Aimlessness

So it's been awhile since I've blogged and I figured I would do a random update of things going on here.

*Potty training is going pretty well. The accidents have been minimal, not even one a day. Though I'm still hesitant to go out of the house without a pull-up on (Garrett, not me), the rest of the time he's in underwear. The best part of it is that Garrett actually wants to go to the bathroom "all by myself!". Which means that he gets himself on and off the toilet and the only thing I have to do for him is wipe when necessary. That's so nice for me because sometimes he's going to the bathroom every 30 minutes. I can't always get right there to help him so it's nice to know that he isn't going to have an accident if I can't get into the bathroom with him.

*Our summer is going nicely. Garrett hasn't driven me insane yet, so that's a plus. We've gone to 2 movies so far. "Shrek the Third" (which was free at a local theater) and "Wall-E". I'm not a big Shrek fan, but Wall-E was cute.

*Garrett turns 3 next month, which is really hard to believe. We're doing his party a few weeks early because my parents will be in town for my cousin's wedding. It's going to be a "Toy Story" theme (the party, not the wedding.) Garrett is actually the ring bearer for the wedding so that should be interesting. He'll either shock me by totally cooperating and being the model child or he'll walk down the aisle with a few minor complications and then go wild once he gets down front at which point I will be waiting in the wings to grab him before my cousin breaks down in tears. I'm betting that the latter will probably be the scenerio that I'm dealing with. It should be fun!

*At the end of this month Keith will celebrate his birthday. He will be 32, which is just crazy. When we met he was only 22. I can't believe it's been that long! Maybe I'll do a "Toy Story" theme for his party too. I'm sure he would love that!

*Last night we watched the movie "Jumper". It's a pretty new release on DVD (we actually rented the Blue-ray version, but I don't want to rub it in). I liked the premise of the movie, but I felt like they could have taken the story line in a much different direction and it would have been a better movie and the ending was very abrupt. I really want to see the movie "Hancock". If anybody here has seen it, is it worth it to arrange a sitter so we can catch it in the theater or should we wait until it comes out on DVD?

*I just have to end this with praise being heaped upon the inventor of the iPod. Yes, I've had an iPod for a couple of years now, but I have found myself using it more and more. Initially I only had about 100 songs on it, but now I have over 1,000. Plus I have a few cartoons downloaded on it for Garrett when we're out in public and I don't want to hear another scream. So, my hat is off to you Apple people. You really know how to keep a mom sane and happy.