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I cannot believe it's been over three months since I've posted. Life with two kids is much more than twice as hard. A co-worker told me "One is like none. Two is like ten. Three is like one." We're not planning for number three...yet! Let's see if I can catch you up on the last few months. Avery has really regressed with her potty training, having about five accidents a week. Can you call it an accident if she's doing it on purpose? Basically, if we're not giving her enough attention, she'll pee in her pants. I used to bathe her in nice warm water afterwards, but realized that was rewarding her for this behavior. Now, when she does it, I bathe her in the coldest temperature water I can get. I don't think she's doing this on purpose quite as much. Nolan is doing really well (although he's sick today). At about a month old, he wouldn't breast feed any more, so I pumped and gave him a bottle. Magically, around two months old, he wanted the breast again, so I worked in at least two feedings a day. Then, when he was three months old and I was returning to work, he started teething. Breast feeding was O-V-E-R within two weeks! We hired Nanny Angie two months ago. She is PERFECT. She's American, but fluent in Spanish, and she is VERY hish-energy. We share her with our neighbor (whose son is two months older than Nolan). Avery also started gymnastics about two months ago. She did very well, and just got a trophy last Thursday. I'm going to keep her out of classes for the summer, and re-enroll her in September. She'll get to go to the three-year-old class, which means she'll be doing gymnastics with her coach, and Mommy will just sit and watch. For the summer, I'm hoping to get Avery in swim lessons, and start Nolan in Gymboree. I'll probably wait on the Gymboree until he's at least crawling and pulling himself to a stand. Then in September, Avery will start pre-school two days a week. After six months on the market, $15k in reductions, and no offers, we are renting out our townhouse. I really hope this is a blessing in disguise, and that next year we can sell for more than we paid for it, and get some of our equity back. My Thursdays/Fridays home alone with the kids are wearing me thin. Nolan is pretty easy-going, but still needs quite a bit of care. You know, food, changing, holding... However, Avery wants all my attention. This results in LOTS of very LONG tantrums. I think Avery is averaging about two-three thirty minute tantrums a day. Most of these days, I feel like I'm losing my mind. Plus, I'm usually taking care of them, trying to keep work moving along, and either grocery shopping or doing laundry. This drains me, and I feel very unproductive at the end of the day. I asked Del if I can please come back to work full-time. We'll see... Three close friends of mine are expecting babies. Melissa is due with a baby girl in just nine weeks. Ashley and Megan are both scheduled to have their babies in November. Can one of you please have a boy? Then our boys will be less than a year apart. May has been crazy. We celebrated Mother's Day, then Nathan went for a guys' trip for a few nights, and I've had two girls' nights just last week. Mimi came to visit this weekend, and with Grammy, we took the kids to Schlitterbahn. It was awesome! I think we're caught up for now. If things go smoothly, you'll hear from me again soon. If not, it could be a while. Catch 'ya later!