I'm so proud of my son today! At 16 months old (the day after tomorrow, biologically), Emmy peed into the potty twice today, when it was the very first time ever that he sat on it. Good job, young man! Tammy sat on it the first time a few days ago, but she didn't do anything. Way to go!

For the second day in a row the little ones woke up an hour earlier than usual. Again, we ignored them and let them talk and got up just a few minutes earlier than usual at 8 am to make breakfast and feed them. By the time Caritas helper Christine arrived at 8:30, they were pretty much done eating.

Once again it was approaching 4 am, when I went to bed last night. This morning I already woke up just after 7 am, because I heard them talking. We stayed in bed anyway and got up at 8 as usual. After breakfast, Randy went downstairs with them and I went back to bed. I was rudely awakened not long after having fallen asleep, when...