The Joy of Potty Training

I woke up this morning knowing today was going to be quite interesting because it was Jackson's first day of potty training, but it was a long and challenging day. They wanted me to potty train him because I worked a 14 hour day today and will work a 10 hour day tomorrow so I'll be with him the most. I got to work this morning and Jackson had a cold, cough and runny nose that didn't stop all day. Instantly I knew it was going to be even harder because he had a cold and didn't sleep well last night.
He woke up before I got there so his mom tried to make him go pee pee in the potty but he threw a fit and wouldn't stop crying because every time he wakes up he wants to be held. So the first try didn't work out too well.
I tried to be creative and make potty training as fun as it can be. So I printed out a 'Cars' potty chart, bought a hot wheels car and used stickers. We taped the potty chart on the door and every time he sat on the potty, went potty, flushed the toilet and washed his hands he could put a sticker on each column. Every time he went potty he could have one M&M. I put a stack of books next to the potty and I would read to him as he was trying to pee. Lastly, once he filled up the entire potty chart he could open his gift I got him, the hot wheel car.
After breakfast I took him to the potty and he went!!!!! I was so happy. But the only problem was he didn't push it down so it squirted on the seat and tile floor. Guess who had to clean it up? Me! Yes, the joy of potty training. That happened not just once but twice.
After his nap I tried to have him go potty and he cried and cried and cried some more because he just wanted to be held. So we came back to the potty five minutes later and he did it again. I kept reminding him to push it down (it = his wee wee) so it doesn't sprinkle everywhere, but he kept saying "Roo do it." By the way, he is going through this phase where he wants roo to do everything (He calls me roo because he couldn't say corynne). I responded "No, I can't push it down Jackson. You have to do it." We went back and forth, but finally he stopped asking, thankfully!!!! Afterwards he wanted to wear big boy underwear. So we put them on and I was continually reminding him that if he had to pee to tell me and he would use the potty. I said it several times while we were playing in his room, and as he was standing next to me pee was coming through his underwear and it went ALL over the carpet. I quickly picked him up and brought him to the potty. Switching to big boy underwear was way too soon for him.
Even better, I laid on his floor right where I had just cleaned up the pee and got it on my sweater. So I took it off and he said "Roo hot?" and I said "No, I laid down where you peed so I had to take off my sweater." and He replied "Oh, Sorry roo" (in a sweet voice). I couldn't help but just forget about it. I guess you just get used to things like that because I'm daily changing smelly poopy diapers, wiping off snot and now cleaning up pee on the floor! Ohhhh the joy of potty training.
Hopefully day two will go better