Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Keith the Musician

Keith is singing in the kitchen...

Keith: Abigail, am I the best boy singer in the family?

Abigail: No

Keith: Who is then?

Abigail: We could have another baby who is a boy.

Ouch!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Peeps

The Easter Bunny hid many peep chicks around our house Sunday morning. Lillian's were yellow and Abigail's pink. After placing two yellow peeps on our back deck Lillian explains:

Lillian: I leave two peeps outside for the hornets to eat. They like peeps. They told me they hungy.

~Later

Lillian: They not eat they peeps yet. I leave them here for the hornets.

As of Tuesday the peeps are still their waiting to be consumed by said hornets. I feel comforted knowing our hornets will not go hungry.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Helper Lillian


Lillian
: Mom, where is Livia's fire hydrant?
Mom: Her pacifier? It's right here.

Friday, March 16, 2012

Success

Survey says?

The version worked! Done at 39 weeks. So now we just wait for labor to start - and hopefully that is soon.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Breech

At 38 weeks in this pregnancy we found out that our baby is frank breech. Which means her bum is down and her legs are up and feet kind of by her face. In an attempt to help her turn over so her head is down and she is in the “correct” position for birth we tried the following:

Breach tilt: hands and knees on a decline with head below hips

Laying on my back on a declined ironing board

Laying on my left side

Lots and lots and lots of pelvic rocks

Visits to the chiropractor who used the Webster technique and even attempted to turn the baby

Left to try?

A manual version, done by our doctor, where he turns the baby with the use of a muscle relaxer

Right now she’s in a good position for a vaginal breech birth and if I stay healthy and labor begins on its own I can do that. Wish us luck! We'll see what happens.

Friday, March 9, 2012

Vans

On a walk this fine morning.

Mom: Lillian, look there is a bright yellow van.

Lillian: Yeah, they have a van too! They van, yellow...Our van, dirty.

True that.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Unicorns

Last Night

Abigail: I am a unicorn. My horn is invisible. No one can see it except kids, 'cause kids are all unicorns. Grown-ups can't see it because it's invisible. All kids are unicorns and can see invisible things. Grown-ups are unicorns too, but they don't know it because they can't see invisible things.

This Morning
In the carpool

Abigail: (Speaking to her toy unicorn she's taking for show-and-tell to preschool):
Don't worry little unicorn, I'm a unicorn too.

(To Kaleb): You are a unicorn too. All kids are unicorn.

Kaleb: I am not a unicorn.

Abigail: All kids are unicorns.

Kaleb: I'm not a unicorn.

Abigail: Girls are unicorns, boys are just humans.