This holiday weekend might be a little dreary since it looks like it's going to rain. Right now, clouds are moving over the house and I can hear a little thunder in the distance. Gavin's taking a nap, we were hoping to go to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens after he wakes up. Guess we'll be playing that by ear.

Was really disappointed that Adam didn't get the AI top spot, but I know he'll go on to bigger things. Both guys are really good and I'll probably buy both of their albums.

Ahhh...here comes the rain.

For anyone who watched the finale of AI, that KISS performance was awesome! And, I really liked the Queen tribute as well. Both very well done.

Tomorrow we're supposed to go up to Jeff''s mom's house for a little b-day celebration. Should be fun, although, I doubt we'll get to go to the pool b/c again...it's supposed to rain.

I need to take a nap- I'm sitting on the back porch and there's such a lovely breeze coming through.

We've been to a handful of birthday parties over the past couple of weeks for kid's at Gavin's school. They've been a lot of fun! Last weekend we went to Leapin' Lizards in Decatur. Gavin had so much fun we stayed after the party was over for about an additional hour! Jeff and I hung out in the "parent's area" and watched him run around like a mad man. It was hilarious!

We're still trying to work our way through potty training. He had a little relapse over the weekend and he was wet more than he was dry. I guess that's ok, but man, I'm ready for this transition to transition! Any suggestions are appreciated and any thoughts of "I've been there, keep your head up" are welcome!

Definitely looking forward to the weekend. Between midnight potty runs for Gavin and some freakish thunderstorms at 3am, neither Jeff or I have gotten any sleep this week!

We have a b-day party tomorrow with one of Gavin's friends from school. Should be fun, a bunch of kids running around like nuts while parents exchange potty training horror stories. Actually, that's the part I'm looking forward to, afterall, misery loves company!!!

Sunday the fam is coming over for a Mother's Day/ b-day party celebration. Jeff and Debbie's birthdays are next weekend, so we figured we'd combine efforts so everyone doens't have to run all over town both weekends. I'm going to pick up a cake tomorrow...I wish I could bake one, but our oven hasn't been working properly since Xmas. Only the top heating element works, so baking is pretty much out of the question. Kind of stinks, actually.

Well, happy Friday!

Potty Party Weekend

So we had a little breakthrough last night on the potty train! Some wise mother wrote a blog about potty training and suggested reading to your kid so they relax a little bit. And internet, it worked! YES, we were in there for 45 minutes, YES, he only went a little bit, but YES, we partied like crazy afterwards!

I know we're not through the woods yet, but we've come upon a clearing and I'm hoping we hang out for awhile!

Gavin ran into school this morning all excited about going "pee pee in the potty!" (sorry to all you non-parents out there, these are the things that get you excited when and if you have kids).

Funny, Jeff and I know look at each other and we're like, OK, who's going to Toys R Us to stock up on a bunch of rewards? Don't get me wrong, we were prepared this weekend, but I don't know what either of us was thinking... Actually, I was thinking he'd be trained in 24 hours like my mom always said I was. Jeff's mom doesn't remember how long it took him.

So, reality has bitten a little bit and we're prepared for several weeks (or months) of this. That's OK, we're ready!

Now I know why everyone dreads potty training. It's hard! Since yesterday, we've only had a couple of successful runs to the potty. Even then, it was just a little and he peed big time in his pants five minutes later.

Of course, we're frustrated, we're not sure what we're doing wrong, or IF we're doing anything wrong.

Ok, back to the bathroom!