We’ve tried potty training a few times in the past year. Twice to be exact, before this round.  They were disasters. He wasn’t ready, at all. I’m not the type of parent to force things. So we just agreed to try again later.

This round of potty training we started a little over a month ago maybe… We have had a little froggy toilet for about a year. We brought it out in the living room (where we spend almost all of our time) & just sat it there. He became very intrigued & would sit on it fully clothed. That eventually led to me letting him run around naked from the waist down & encouraging him (very often) to use the potty to do his biz. He picked up on it this time, this time he was readier than the previous attempts.  He had a few accidents, peeing on the couch, on the floor, on the dog, but overall I was impressed. I rewarded him with M&M’s & fruit snacks the first two days he would successfully use the potty. After that we stopped the rewards & he never even noticed.

We had about a week of him not wanting to go number two on the potty though, he’d wait & wait for a diaper to be put on.  Finally he started doing that on his potty too!

We still weren’t able to clothe him or put underwear on him with success though. He would do his biz if he had something on his bottom half to catch it. So that really made it kinda tough. He’s “potty trained” only at home. I guess that’s a start.

Then fast forward to today. I had the same talk with him I’ve had every morning this week after I take his morning diaper off. I pull his jammie pants back up & tell him he HAS to tell me before he goes potty so we can take his pants down. He hasn’t listened to that the past three days. Today he’s listening. He’s asked for help to pee twice & just a few minutes ago he pulled his own pants down & went on his own, then pulled them back up & went back to playing. Hopefully after a few days of this we will be able to put underwear on him, & eventually venture out in public sans a diaper.

It wasn’t an immediate process for us like it is for some families. This is just one of those things where I think your kid really has to go at his own pace, whatever that may be, & it has to be OK.

This is what happens when I don’t have enough adult interaction & I have wine….& dinnas to cook.

This video just pretty much sums me up. If you are ever wanting to know what I’m like, this is it people. Also could be why I only have three friends, but I don’t know….

I’ve been slowly redecorating our living room area for the last year. Really slowly. I’m no where near finished. I’m trying to keep things really low budget. I stick to thrifting & crafting & am all about DIY.

Our house is barely 1000sq. ft. It’s cramped which means it automatically looks cluttered most days.

A few weeks ago I posted the following picture on instagram complaining about Milo’s space in the living room taking over all of the living room.

Every few months I cycle out some of Milo’s toys so I did that recently & reorganized his space in the living room.

It still takes up the same amount of room but just looks less cluttered & messy.

For many of my adult years now I’ve noticed that I really like alone time. I like doing things by myself. Being alone with my thoughts, I can act how I’d like, be as quiet as I like, or say ridiculous things out loud while driving in the car with no one staring at me waiting to give me a reaction.

One of my personal goals for this year was to hang out with friends more often, make more of an attempt to see & keep up with family, especially my in-laws. I’m failing miserably at this. I  feel like they must think I hate them or something. I never really email them, or call them, & always wait to be invited to things. I never plan anything with anyone really.  For the record, I think my in-laws are FANTASTIC. Seriously, especially my sister-in-laws. I love them. A lot. I just have a ridiculous non existent way of showing it for some reason.

I can also go like really long periods of time with out seeing friends & family & am usually fine with it. Again, I love my few girlfriends fiercely but, for some reason I seem to be content with sometimes only seeing each other once in a months time.

I think this habit is bad. I think this habit gives people I truly love the wrong impression. How could it not? I tried to break it & failed. I’m one of those weird people that could move to a remote island away from ever soul she knows & be OK. Well, at least I think I am. And again? No clue why I’m like this because I seriously do love these people with my whole heart, I just really suck at showing them.