Isaac:
I found this note in our cellar, originally from May 13, 1993:
Today Isaac was talking about Andrew (my newphew/his cousin) and asking, “Is he three?” while holding out three fingers. I said, “No, he’s thirteen.” Isaac immediately asked, “Where’s the thirteen finger?”
Isaac has a host of interesting things we could write about. He surprised us at 18 months by identifying and naming the letters “O” and “A” on his alphabet blocks. Before he was 2, he could name every letter of the alphabet, and recite them in rapid fashion if one pointed to a word. (He was at least 4 before he mastered the alphabet song.)
We tried to raise Isaac to be “weapons-free.” (We were naive parents.) At age 2, he ate his toast into the shape of a gun, and said, “Look, a toast gun. Bang!” After that we realized that there were just things, like playing army, that are normal for a boy’s development. David now has a huge arsenal of toy guns and swords. Naomi enjoys playing with them as well.
July 2, 2005 (in reference to sometime in 1995): This was what life was like with a newborn.
- This morning I knocked a book off my nighttable—Nichelle thought I dropped Isaac.
- A couple of days ago I brought some work home to do on my computer—I fell asleep at the computer, and didn’t wake up until midnight. Then I had to work until 2:00 a.m.!
- One night I fell asleep when I was feeding Isaac.
- Nichelle always wakes up, and can’t remember that she put Isaac to bed. She panics momentarily because she can’t find him.
David:
When David was somewhere around 4, he believe the opposite of incorrect was outcorrect.
John:
We adopted John when he was 10 years old. One of the things we really miss is that early childhood history. His sister has given us a few old photos, but there’s nothing to substitute for a decade of missing information. (Even his medical records were woefully incomplete.)