Potty Time

With the stress and craziness of having a newborn and Riley just turning 2, I decided that I wouldn't owrry about potty training anytime soon. Probably, I'd wait until I'm out of school in the spring because I'd be home with him all day long and we could really focus on it for a good month before he turned 3. But, lately, Riley's other 2 year old friends (all girls) have been over and he has seen them going potty and has been asking me a lot lately if he can sit on the potty. So, I finally decided, we would spend a good part of the day drinking a lot of milk and sitting on the potty in front of the tv to pass the time and keep him from wanting to get up and run around. It worked! Riley went potty for the first time this week and ended up going many times in 1 day.

Here are a few pics of the first time going potty. He wears this cowboy hat all the time. He had been sucking his thumb and got his shirt wet so he asked me to take it off. Shortly after, we decided to use the potty again so we had to take off the diaper and the shorts. We ended up with nothing on but a cowboy hat! Love it! He was so proud of putting pee pee in the potty! He was equally excited about getting an M & M!

Helping to fold laundry while sitting in front of the t.v. waiting for it to happen.

Tracy's Bridal Shower

The Bride-To-Be

Blair's parents came down from Canada to visit for a week so that they could watch the kids for me while I went to Austin over the weekend for a bridal shower for one of my best friends, Tracy. I have to admit, I have really been looking forward to this weekend for about a month now! It was my first time to be away from Isabelle over night, and she is only 11 weeks old, but I knew it would be a needed break for me after having little to no help with the kids for the past 2 months. The kids and the grandparents did great! I drove down to Austin with Dawn, a friend of mine since elementary school and we had a great road trip there and back. She a very good car partner! Friday night a couple of my other friends who also live in Austin met up with us for dinner at Trudy's so we could catch up and have a girls' night out. Here are a few pics. of Kelly and Tracy V. along with me, Dawn, and Tracy R (the one getting married).




After dinner, we went to a bar/club called Grahams. Here are a few silly pics.




The bridal shower was very nice. Tracy's roommate, Jaida put everything together and did a great job! Here are a few pics. to sum up the day.








We also put favors together at Tracy's house and relaxed while playing Scene It. A VERY fun game!



We had a great time and I'm so thankful to Blair's parents, Vivian and Clare for coming so that I was able to go. Now I'm looking forward to the Bachelorette weekend in Galveston next month. These girls are so much fun!

July pics.

Here is Isabelle and her friend, Brian.


Cousin Kaity's first visit to see Isabelle.



Both kids enjoy sitting in the bouncy chair.

Blair's Birthday

Blair's birthday was Aug. 4th and he had to work, but we got to celebrate the next day. He got a mint chocolate ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins and his parents got into town that day to visit as well. He got to take his new boat out on the water for the first time the next day and loved it! Happy 32nd Birthday Blair!