Potty Training

Potty training has been quite the little adventure. Everett did so well the week we decided to put away the diapers. He had hardly any accidents and would poop and pee in the toilet. I very quickly realized that he was potty trained because I was trained to take him every so often. When left up to Everett he would never tell me if he needs to go. So after about a week the frustrations started kicking in. And Everett decided he wasn't so happy about the potty anymore. After day four of him pooping his pants and me needing to give him a bath to clean it all up we had both about had it. The final straw was when he was hiding behind the Christmas tree crying because he needed to poop but didn't want to go because he didn't want to have to in the potty. He had a pull up on so I finally convinced him to just go in his pull up and he held on to me crying the whole time he went. It about broke my heart.
So we are putting a hold on potty training for now. Even though all of the advice out there is to not give up. We still talk about it all the time and after our trip to Utah we will casually get back into it. But until he decides he wants to let me know when he needs to go I don't want to battle him. He needs to be potty trained by the time he starts preschool next fall. So we have plenty of time. I am trying to keep the potty a positive thing and the only way to do that is to put a pause on the whole thing.
He sure does look adorable in his big boy underwear though!

Outer Banks

Spending two nights away just the two of us was fantastic! After wondering where to stay for a couple nights that was decently close we decided on the outer banks. We had only one thing in mind when planning the trip. That was to relax! It ended up raining the entire trip until about the last 30 minutes before heading back home. We didn't mind though. We still had plenty of walks on the beach and ate seafood for every meal. It was a short and sweet trip for us and maybe the last one we take before baby comes. We had such a great time!

September

September was quite a bit better than August. We were able to spend more time as a family thankfully. Unfortunately I was still feeling pretty exhausted and sick from growing a baby. We couldn't miss out on the Utah State football game even though it was 3 hours away. We about died from the heat but it was such a fun family day. Our last beach day came and went and I am so so sad. I already miss the beach so much and cannot wait to bring baby brother with us next summer! It is so crazy to think we will be bringing two boys around everywhere next year.
One really fun thing that happened was a family reunion on my grandmas side. It is pretty cool meeting so many family members from her side of the family. It is still so funny to me that we moved here and randomly I have tons of extended relatives so close by.