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January 9, 2001

Jonnah brought it to my attention that I made a big deal of my husband's Christmas gift, but never disclosed what it was. It weighed 40 pounds and all my husband would tell me was that I'd either love or hate him on Christmas morning. Well, after I opened it, I understood what he meant. In the large box, I found a cinder block and a smaller clothing size box. In the smaller box, I found three Precious Moments' coloring books (special to me) and a book on forensic study. The book sounds strange, but it is very cool. I have to say that on Christmas morning, I loved him.

Anne is still not walking. She is 13 months old and not walking. I am beginning to worry a little. Kirk walked at 9 months and Aaron walked at 10. Anne can talk more than either of them at that age, but that is little comfort. I am taking Anne and Aaron in for a checkup on the 24th or 25th and if things don't improve I'll talk to her about it.

Have I written about the new doctor? I don't think so. I take my kids to the same practice I went to as a child. The doctor's are Korean. The only problem I have is that they are still very hard to understand. Well, they have brought a new doctor into the practice. She is Korean, but has very little accent. The accent is not that big a deal. What makes us love her is the way she is with the kids. Dr. Kim and Dr. Lee and wonderful, kind men and they really love children, but Dr. Ahn is so much more gentle and the kids respond to her much better. She doesn't fight with the kids to look in their ears, or nose. She doesn't just have me hold them down. She works with them, even little ones. We had Aaron there the other day and I didn't have to hold him when she checked his hears or listened to his heart. I know it may not sound like that big of a deal, but it makes such a difference. The kids are not nervous around her. I am so in love her. She is our doctor.

Aaron climbs out of his bed and knocks on the door to be let out. He has not taken a nap for three days. He is driving me crazy. I need nap time. I need to be able to nap or clean or get online. I think Aaron is going to drive me crazy. I just realized the other day that when Aaron was the age Anne is now, we had a brand new baby. It is hard to believe that Aaron was ever smaller than he is now. He and Anne are beginning to be a little competitive. If I'm playing peek-a-boo with Anne, all of the sudden, Aaron will show up peek-a-booing his little heart out. If by some twist of fate Aaron is sitting in my lap, Anne shows up and climbs on, too. It is nice to be so fought over, but it is getting a little overwhelming. I love to hold the kids, but both of them at the same time, all the time, is a bit much. Aaron has begun asking to nurse. I'm trying to discourage him and still let him feel loved. I say things like "You don't want to nurse, babies nurse. You are a big boy." or "Why don't you come sit in Mommy's lap." Anne nurses more for comfort now than for anything else, so I think that very soon, we will be weaning and I'm OK with that now. That is a huge step for me.