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They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree

Here's a video that irrefutably proves that Gabi is my daughter since she a) likes to sing but is not good at it and b) more importantly, she's a singer/songwriter since she likes to take popular songs (in this case the ABC's) and put her own lyrics. Enjoy! Oh, and sorry you are going to have to tilt your head 90 degrees to the left but my sister in law didn't know that with my camera you have to videotape in "portrait" not "landscape".

Acid Reflux

Sebastian started vomiting a fair amount in the last couple of days. Jose was freaking out and I was trying to be calm about it, but after a HUGE incident this morning I decided to take him to the doctor. Turns out he has acid reflux, but I am relieved that it's not something worse like pyloric stenosis which actually requires surgery (my nephew had to get surgery when he was very young - 6 weeks or so).

Life with 2 kids

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Of course I thought I'd be able to write a lot more than I have, because in my mind I always have more time than I actually do. But I just wanted to update you guys on how I've been! Although first of all I want to ask Lety to give us all the details of her new job!!!! You might notice this blog entry is peppered with introspection about my "strengths" and "weaknesses" - this is a result of my immersion with Marc Buckingham that I've been dying to apply to my work life, but since I'm not going back to work until August 1st (thank god!) I have to apply to my home life for now...so please forgive me for the self-indulgence. Anyway, things have been OK, although Patty left yesterday and she was such an IMMENSE help that I was actually emotionally blackmailing her for a while to stay longer with us, and it was actually starting to work. But then I sort of felt guilty because I knew she wanted to go home, and I also said to myself, eventually I'm goin