Vertex!! woo hoo!!

I am feeling a lot better since this baby has been turned head down. I had an External Version done at the Tucson Medical Center last week and it was so awful. The Dr. that did was really nice but he pushed down so hard to get the baby around. He was holding him in his hands, pushing and turning while I lay an my back screaming. I don't even make noise while I'm in labor ( I have never had an epidural either) and I just couldn't keep it in. I felt so much better afterwards though. My belly wasn't as sore and my hips felt better. It was worth doing but if he turns himself back around I'm just going to have a C-section. I don't think I could go through that again. 

Jake is almost done with his first year of law school. His finals start 3 days after my due date and they last for 2 weeks. I might go to Pima and stay with my mom for a few days during the 2nd week.

Katie keeps telling me that she wants to hold the baby and he needs to come already. I do agree with her. I need to put a picture up of this pregnancy. I really am sticking strait out in front. I have a hard time getting through the halls in church and through the relief society room with out being stopped and commented on.  

Two weeks ago my dad was in a terrible car accident. He was the only one involved and he was very lucky to have survived it. He over corrected and rolled his truck off the road and down  a hill. It was about mid night and someone was driving behind him and saw it happen. He was taken to Tucson in a helicopter and ended up staying there for a week. He broke his neck (C6 and C7) had surgery that lasted for 5 or 6 hours and now has a halo on that he will have to live with for the next 2 to 3 months. He has kept a surprisingly good mood despite his condition. We have had lots of family and friends visit and call and help out in his garden. I now he really appreciates it. 

6 happy years

Jake and I had our 6th anniversary last saturday. It was a lame day. I was sick and pathetic all day. I slept a lot then threw up.... it was bad. However, while we were in Thatcher that weekend we did see a movie and go to lunch without having to pay for it. Thank you Mark and Liz for the movie and thank you Tina for lunch. It just worked out nice for us. On the way home from Thatcher I asked Jake if it felt like we had been married for longer than 6 years and he just smiled at me. Then we both started laughing. It was a special moment.

Disneyland

It is time to post some pictures of our trip. We had a lot of fun and were totally wiped out by the end of it. I think a trip to Disneyland every 5 years should do it for us. Maybe longer would be okay.

Jake doesn't like the beach. He was such a good sport to take us there. The kids loved it and really enjoyed looking for shells and getting wet in the freezing ocean water.

Zach didn't like waiting in line.


This is when she found out we were going to Disneyland. She didn't know until that morning when we were driving in front of the park and she saw everything disney.
Waiting in line is hard sometimes. This line was for the princess. It was worth the 2 hour wait.
I do have a lot more pics and you can see them here. http://gallery.me.com/jacobbradylee#100055

So my computer broke and I can no longer use it. It won't charge, and a new battery didn't fix it. I can't even get it to turn on. I will be using Jake's computer whenever he is home until we can get a new one. We decided to get a new one but not until August. I won't be posting very often, not that I post very much anyway.

I went to see my midwife today and it was confirmed with an ultrasound that this baby is definitely breech. Not a good thing for me. My chiropractor visits are going well and I am really feeling some relief in my hips and other bones. Hopefully after I'm done with that the baby will turn over and all will be well.

Another day

I have ben to the chiropractor twice now and my hips and pelvis are definitely less sore. My baby is still breech but I am optimistic that he will turn. At the very least I am in less pain. I really do like my chiropractor, she is very nice and has mostly the same ideas that I do. Yesterday at my appointment she was going over some of the tests and scans that we had done two days before. These are just to let you now what muscles are tense and some other mumbo jumbo that I'm not totally sold on. Anyhow, she started to tell me how stressed I was according to this scan. Not just stresses in the muscles but emotional stress, and how much energy I use to get through the day. (which I guess is higher than it should be, leaving me fatigued) I started crying. I was stressing me out to hear her tell me how stressed I was. Then she started asking me personal questions about home and family. I didn't appreciate that and thought she should mind her own business. I felt a little better after I was adjusted. Thank you Christy for watching my kids and then having us all over for dinner. That was very nice and just what I needed.  

I'm still annoyed with my kids. I love them, but they bother me. I have been trying to play games with them so they don't think I'm always a monster who like to yell and take away their toys. Yesterday I told them to clean their room 3 times and they would not get it done. I finally went in their and cleaned it myself. That means I took everything that was on the floor, which was about half of their stuff. They both sobbed for a good 30 minutes and Zach kept saying "we were just saying knock knock jokes". That didn't help the situation. 

I canned a batch of pinto beans yesterday that turned out very nicely and improved my mood a bit and then I made bread that did not turn out all and is very hard and very heavy. I don't know what happened. Usually my bread works and is really good but this time it was just terrible. What a waste. I was so upset. 

