Beckys Blog

Just wanted to let everyone know that if you don't see any posts on my blog for a while, it 's because our computer died so I have no internet until we can get our tax return and replace the entire computer. I expect this could take a month or so. If you know of anyone with a spare computer that they aren't using that we could borrow for a month or so, please call me. I'm going crazy with no internet.

I think these are the cutest videos I have or Raquelle so far. She got the hiccups from laughing so hard. Then I started imitating her and she thought it was hilarious....so we decided to video it for how much she was laughing. Excuse the messy desk in the back ground. I've practically been living at the desk the last week or so while doing our taxes. Part 1 Part 2 In other news and events, our friends Jeb and Melissa had their twins yesterday! Their little boy Kennith was 5 lbs 12 oz, and their little girl Aubry was 6 lbs 5 oz. We got to go visit them at the hospital today. They are so tiny! I got to hold Kennith for a while. Both babies are very cute. It made me want this baby to flip and be born! Except he really does need to cook at least 6 more weeks (preferably 8 or 9) before he would he strong enough in the outside world.

To flip a breach or transverse baby: Prop a solid plank such as an ironing board up on a chair or the couch. Stack pillows around it in case you fall off. Lay on the board upside down for 20 min at a time 3 times a day. Repeat daily until baby is head down in order to avoid a C-Section. Yah, So this is about as comfortable as it looks! As if the baby's head wasn't putting enough pressure on my ribs already! The idea is to get him higher up in my abdomin so that he has enough space to turn around before he settles back down onto (or preferable into) my pelvis. In case any of you ever try this, I recomend getting up slowly. Being upside down for 20 min all the blood rushes to your head and when you stand up, everything goes black! Anyway, for your amusement, here is a pic of what I got to do this afternoon. The goal is to hopefully have him head down by my next check up at the end of February. And just for fun and becuase she is so cute, here is another picture of Raqu...

Before Raquelle was born, I taught preschool. So today, I decided she is old enough to get started. We sang some songs, worked on our colors, learned about circles, read a couple books and then colored with crayons for the first time. Here are Raquelle's first color pictures ever! The first one she did all by herself. The 2nd one was the one where I was showing her how to use the crayons and holding onto her hand to help her. Of course, I did have to tell her no and take a couple crayons away when she tried to eat them, and I had to hold the paper down so she wouldn't tear or eat it too, but we had lots of fun this morning! She doesn't do the motions to any of the songs yet, but she claps for me! Maybe in another 6 months she will participate too! In honor of her first day of preschool with mommy, I did Raquelle's hair in her first pigtails. They are a little uneven because she didn't want to hold still for me, but I'll fix them before we go out this ev...

Raquelle was officially moved from the infant nursery to the toddler nursery today! I was a little worried that she would get trampled by all the bigger kids, but since she is tall for her age, she was the same size or bigger then most of them. She turned out to be quite the sippy cup thief and they had to put away the books with the paper pages because she tried to eat them. Other then that, she did fine. She is understanding more and more of what we say to her. When I give her a shoe to play with, she will try to put it on her foot. When I tell her "sockie" she will hold her foot up for me to put her socks on her. She is finally sitting still for me to fix her hair and just this week she started holding her own bottle! She is trying to say diaper when I change her, but no one other then her parents would recognize this new word quite yet. The real "big girl" of the house is doing well too. I haven't measured in TP recently like I did with Raquelle, b...

For everyone who has been asking, here is a video of Raquelle walking! I am posting a link instead of the actual video so that my wonderful readers who have dial up can skip the video if they want. Anyway, enjoy. Walking baby!

Well, Thad got off work about the time I got out of bed this morning! He went to work and they basically said the roads were to dangerous and sent everyone home. We have snow on top of ice. According to Thad, that's not a good combination to drive on. So, we are enjoying having daddy home today.