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Priest congregation grows

I'm happy to report our little Priest congregation has grown. We've added a new member to our family. Will made his entrance on Saturday at 4:51 p.m. at Mercy Southwest Hospital. It was a close call, Karen gave birth natural -- NO DRUGS. She would like everyone to know not by her own choice, but because Will just didn't want to wait.

Anyway, back to the good stuff. Will tipped the scales at 8 pounds, 10 ounces and is 19 inches long.

Will and his mother are resting comfortably, while big brother Landon is curiously peeking into the pack-n-play and saying "my ba-beee" every chance he gets.

"I poo, I pee" update

We wisened up and realized it was way too soon for potty training.

For now, we'll just let him run and get the diapers, and continue to show him where the bathroom is. Until then, I'm OK with changing a few, but only a few, dirty diapers.

"I poo, I pee" is it time to potty train?

Landon is 19 months old and is without a doubt the cutest monster on our block. He's been talking for a few months now, and a few days ago, he came to us and said, "I poo" and pointed to his diaper.

My wife looked at me and said, "Looks like we'll need to start potty training him."

My response was similar to Landon's, "Awe crap."

Now that he knows when he's done No. 1 and No. 2, and he runs to his room and grabs a diaper, we think it's time to train him.

So just how do we potty train? We thought about buying a book at Barnes & Noble, but we just haven't made the trek. Does anyone have advice? I've got so many questions.

I remember my dad teaching me how to ride a bike, but I don't remember anyone helping me learn to use the bathroom.

Plus does anyone have any tricks for helping him hit the target. My wife would probably like for me to learn to hit the target once in a while, too.

I know practice makes perfect but I have a feeling we'll have quite a perfect mess on our hands until he figures it out.