been a while...

Life is full of surprises... Our littlest one is two and is so different from what we expected her to be but we wouldn't have her any other way, even though she won't stop scribbling on the walls and letting us know in the most disgusting way that she doesn't like being in a dirty diaper. Zander is soon to be four and while we've had some challenges with him, for some reason I've been able to handle them better. He reached a milestone today which some people will think is late in coming but it's better now than a year from now. We finally came to the realization that no matter how much we tried to get him to use the potty I bought a year ago, he wasn't having it so, off to purchase a new one, which he got to pick out. I laugh about it because he picked out the one that looks like a little throne and plays "royal" music when it is used. My little Prince. : ) He calls it the oyster potty... not sure why he thinks it looks like an oyster, but I'm ok with that. It's amazing how far both the kids have come in the last six months. Both are talking up a storm, Zander is much easier to reason with although sometimes he acts like a teenager, yelling FINE and running to his room and slamming the door. I guess we can say that we conquered that phase very early on... I've returned to work since my last post and I can honestly say that it was the best thing I could do for my kids. I'm enjoying them a lot more, I get my adult social time and I contribute to the finances. A boost for me all round. There's a lot happening, but each day is a new adventure and I wonder what God is going to do next.