Weekend Review

Wow we had a pretty busy weekend. Friday night me and Kason went to the mall to get him some new shoes for daycare because he starts his big boy class today and he really needed to be in shoes and they also told me he needed a nap mat because they think he is going to sleep on a mat instead of in a crib. I'm glad they get to handle that and not me. So I was lucky enough to find him a nap mat at the Disney store and it is the cutest thing. The mat part is mickey mouses body and the pillow part is his head. We also started looking at winter clothes because hey if you don't start shopping now all the cute stuff will be gone. After that I met my parents to drop him off so I could run by my house so when I got home I was expecting him to be in bed but nope I was wrong he was going through the house like a mad man. Hey that's what happens when you send your kids home with Nana and PaPaw. My mom said she would get up with Kason on Saturday morning if I wanted to sleep late so of course I didn't turn that offer down and it was nice being able to sleep until 10am.

This weekend was also the start of no more Bottle and Formula for Kason. This is all because he starts his new class today and they will be giving him whole milk and regular food so I figured its either now or 4 weeks from now when its his birthday. He does okay with the whole milk but I put it to him like this you either drink the milk or you don't get anything else. Of course I'm sure you are thinking I'm a mean mom but like the doctor said if he gets thirsty enough he will drink the milk. So I'm sticking to it.

Saturday was a day of Birthday parties for us. We made our first stop at my best friends house for Nathan's 2nd Birthday party. Some of you may not know but my friend April is alittle over the top with things and when its comes to birthday parties she really stresses out but I have to say she had ever right to this time. The theme for Nathan's party was water. She had purchased a water slide from Wal-mart, she had a slip n' slide and a baby pool for the smaller kids. Well as of Friday no water slide from Wal-mart in fact they lost the order on July 2nd and forgot or just decided not to call her. So after alot of stressing out she decided to rent a slide. Now this slide was alittle bigger than the original she had planned at 14 ft high and 30 ft long but she was determined to have a slide. Well everyone knows it rained Saturday so it wasn't looking like she was going to be able to use the $300 rental slide but finally after alot of thundering and lightening we were finally able to just play in the rain alittle bit. Of course the slide was alittle big for 2 years old and after Doug (Nathan's dad) hit his tail bone one good time it was kiddy pool for Nate after that. Oh well the older kids loved the slide and Madison had a blast. I didn't even try the slide with Kason I just put him in the kiddy pool but ofcourse my little guy found the mud holes alot more exciting then the kiddy pool. So I just decided to lose that battle and after playing in the mud I would just spray him down with a hose pipe. After I got Kason all cleaned up we went over to my friend Casie's parents house. She was home from GA and invited us over for her birthday cookout and plus she hasn't seen Kason since he was probably 4 weeks so she really wanted to see him. It was really great being able to spend some time with her. You would have thought Kason was part of the family because they just ate him up and of course he is like his daddy in meaning that he never meets a strange so he would just let anyone hold him. Finally we decided to head back to Hayden and make a stop by my Aunt Robin's house because my cousin Shelley was home from Auburn and they were having brownies and ice cream for my Uncle's birthday. After about a hour of that Kason let me know that he was tried and was ready for bed. Sunday was a day at church and we had a very uplifting service. Kason of course went to the nursery and they said he got alot upset when he saw another babies bottle. Oh well once again I'm sticking with it. After that we went to lunch with April and Anthony for a little mexican then home to take a nap. Finally that evening I got to have some Angela time and went to eat with a friend and then to game night at Robert's house. Finally at 9:00 pm they decided to play poker and I decided just to socialize because I'm not so good at poker. Needless to say it was about 11pm when I got home and I'm alittle tired today because I didn't sleep very well. Sometimes I just wish my brain had a on/off switch it would make things alot easier for me but here I am another week at work. Like I said Kason started his Toddler 3 class today he looked like such a big boy this morning with his new shoes on. It was kind of sad when I dropped him off this morning because it made me realize that my little boy is growing up. I can't wait to hear how his first day went at daycare with no bottle, no morning nap and trying to sleep on a nap mat. I might be in for a great surprise this evening.

Well enough writing for now....Below are pictures from the birthday party, weekend and his outfit for his first day in big boy class.

Hope everyone has a great week!!

Happy Birthday Nathan


Dolphin Water Slide


Boys will be Boys


Random Pictures from the weekend and his first day in big boy class