well, we're in for it now. mali, as i predicted a couple months ago, has decided it's time to walk. she's been walking with assistance for a little while now, but today she's ready for the real thing. she's taken a few steps toward mommy all on her own a few times this morning and seems to really relish the independence. while i'm, of course, very proud of my baby, i'm a little worried about it. see, i was already having a time trying to keep up with the two of these wiggles since mali got the hand of "speed crawling". she was the easier of the two, though, since she wasn't actually walking. now, however, i fear that she's going to be neck and neck with her sister. i can only hope that when they decide to run away from me, they'll at least run in the same direction.
while mali is moving forward, i realize that the old saying about "one step forward, two steps back" does not always apply to the same person. mali, here, is taking her steps forward. noe, however, is stepping back. we've had a major drawback with the potty training this week. on monday, i had to go to the urologist. while there, noe said she needed to go potty. so i took her to the restroom where the toilet has the automatic flush action. well, noe is pretty small, so it didn't register that she was still there when she moved a little on the seat and it flushed. she got so scared that she did her best to crawl over my shoulder to get away from it. ever since, she refuses to sit on the potty at home or in public. she hides to poop or just throws a fit if i suggest she goes to the potty. even the little potty is not an option. *sigh* now that monster thing is going to come back to bite me..so to speak.
a few weeks ago, i had a major kidney stone movement that made me sick and had me out of commission for a couple days. well, that was the final straw for me with this kidney stone. so finally went to the urologist. i got a nice x-ray of a pea sized stone that has no chance of passing without help and an order for surgery. so on thursday the 18th, i will be reporting to st. johns to have my stone broken up and pulled out. with any luck, that will be the last of that. i gotta tell you, i won't be missing the pea even though i've been carrying it longer than i carried either of my kids. the maternal instinct simply doesn't extend to stones or vegetables.
i finished the girls' christmas shopping from mommy, daddy and santa. i even bought fai's, though i'm almost certain he'll return it. i'll have mom and granny's by the weekend. just a few more left and i'll be done earlier this year than any of the previous years! well...maybe. i think my nephew is going to be difficult, which means we'll probably get him stock (fai's wish, of course). my brother, too, is in danger of the practical gift for lack of something better on his list. guess they'd better hope santa gets them something good.
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