Potty training

I am so impressed with how well Wyatt is doing at potty training. We have been working on and off since he was about 1 with him sitting on the potty. Well, the last few weeks we have been working at it a bit harder. Whenever we are home, he wears big boy undies. That way he will feel it when he goes potty and doesn't make as much of a mess on the floor especially if it's #2. We only have carpet in our house too so it's much easier to clean up with undies on. Well, the last few days he is getting the hang of telling me "potty" before he is actually going potty. It still is not soon enough to get him to and on the potty before he goes but I'm so proud of how quickly he is figuring it out. In fact, he has started telling me when we are out of the house that he has to go potty. I have some pull ups but I didn't want to start using them until he was trained a little better...maybe I should start using them when we are out of the house?? The other question is what do you do when you are out of the house and he says "potty" but you can't get to a potty in time or at all? I suppose even if we can't get to one in time I should still take him and sit him on it, right? I've been telling him "good job" and praising him when he tells me in public. Should I continue that when we can't get to a potty at all? Any advice on dealing with him going potty in public is greatly appreciated!!

Fall Fun!

We have been enjoying the fall in the midwest...Here are a few pics from the last few weeks.

Farm Aid

Saturday was the annual Farm Aid concert. This was our third one we have attended. We feel very strongly about supporting family farmers which is what Farm Aid is about. It all began with a concert in 1985 in Champaign to help family farmers. They did not realize that it would become a yearly thing. I can't wait til Wyatt is older and we can take him. They have booths promoting all sorts of agriculture related ideas/groups/farms, etc. We signed several petitions this year, just one of the many great things about going. If you are interested in learning more about Farm Aid and what they do, visit www.farmaid.org. It also helps that Willie Nelson is the founder of Farm Aid and anyone that knows me knows how much I love Willie! He tries to do so much for our country and sometimes I feel he accomplishes more than the president. He is a wonderful and caring man, a great musician, comedian and just plain a living legend. I have read his autobiography and if you ever care to know more about him, I highly recommend reading it. You will learn a lot about him. We visited his home in Texas one year and walked out on to his golf course. His recording studio is there and someone was inside playing when we walked by. Toby and I wished we knew who was in there so maybe we could get a peek inside...well, guess what? We found out when we got home that it was a band called Mates Of State recording in there and they were on the same label as Toby's band...go figure. We probably could have gotten in..oh well. Anyways, back to the concert. It was a great lineup this year, as always. Lukas Nelson (Willie's son) played and he was amazing. We got to see him last year too. Band of Horses was very good and I really enjoyed getting to see Norah Jones play. She is my guilty pleasure girl. Jamey Johnson played who is by far one of the greatest new country Nashville musicians. He's the real deal. Jeff Tweedy was pretty enjoyable as well. There were a few others but I'm just highlighting the ones I really liked. John Mellencamp played and he rocked my socks off like always. He just sounds so much better and fuller live. If you like him, I you definitely need to see him live....ah...soooo good. Neil Young was very enjoyable and with him you never know what you will get. Of course, Willie played last. You can tell he is getting older and just can't play as long because he always has guests to play with him some of the time. BUT he is still so good. I'm glad I got to see him play years ago when he could still rock hours worth of a set. This was my 6th or 7th time seeing him play...not really sure which. I hope there are several more and many more Farm Aid's to attend.








Me enjoying a pb &j sandwich I brought from home so I could afford $7 beers, lol.


My sil's sister (Kelly), me, Toby, Karyn (my sil) and my brother Curt.