Adventures in Potty Training

It has officially begun!! John is all done wearing diapers and is now in Pull-ups. I've been trying to sit him on the potty each morning this week and today he finally peed. At first it was kind of an accident. I asked him if he had any more and he said yes. Then he made an effort to actually go. He did that two more times before he said he was all done and flushed the toilet. I was so proud of him!! Hopefully it won't be too long before he's consistently using the potty throughout the day.

John's favorite summer treat

John's new favorite treat is ice-cream. Below is a picture of him after he's finished. He insists on feeding himself so it gets everywhere. Thankfully we had vanilla from Sonic that night and it wasn't hard to clean up his car seat. I must make a mental note not to let him have chocolate ice-cream in the car.

Super Busy Weekend!!

This was a super busy weekend for the Hadleys. It was Brian's first weekend home so he spent lots of time with the boys. We went to see Kung Fu Panda as a family Thursday evening. Then Friday we celebrated the 4th of July with a BBQ at our house. We had lots of family in town and the boys had a blast playing with their cousins Julia, Jayna, and Gino. We stayed up to watch some neighbors doing fireworks in our neighborhood.

We had a pretty low key Saturday. The rest of the family hit the beach but neither Brian or I wanted to risk a sunburn (well mainly Brian) before our anniversary dinner at Perry's. We took the boys to the pool for a bit in the afternoon so James could show off his new swimming skills. After the pool, Brian and I got cleaned up and headed out to dinner. Perry's has a great atmosphere. It really reminded us of the steakhouse at the Bellagio where we celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. Granted, there was no view of the fountains but the food was still fantastic. It's so nice to have a really nice meal once a year without the kids.

Sunday was super busy. After church, we made a quick stop at Katy Urgent Care to have someone look at John's eyes. We suspected he had pink eye and were right. Thankfully there was no wait and the pharmacy was really fast. After that, we headed up to my parent's house (our old house) for breakfast. We let the boys play with their cousins until lunch time. We picked up some food on the way home and then put the boys down for a nap (there's no way they would have napped with all the excitement at Mom and Dad's). Once they got up, we headed back up to Mom and Dad's for dinner and swimming. Our friend Will came down for dinner and showed us all the stuff for his new house. After we finished swimming, we drove up to see where Will's house was going to be built. We got there just before the sales guy left and got to walk through the model. We think it's going to be a perfect house for him. A lot bigger than his apartment but not too big.

Sorry, I don't have any pictures to share. I know I should have taken at least a few but I was just too busy to whip out the camera.