It is amazing to me, as I sit and watch my older son (Big Brother), that over the past 4 years our lives have changed so much.  4 years ago, I had come to the conclusion that teaching high school math at the school I was working at, just wasn't going to cut it.  Doc and I had decided to have a baby and I would stay at home.  Big Brother came into our lives in Aug. 2004.  He was the joy of our lives.  Doc was finishing his 3rd year of Med school and I stayed at home.  We went to playdates and hung out with friends.  Money was really tight, but we were happy.  After Big Brother turned 1, I started Real Estate school and began selling houses as a Realtor.  I did this for almost 1 year and decided that it was costing me more than I was making.  Doc had graduated Med school and we found out we would be staying in the same city to start Residency.  So that we could buy a new house, and so that we could have another baby, I decided to go back to work as a high school math teacher.  This time I was fortunate to find a wonderful school with a wonderful administrator.  The kids are great.  I was pregnant with Baby Boy, Big Brother was attending daycare, Doc was in his 1st year of Residency and I was happy with my job.  I had Baby Boy, and went back to teaching when he was 4 months old.  We had planned my pregnancy well--I had Baby Boy six weeks before school ended and had all summer off.  Now, Baby Boy is almost 11 months old, Baby Boy and Big Brother both go to daycare, Doc is in his 2nd year of Residency, and I am about to "retire," once again from teaching.  I have 2.5 months left and then I will stay at home with Baby Boy.  Big Brother will start Preschool in August.  I am really excited because my plan, other than staying at home with Baby Boy, will be to really dedicate a lot more time to my Avon business.  I have been selling Avon on the side for almost a year and I love doing it.  I have met many new people doing it and I have made a little money as well.  I have also discovered a new interest in politics.  I feel like I want to become more involved in the local Democratic party.  Luckily my wonderful husband is very supportive in whatever I want to do as long as his income affords it.  We have come so far in the past 4 years.  I try to imagine what our lives will be like in the next 10 years, but it really is not something that I can quite wrap my mind around.