I was born the only girl in my family. The only sister to my only younger brother. I’m not complaining; I’ve had a blessed life. But it wasn’t until five years ago that I married into the Morris family, and now I have three sisters and a beautiful mother-in-law.

This weekend we left the guys and took a road trip to Northwest Arkansas. The shopping was fun, the food was good, but the time I spent with my “newer” family was priceless. I sat in the back of the Suburban, with baby Jonah, thinking of the stories about my friend’s that go out with their one (if that) sisters, but I have three beautiful, godly, fun women to share life with. That’s a rare thing and I am truly blessed.

We really resemble each other, don’t you think?

Here is the whole clan.

I hope you had a great Mother’s Day!

From Tuesday thru now I have dedicated myself to getting Jadon potty trained.  ASAP.  How’s it going?  I’m glad you asked… (if you skip Day 3 you will be disappointed)

Day One - awesome.   Started strong and Jad did not have a wet diaper all day.  I even brought out the Pull Ups with Disney’s Cars.  He was having so much fun pulling them up and down.  And then, at nap time, he poo poo’d in them.  I guess I saw that one coming, but on the bright side; he did not potty in his pull up.  

Day Two we regressed.  Jad will not use any form of a bigger potty, so he refused to go to the potty at his grandparents house and school.   I guess this day was just rough all around because that night we had to be at church from 5 to 9.  The good news is that Jadon began to tell me when he needed to go potty.

Day Three was eventful - to say the least.  We were back on schedule to go potty, but with a few accidents.  First thing in the morning he yelled “no” and threw a toy across the bathroom.  In response, I sat his bare bottom to the corner.  After that, He decided going potty was the better choice.  He also became suddenly interested in the stool side of the potty, but at this particular time I had not yet cleaned it out.  I’ll leave you to fill in the rest.  Another particular time he sat down on the potty and pee pee’d straight up in the air and on me.  Are you laughing yet?

Day Four looked similar to Day Two.

Day Five a MOUNTAIN was moved in my son’s life.  With a little help from his dad, Jadon conquered the big boy potty.  And in public.  They were at Shorty Smalls and somehow Jon got him to go on the potty there, twice.

Anti-Potty of the Week:

“The sensor technology detects a deposit and triggers lights and sounds for fun and encouragement.”

Jadon’s birthday is in February and for the last year Jon and I have really wanted to get him a backyard climber. The problem is that in February it’s still cold and stores do not carry them. It’s a good thing Jadon is two and does not realize his parents did not give him anything (besides a lot of cake) on his birthday.

Well, May has arrived and so has his “playground.”

Two men reading instructions. Learn to cherish that 

Trying out the slide

And here is the finished product!  (The slides didn’t make it in the picture)Complete with Jonah sitting on Jadon’s head and Hurley running thru the picture.

I hope y’all have a good weekend.

I have been basically single-mommin’ for two weeks now because Jon is working his tail off for a conference our church is hosting.  I miss him!  As much as I am looking forward to the conference, I am looking forward to this weekend, when I will get to see him more than in passing.  Tonight I tried to bribe Jadon to leave church, but he wasn’t buying anything.  He just wanted to sit with me and wait on his dad to get out of a meeting.

I really wonder how men can go, go, go, not sleep, and still survive.  I know they eventually crash, but not as quickly as I do.  (I guess I did it the first four months of Jonah’s life and I was exhausted!)

In other news, My voice feel’s like it is ripped to shreds from my lack of sleep this week.  Did you ever realize that not getting enough sleep can do so many bad things to your body?  (I did learn something in college)

The point of this post is to say if you are in or around The Fort this week you should come to the conference.  It is going to be “b - awesome” (for all you Bolt fans :))  And all the general sessions are free!  

Opening night is going to be John Hagee, and it is going to be packed out.  Two weeks ago we had two older women show up at rehearsal saying they were there early to get a good seat to see John Hagee.  I don’t think they realized they were that early!

Do you go to any other conferences through the year?

Dear Safety 1st,

I would like to thank you for creating the Comfy Cushy 3-in-1 Potty.  I would also like to know what in the world you were thinking when you created this contraption.  Obviously, you were not thinking of my two year old son.  

Even though he does not find much interest in the “pottying” side, He adores the stool, because it makes him about a foot taller.  He has also discovered that he can carry his potty anywhere in the house to get to anything.  

Here are the many ways in which he has found great use of his potty:

dishes

He’s “flexing”

…and here is today’s discovery:

It makes a great spot for a bowl of Oatmeal!

In conclusion, I believe you should rethink this invention.

Sincerely,

Stephanie

p.s. This is really funny:

Peter Potty Flushing (yes, it flushes!) Urinal