Birthday Parties

Over the weekend we celebrated Susie's dad's and sister Annie's birthdays. At Annie's party, Mike's nephew Preston was there. Brayden had fun making a new friend.

Brayden's Potty Present

We finally have Brayden potty trained after months of begging, pleading, and bribing. We promised him a big present if he didn't have any accidents and it actually worked. We went out a few weeks ago looking for a power wheel or something he could drive around, but we couldn't find one we liked.
We went home and looked online and found a Caterpillar front end loader/backhoe peddle tractor at Northern Tool. We drove to the store to get it, but found out they didn't have one in stock. Brayden was devastated. The guy told me it was online only, but he looked on his computer catalog and found 279 of them at a store in South Carolina (nice distribution). He was able to get one sent to the store but it would take a week or so. So you can guess how the next week went.

Morning, Day 1: "Is my tractor here yet??"
Bedtime, Day 1: "Will my tractor be here tomorrow?"

Morning, Day 8: "When will my tractor be here!!!"
Bedtime, Day 8 "Will my tractor be here tomorrow?"

Throughout the week he had the Northern Tool catalog in his hands looking at the pictures and showing everyone who came to visit.

So it finally came, and Brayden wanted to ride it out of the store. He couldn't because it was boxed up, so I told him he could when we got home. We got it out of the car, and out of the box and saw about 150 pieces and 10 small bags filled with nuts and bolts. "Ok Brayden, you can ride it tomorrow."

September is Here

August is finally over!!! I'm not saying it wasn't fun. We took a trip to Lambeau with Brandon, Beth and Jameson. We also had two long trips for family weddings in Wisconsin and spend a lot of time on Grandpa and Grandma's farm. We put some work into our house getting ready for winter. We trimmed our trees to save our roof when the snow comes and insulated our pipes to save energy for the boiler. Now it's time to relax. Wait a minute, Susie goes back to work on Friday!!! That means I'm home alone with the two little monsters. Oh well, guess that's my job.
Adam finally started sleeping through the night, and his crying fits have gone from four hours down to one, which is nice. Brayden is having a ball with his little brother. I've never seen a kid so interested in a baby. He pretty much wants to be involved in everything (except the diaper changes). Speaking of diapers, we finally have Brayden potty trained. He has an occasional accident here and there, but other than that, we're very proud of him.
We have no big plans for September, so the boys and I can hopefully get into a groove and get used to not having mommy around all the time (sigh).
Anyway, here is a slideshow of all the highlights of August, enjoy.