The Husted Happenings: Summer time

This has been quite a summer. We have been to 4, yes 4 weddings this summer. We had two back to back weddings in June. These weddings were very emotionally tough because these were weddings that I wasn't supposed to be able to attend. I was scheduled to deliver Aiden on June 15th. I would be about to explode at one of the weddings (not being able to attend because I couldn't guarantee that I would have gone early) and the other one I would be recovering from my c-section and caring for a newborn.

Neither couple had any idea how emotional those days were for me (unless of course they are now reading this blog). I put on a brave face and went trying to be happy for them on their big day. Congratulations Alex and Tiffany and also Congratulations to Jeremy and Ashley. Both of your weddings were beautiful and I hope your day was everything for you.

July brought potty training. I had NO IDEA that when Zachary talked about wanting to wear big boy undies that this would be the beginning of a potty trained boy (well, I suppose we are still training, but we have been accident free almost every day for weeks).

He does actually sit down to pee, but this particular day he wanted to try to pee like his daddy.

He has been doing so good and I am so proud of him. We need to work on the night time potty thing, but he has now been try for 5 nights straight. Could this to be the beginning of the end of pull-ups? I told him if he is dry for 2 weeks straight, then he can go to bed in his undies. We will see what the upcoming nights bring!

We had loads of fun over the 4th of July. We went to the Grandville parade and craft show.

We went to Papa's pool...

and we finished the day off by going to the fireworks. Yes, he stayed up for the entire thing. This was his first fireworks since he was an infant! He did so good.

We decided to squeeze a weekend up north at my parents cottage in the middle of the holiday and the weddings. We knew that if we didn't go that weekend, we weren't sure when we would be able to make it up there. So, we packed up and headed up to visit Nee and Umpa. We mainly just hung out and relaxed. It was a great weekend.

Headed into the lake for my first swim in a lake ever!

Riding on the boat with Mama

Swimming in the lake with my Daddy

Driving the boat with my Umpa

For my birthday, I decided to take the day off to spend the day with Zachary. Well, John ended up deciding to take the day off as well. My goal that day was to get to the Ottawa County Fair, a trip to Captain Sundae and then to dinner at El Burrito. We started the day heading to the Fair.

We fed the animals

we visited the animals

We enjoyed riding on a horse

And we stopped at Captain Sundae before heading home for a good nap. I had to get a tommy turtle, but daddy and Zac shared a cone.

In August we had another 2 weddings to go to. Back to back weekends again. This time we had to travel to Chicago one weekend and then turn around and travel to Glen Arbor the next weekend.

The first weekend we headed down to Chicago. We were asked to take Zachary with. So we loaded up the car with movies and activities to keep him busy. The wedding was beautiful and Chuck and Nina are now married. Congrats!

The following weekend, we traveled up state to Glen Arbor. Again we packed up the car with lots of stuff for Zachary to keep him busy. I went to my first outdoor wedding. It was a beautiful place overlooking Lake Michigan. It was unique as well, as you got to ride the ski lift up to the wedding.

For some reason, I failed and never took a picture of the bride and groom. Shame on me. Anyway, congrats to Brittany and PJ. I hope your wedding was everything you hoped for.

Overall this summer, besides traveling, we have been just enjoying some time outside, riding our bikes, swimming in the pool and eating some ice cream.