 I am looking forward to this baby coming and I keep telling my kids that things will get better when he comes. I won't be so grouchy. 

Katie

Yesterday was Katie's 5th birthday. I can't believe she is already 5 years old. I just wanted to make a list of some things about her.

1.  She loves to "art" and is pretty good for her age. I think so anyway.
   
2.   She is so excited for this baby to come and keeps asking when I am going to go to the hospital.  
3. She loves her brother and can be very helpful when she puts her mind to it.
4. She hates cleaning her room and washing her hair. 
5. She likes to eat spaghetti, salad, red bell peppers, and apples. 
6. She really likes fairies and thinks they are real.
7. She likes anything small and pretty.
8. She is very easily pleased and gets very excited over simple things. 

We just love her personality. She adds so much to our family and I think I just want boys from now on. She can be very emotional and moody.  She is so much fun.

Breech baby

We had a really fun vacation 2 weekends ago. I do plan to post about that, but I still have to put the pics on my computer. So for now I just have other news. 

Last week I went to my O.B. appointment with my midwife and told her of this terrible pain I have been having at the top of my belly. I have also been having a lot of pain in my hips and other bones in that area.  She felt around on my belly and then told me that my baby is breech. Apparently his head is getting boxed into a spot up there that is causing  this sharp pain. This pain makes it hard to get up from sitting and... well any movement hurts really. It almost feels like a HARD contraction in a very specific spot that doesn't really go away. His feet keep kicking me down on the other end making it sore most of the time. It also makes sleeping difficult. I have decided to see a chiropractor that is registered in the Webster's Breech Technique. I hope it works. I have heard that it works pretty much most of the time. I called to make an appointment and I talked with the chiropractor for about 25 min. and she told me that the sooner the better. At 32 weeks everything should work out. 

Katie and Zach have been driving my crazy most days. I know it's not their fault. I have been extra cranky, emotional, and crazy these days. I just can't stand the noise. I have a hard time with loud noise anyway, it just seems like lately if they start playing to loudly I...... well no one should know what I would really like to do.  I think it's hard for them not being able to go outside as well. Since we are in a complex they have to ask, and I don't let them unless the weather is nice enough to leave the doors open. I don't know any of the neighbors either and my kids will talk to anyone. Everywhere else we have lived it hasn't been a problem and they could go outside whenever. 

They really like their pre-school. The other moms and I take turns teaching and this week is my turn. Last time my kids did okay. This time having it at our house was not so good. Katie and Zach both cried for the first 40 min. They didn't want to share their things with everyone at the same time. I don't know why. It was a little stressful. Oh well. I just need to finish this week and then I have one more turn. I can do it. Even with swollen ankles. 

On a happier note, Jake has been really great to me. He made Valentines day and my birthday really great. He cleaned the house and did the laundry on my birthday. I really could not have asked for anything better. I HATE doing laundry. We had breakfast at Mimi's Cafe which I have been wanting for months. It was great.

Update

Today I am getting ready for our trip to Disneyland. I think is has been two years since Katie started talking about a trip to the happiest place on earth. She has cousins who have been and she has wanted to go for a while. We haven't told our kids that we are going and I don't think we are going to say anything. They will figure it out when we get there. We thought it was a good time to go before we have another baby. Having 3 kids is starting to make me very nervous. I will be posting pics when we get home. Until then our life is pretty uneventful. 

I have been walking in Sabino Canyon twice a week and I really enjoy it. Walking is about the only thing I can do at this point without feeling to awkward. I need to take some pictures of the canyon and post them. I really do live in a beautiful area. The Mountains are just magnificent. I have always thought that the desert is pretty but this desert is really exceptional. I think so anyways. 

Katie lost another tooth. She turns 5 in two and a half weeks and has already lost two teeth. I think Zach is a little jealous. I have noticed him checking his teeth to see if any are loose. Oh well, his time will come.

Every week we have a play group that gets together on Wednesdays. This week we went to a park called Agua Caliente. This park has a ton of ducks and lots of trees everywhere. My kids love coming to this park to feed the ducks. This time while we were there one of the park staff came over and told us we weren't supposed to feed the ducks anymore. My kids were a little miffed. They got over it more quickly than I had expected and started playing hide and seek with our friends that were there with us. It doesn't get any better than hide and seek. It is one of their favorite things to do. I did take my camera with me but of course I didn't take any pics. I am so bad about taking pictures, and I always feel guilty about it. I need to do better.

Katie and Zach are both really excited for this baby to come. Last Monday morning I had an appointment with my midwife and I was telling Katie that I was going to leave her at home home with Daddy so I could go to my appointment. She asked me if the I was going to have them pull the baby out. I started laughing and told her it was just a check up and she was a little disappointed.