World's Coolest Hair and Date with the Huesdash Family

I know I've said it before, but Danny has the coolest hair! I've since cut it again (sigh) because it tends to get in his eyes, but I just love when it does the "flock of seagulls".

Anyways, moving on, next up for us was our annual visit from the Huesdash family (sans the newest addition, Hunter). Danny happily shared his toys with twins, Jack and Clara, and then showed them a good time at the Tiki Bar for dinner.

More Potty Training...

Here's just a couple more shots of our potty training week/weekend...

To pee or not to pee, that is the question?

Hey good lookin'

You mean we're stuck in this house ALL day?

Adventures in Potty Training

It's been so long since I last posted, that I don't even know where to begin! We've been a busy bunch! Chronologically, the first up after Father's Day was potty training Danny and, per usual, he has amazed me! I bought a potty from Amazon on a Wednesday and he was fully trained by the end of the weekend. We swapped diapers for Mickey and Thomas the Train undies cold turkey, bribed with jelly beans the first couple days and insisted he try to go every 20-30 mins. He had a couple accidents the first two days, and a couple random ones since then, but otherwise he's all in.

Reading material. Check.

Matchbox cars. Check.

He likes to describe the size of his "jobs", i.e. little pee or big poop. Cute? Gross? You decide. And mid session likes to review his progress and provide his own words of encouragement - "good job" and "I so proud of you". Going while out in public is the only challenging part, as he's sometimes too distracted or excited to want to go, but once he agrees to sit on the big boy pot, we're good to go. Oh and my feet were firehosed when we pushed him a little too long one time. Good times!

Happy Father's Day!

I can't even describe how thankful I am for all the wonderful "dads" in my life, two of which are also the most wonderful grandpas to Danny. And about Jimmy, what do I even say about a dad so loving, caring and fun? Danny and I absolutely adore you and we're so lucky to have you as husband and father!

So what better Father's Day present for good old dad than to follow in his footsteps and finally start loving all things water, beach and boating? That's right, Danny is officially a water baby!

Well, actually, I can think of one present that might better. How about another healthy baby boy in early November?!? That's right, today, Father's Day, I'm officially 20 weeks along with another boy! More to come on that front!

Fun with Friends

I know I already posted about our time with the Atkinson family, but Chris (mama Atkinson) just sent me a link to her pictures from our first evening on the beach with them, so I just had to share them here!

Boardwalk Night

Jimmy is unfortunately out of town on business, so it's just me and Danny this week. To kill some time this evening, we hit up Family Fun Night at the Carolina Beach Boardwalk. Danny was in absolute awe of all the people, music and the carnival rides. He ate some pizza, danced, rode a carnival ride for the first time and jumped in the bounce house! Fun, fun night! Just wish daddy was with us...

And a couple cute videos. Danny dances all the time, but it's hard to catch him in the moment. I love that I got him busting a move to some Bob Marley. Don't watch the carnival ride video if you're prone to motion sickness!

2014 Maiden Voyage

Sunday we took out Baby Jones on her 2014 maiden voyage. It was really windy, but Danny enjoyed it and especially liked mommy's contribution to our excursion - Britt's donuts!