Homeschooling a Houseful

Happy Birthday Jacob!!

2:00 PM, Jul. 25, 2006 .. Posted in Birthdays .. 4 comments .. Link

He is 5. How did this happen so fast.

His birth is a bit hard for me to reflect on. He was to be our second home birth and he ended up being my second c-section.

During the course of my pregnancy we had insurance battles. I will never do that again. When the insurance company says they won't cover my home birth because I am high risk then I will leave it alone. With Jacob, we appealed and appealed and appealed. All the way to the point where we are sitting in a room with 5 other professionals telling me how dangerous it is for me to deliver at home. My high risk factors listed are AGE, and the number of children I have had and my premature delivery of baby #6. Good grief, baby #6 was born at 37 weeks 1 day and not because I was in labor, but because he had heart issues and was dieing. Anyway, I think it all took a toll on me, mentally.

I went into labor and I would have wonderful contractions and they would stop. This went on for 24 hours and I just gave up. I was seven centimeters dialated and just didn't want to do anymore. We went to the hospital and the doctor gave me no options..he just did a c-section. Did I mention that before I left the house I was seven centimeters. Anyway, all went well and Jacob was born healthy and happy.

He was 8 lbs 15 ozx.

He now has the brightest blue eyes and is a very charming little boy. He has the cutest way of saying things.

Here he is at 18 hours...

And here is Jacob at 6 months old taking a bath in the sink.

Getting ready for his first haircut...this will be just a little trim (June 2002)

Jacob turns 1 in July 2002

Jacob loves trucks and dirt...

Grannie always calls to sing happy birthday. This is 2005

And today, with Yahoo IM, this is Jacob receiving his phone call on the computer...

(he came in from playing in the pool).

Today Jacob is a very sweet blue-eyed little boy. He has the cutest way of doing and saying things. His favorite color is Orange. He has amazing energy and is very rarely sitting school. He is most excited about getting to join us for co-op this fall since he is now a kindergartner.