Well having a second newborn is an enlightening thing. It's a whole different peanut that we're trying to crack here. But here's a few things that we're doing differently this time:

• sterilizing baby bottles with hot tap water - Gee, it sure feels hot enough to kill all those nasty germs.
• keeping unused formula in the fridge for more than a day - the stuff smells so bad when it's fresh, how do you tell it's gone bad?
• not using a changing mat to change diapers - this one is going to bite us back soon.
• letting baby cry for a bit before picking him up - before we were always thinking there was something seriously wrong when he screams bloody murder. So how come he can stop crying as soon as you pick him up?
• wiping the baby's soother off on my shirt - well, the thing drops on the floor so many times, how can you expect to sterilize it every time that happens?

The family has been doing fine. Monica has been doing remarkably well. She's got tons more balls than I do when it comes to the kids. I thought she was brave when she ws prego with Nate - going to the park and doing her regular routine with Kaiden while being a week overdue!

She's such a great mother to her boys - including me. Right now she's out with Nate and K at gymnastics. Her labor wounds haven't even healed yet. She's a pillar of strength and she'd sacrifice anything for her family.

I loved her so much when I met her and now that she's my wife and a mother to our sons I love her even more than words can say. She's all I could ever want in a woman and she loves me back just as much. I'm the luckiest man in the world - I could have never imagined 5 years ago I'd be where I am now. I love my family and I've never been happier.