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Owen snuggling w/ his papa.

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Henry...deep in conversation with my grandpa and brother.

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My grandma (and grandpa) spent a good deal of time in the water too.

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Lovebirds.

Potty training update

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With a naked Henry from Florida (one of my fave photos).

Day 2: Only one accident yesterday in the morning. :)

Day 3 - today: Only one accident early evening right before bedtime (on Eddie's watch I might add), but it was a super successful day. Henry slept w/ us last night - that's a whole separate story - and woke up at 645 AM saying he had to go potty. I ran to the bathroom (this part stinks about having kids out of diapers) and took his night night pants off (they're really diapers, but we don't say the d word in our house anymore) and he peed. Great start. I had to work today at 3, so it would be his first time attempting the potty somewhere else and under someone else's watch. Thankfully, he was going to my good friend, Sheila's, house. She has a wee bit of potty training experience herself. So...success there, too! No accidents. He told her when he had to pee and kept his train underwear dry. YIPEE! Then, when Eddie got home w/ him he peed a few times, but had one small pee accident right before bed. Pretty good, I think, for the third day!

But, here's the cutest part: When Henry sits down on the potty he yells, "BOYS! BOYS! Come on!" and motions and calls for Owen and Emmett. Owen and Emmett being the best big brothers that they are come running, watch him pee/poo, then we all sing the potty song and hi five. However, by today, day 3, Owen and Emmett were all "Do we really have to come EVERY SINGLE TIME?". So, I bribed them with candy :).

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This is what he thinks of leaving Florida. :)

Everyone.

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Don't you love our cheesy (but FUN!) family reunion t shirts. Every family has different colors. Our color was red and the Leahy's was orange, but unfortunately, they look like the same color in the photo. There is a picture of a family tree (filled out) on the back. I don't mean to be sentimental, but it's amazing to believe that all these people came from 2 people that fell in love.

You're going to have to click on this photo to blow it up, so you can see everyone.

And, Amy, maybe I should have taken you up on your offer to come along as the family photographer. I'm sure we could have gotten a better group photo then :)

The complete cast of characters

I'm going to go through the whole group of us that were in Florida. It may take a bit to sift through all the photos. Bear w/ me, because there are some good ones :)

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Aunts Mel and Hilde and my grandma and grandpa hanging out in the evening. Aunt Mel made us strawberry dacquiris in the evenings from her condo. YUM!

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Uncle Tom, jellyfish hunter.

The Boerio Family

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This is my Uncle Brad and my Aunt Mel. Uncle Brad is the youngest of the Boerio siblings. They live in Columbia, MO and their adorable little girls are below.

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Uncle Brad and Henry

PS Notice the car in Henry's hand. He carries them around EVERYWHERE now.

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My cousins, Carlie and Sophie.

Carlie is 7 and Sophie is 5.

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Aunt Mel snuggling Henry. She threatened to take him home w/ her all week. They were buddies.

The Leahy/Wilson Family

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Pardon me but this is the ONLY photo I have of the Leahy family and in particular of my Aunt Jeanette and Uncle Joe. Can you believe that? It's even harder to believe, because we got to stay at Aunt Jeanette and Uncle Joe's home for 2 nights on our way to Destin and 1 night on our way back. How come I didn't get any photos of them at their house? Owen and Emmett curled up w/ Uncle Joe on his sectional and watched Little League baseball and Shark Week. It would have made for a great photo.
Anyway, Aunt Jeanette is my mom's sister (the oldest of the 4 Boerio kids). They live in Nashville, TN.

We're missing Aunt Jeanette and Uncle Joe's other daughter, Kate. She and her husband, Mark, live in Nashville, TN. She is 37 weeks pregnant w/ her first baby and couldn't travel. We missed you guys!

Wilson Family

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My cousin, Brooke
Her hubby, Andy
Their baby boy, Caleb, who is 15 months old.
From Nashville, TN!

We got to spend a little extra time w/ them, because we stayed in Nashville on the way to Destin and back. It was super great, because I haven't seen them since summer 2007.

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Henry wondering why Caleb is crying?

Potty training update

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Yesterday was potty training day #1 and Henry did pretty well. It's funny - I can't really remember how the first day went for my other boys, but I suspect it was pretty much like Henry's. Lots of accidents, but also some successes and he told me every time he went potty - even if it was running down his leg.

Today, he's done better. 4 successes this AM and only 1 miss. So, yeah! I'm still watching him like a hawk, so I can "catch" him if he looks like he's getting ready to go before he has an accident. He is preferring to run around naked, although he has put on undies a few times.

I'm not completely sure...but I think it might be working :).

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The Track!

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One of my boys favorite things that we did in Florida was go to a big go kart, bumper boat, mini golf, bumper car, etc place. My mom watched Henry one morning and Eddie and I, Owen and Emmett, and my brother, Brian, and I went. Well...technically we went the evening before, first. But the place was packed! I'm talking they said it would take 3 hours to get through one mini golf course. No thanks. So, we went back the next morning and it was perfect. We didn't wait for anything. The boys loved every second of it, but their favorite was the go-karts.