Helper Lillian

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

Success

Survey says?

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

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.

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.

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.

Mom's Fun Activities

Last night we were late getting to bed. In the drama that comes with exhaustion we had this conversation.

Abigail lay prostrate on her bed after stories and wailed:

Abigail: I wish I'd never been born! I don't want to exist.

Mom: Why?

Abigail: I don't get to do anything fun. Nothing I do is fun. You get to do all the fun things and I don't get to do any!

Mom: Abigail, what do I do that's fun that you don't get to do?

Abigail: Wash dishes! You get to wash all of the dishes!

Mom: Tomorrow, you may wash as many dishes as you want. You may even vacuum too.

So today, Abigail washed dishes, mated socks, and otherwise participated in fun activities.

Bruce and Emmett (Part 4)

A new copy of Bruce's and Emmett's Drummer's and Fifer's Guide is now available for download at http://www.notesoncode.com/sheetmusic/DrummersAndFifersGuide.pdf.

The latest copy adds page 90, the St. Louis Waltz, No. 6.