So I guess what you're saying is to not even fire the "multiple approval" notification from the item/workflow, but rather fire it based on a condition of the sysapproval table - is that correct?

For example if I have x approvals waiting and they are same parent request (or whatever my condition happens to be), then fire a different event/notification.....?

That may work- I just didn't look at it that way.

Thank you for the help!

Jason