Grayden, he rode the go carts for the first time and went mini-golfing!!!

looking forward to next year already!

whew! we had a super fun and busy weekend, I have a LONG list of blog posts that need to be written but until I find time to do that here’s just one picture of Robb, Grayden and I from Jeremy and Alyssa’s wedding Saturday night