weekend happenings

Apparently I need to share my weekend to-do list every week because it turns out it not only was motivating for me but also provided me with a sense of accountability because we got all of those things DONE! Cue the confetti!! 

Our weekend happenings ...

On Friday night an Amazon box was delivered with a bunch of things from our baby registry and while unpacking it, it sparked a desire to bring up a few bigger baby items we've been keeping in storage since Liam grew out of them. Like a baby carseat! Nic installed it in our car and it has been so crazy to look in the back seat while out and about this weekend to find not one but TWO carseats back there! It starting to get very real that we are about to have TWO kids!! Liam of course was completly fascinated by this new addition and felt like it must be for him ;) ...

After our walk on Saturday morning we did the big basement clean! I don't know about you but I LOVE getting rid of things that are just sitting around collecting dust so I filled several bags that we donated later in the day while Nic vacuumed everything and Liam ran around like a wild man finding random childhood treasures of ours to play with. haha

We are still very much in the middle of potty training by the way. Up until about Thursday of last week, he had the peeing part down but would have a complete meltdown anytime he had to poop. I'm talking screaming, water works, and a lot of fear. He hasn't wanted to go in his pull up though so anytime he did have to go he would start panicking and we just felt at a complete loss of how to help him. In the beginning we were giving him a new "beep beep" anytime he went in the potty and that seemed to work a few times but then the fear set in. It wasn't until giving him a popsicle after he went on Thursday because we were out of new cars that he started WANTING to try to go! Who knows how long those blessed popsicles will work for but we'll take it!

Saturday evening my boys were such troopers and humored me with maternity/family pictures. They turned out really cute and I'm excited to share them this week! Until then, I was just snapping away to check the lighting on my camera before taking our family picture and happened to capture one of my new favorite pictures of my boys ...

After church on Sunday there was an incredible cloud cover going on outside and I could actually stand the temperature for a change! We spent the evening in our backyard doing Liam's new favorite activity, harvesting from our garden. I couldn't believe how many sugar snap peas we had already! Besides chopping them up on salads, I only have one or two recipes I've ever used them in so if you have any good ones, please share!

As they always seem to, our weekend went SO fast and before we knew it, it was Monday morning again. Thankfully today has been just as productive ... cleaned my house like usual but deep cleaned my kitchen from top to bottom! No more crumbs in cupboards, the pantry and every single drawer completely organized, and the front of the cupboards washed down. Nesting at it's finest! 

Hope you had the BEST weekend! XO