In this "paper pregnancy" I am guessing we are well into the 2nd trimester. This is the hard part- the uncertainty of knowing when we might get a referral. From our agency's updates, it seems like maybe end of July or August...but it is always prefaced with "but it is really, really hard to tell". So we are in a strange kind of uncertain limbo. Not sure whether to plan a vacation trip. Not sure whether to worry about travel possibly coinciding with the start of Kindergarten for Liam (OK, this worry is mine alone - Jim doesn't think about these kinds of things). Right at this very moment, we also seem to be headed to one of two regions. One is probably a "nicer" locale from a strictly travel perspective, but the other one would have a shorter Trip Two...so I don't even know which one to hope for.
In other news, we may have had a break through on the potty training with Natalie. I started trying the "just put her in underwear" approach. That worked so well with Liam - quickly. Not so much with Natalie. She would take notice of her accidents - but only AFTER they happened. One morning last week she went through 4 outfits in less than 2 hours and I finally decided it was not time for underwear. So I put her back in pull ups. And she was dry for the next 2 days. So now we're 50/50 on wearing underwear, and she is staying dry about 90% of the time. It seems to be good progress.
Liam is doing a morning camp at his preschool this week, focused on Dinosaurs. He came home yesterday and asked me if I realized that dinosaurs are Ah-Stinked. That means dead. :-) He seems to be enjoying it, and is starting to ask me how long it will be until Kindergarten starts. I really, really hope his big school debut isn't affected by our travel to Russia. I will feel so guilty.
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