To back track....

To back track on the past few months....

September was my 21st birthday. Due to clinicals and my birthday being on a monday I didnt have any crazy celebrations. The family went out to dinner, and after I went out with friends. I tried my first margarita ;).

October was full of birthdays and halloween. We celebrated Papa, Randa, and Zach's birthdays. We also had a month full of fall/halloween activities despite the fact it was still 80-90 degrees out. I think we watched Mickey's Trick-or-Treat tower DVD 60 times that month. Garret decided to dress up as Buzz Lightyear. So I decided to be woody and Zach was an alien from pizza planet. We went trick-or-treating, and ended up with a ton of candy. It was fun to have Garret understand and get into a holiday.

Well, 2010 is coming to an end. Thanksgiving is next weekend! I finished nursing school a few weeks ago. Looking back it had been a busy past 3 years. Im working on my preceptorship, which I am halfway through. Our pinning ceremony is December 8th, and then that chapter of my life will be closed. Im looking forward to just taking time to relax and enjoy time with Garret without my mind wandering off thinking about school or work or scheduling and finding babysitters. Id like to get caught up on things, like Garrets baby scrapbook! My next challenge will be passing my NCLEX (boards exam) in January then looking for a job/internship. My goal is to have a job before Garrets birthday at the end of February.

Airplane

For the next five days Garret and I are going on an adventure to Michigan to visit family. He was so excited to ride on an airplane. It was a bit wild taking a two year old through an airport and on a plane but I think he had a great time. He was in awe of standing in the airport and seeing all the airplanes and workers out the window.

Today was our first day up at the lake. We had a three hour drive up from grandmas house. Thankfully Garret was worn out from the traveling the day before that he slept the whole way up. We got here and he was all stoked to go "swimming in the lake".... right as he got in we realized a sign stating they had sprayed chemicals. So, we cant swim until tomorrow.

Garret got to meet and play with most of his second cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. The kids had fun shooting off balloon rockets and running around. Garret was the balloon retriever. It was fun to see him playing with everyone. He fits right in.

4th of July Weekend

Garret had a great 4th of July this year! Unfortunately it rained almost the whole weekend, but we still managed to have a bit of fun. On saturday they had fireworks at the outlet mall across the street from our house. We walked over to the mall in the evening but it started to rain so Garret and I decided to go back home. We were able to catch the firework show from the back yard of the house later that night. Garret thought the fireworks were great! He liked watching the "popping lights".

On Sunday we went to church in the morning. That evening we went down to Bonita Springs to the Star Spangled Bonita even that they had. Mimi was working with the Zonta club at a pie contest. Uncle Larry and Leslie happened to be there too. We ate a variety of pies and then walked around Riverside park. They had small carnival rides for the kids. Garret went on a train ride and the swings. He watched his first hot dog eating contest... Lets just hope he never decides to enter in one. The fire works were delayed due to the rain so we didn't stay late enough to catch the show. Garret fell asleep in the car which was the perfect end to a busy weekend.

Today we used our imagination and built a lego barn. We had fun playing with the farmer his family and the barnyard animals. Garret made a game of sending the farmer off for apple juice and pizza in his blue tractor.

Yesterday while at Target Garret and I decided to buy a tricycle We didn't get a chance to ride around yesterday. So today he was super excited to ride his new bike! He doesn't quite have the peddling concept down but he is great at cruising down hill on the driveway. We got a dinosaur helmet which is pretty cute. We will see how long it takes until he is riding around the block.

It has been raining a lot in the afternoons here so our new hobby is puddle jumping. It makes socks and shoes pretty soggy but Garret thinks the water is hilarious to jump around and run in.

Fathers Day 2010

This weekend was pretty relaxing. On Saturday Garret spent some time with his Mimi while his mom worked. They went out to the store and came back with a new shape toy, a car hat, and train DVD. All of the purchases were a hit. When I got off work we went swimming in the pool and washed his play car with the hose. It has been raining in the evenings lately here so we were able to watch the train DVD and of course his favorite Mickey Mouse Club House DVD's too.

Sunday we went to church with Papa for fathers day. We came home and had a big breakfast with the whole family. After our afternoon nap the family (minus Randa) =( went to go see Toy Story 3. I was impressed with how well Garret behaved. He was really into Woody and Buzz Lightyear! It may have had something to do with the enormous bag of skittles. He doesn't get to eat candy very often. We had a great weekend. Happy Fathers Day!

Summer Time

Summer has hit southwest florida. Garret is two (2) years old now. There have been a lot of changes this summer. The major one being that Garret had a name change. I decided to change his middle name to0 something that was more meaningful as a family name. I was debating between William like my fathers, Barnett like my grandfathers, or Porter which is my mothers maiden name. I went with Porter. So now the little guy is Garret Porter Medley.

So many changes have been going on, it seems like 2 years old is a developmental milestone! We have started the challenge of potty training this summer. Garret has the concept down, and we have had many successful trips to the potty. However we have not had a dry diaper day yet.

We also started sleeping in a big boy bed! It was a bit sad to retire the crib but Garret loves his new bed and has no trouble sleeping in it at night so far.

I am out of school until the end of August which is great because I have more time to spend with the little guy. We have been going to the pool and beach, exploring the parks around Estero and Ft.Myers, made trips to the library, and attended a few minor league baseball games. It is nice to be able to spend a couple full days a week with just Garret. He is really growing so fast, he has turned into quite an active boy so hopefully I am able to find enough adventures to keep him busy this summer.