pee pad weening

Question
Hello, I live in San Francisco, in a 3 story home.  My Morkie, now has a pretty good grasp of peeing and pooping on pee pads, (when the pad is on the floor LOL!).  Now, I am trying to get him to pee and poop outside.  When he 1st wakes in the morning (he is now sleeping in a crate in our bedroom, 2 stories up), I am able to take him out to the yard and he will pee and poop.  I then feed him and try to take him to the yard again (1 story down)to get him to pee after he eats (he poops and pees once before his breakfast)he gets downstairs and thinks its playtime.  I also have a pad outside.  I bring him up and start preparing our breakfast, and sure enough, he pees a little on the pad. I have been trying to remove the pad completely and keep a strict eye on him, but he's like a ninja...then there is a puddle.  If I try to put him in his kitchen crate 1st thing, he would yelp to wake the dead..  I guess I am a real softy and am paying the price for it now. He is 18 weeks old.

Answer
Okay, crate train first using the tips in this article http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-7644-Detroit-Pet-Training-Examiner~y2009m7d29...

Second... I don't suppose there's any way I can teach you to just let sleeping dogs lie and let the poor thing keep his pee pads?
It is very very difficult to train a dog to go in a different place once they've been trained to a spot. I make my clients decide, one or the other. Not both. Think about it. If you were potty trained to use a toilet and then suddenly you were expected to go behind a tree. Never mind, bad example, especially if you're male- I've never seen a boy pass up a chance to pee on a tree.

Yea. It can be done, but you're going to have to start from scratch.