Party of Five

BABY W3 at 10 weeks.

It's official - the Wahrmund's are expanding yet again.  Had an ultrasound today to confirm that A) there is really a baby in there, and B) that I am 10 weeks along.  Just as I had calculated.  Even though I've been sicker than sick for the past five weeks and no doubt indeed expecting, it's always reassuring and wonderful to see the tiny heartbeat and the little flutters of movement (and was he/she really dancing for the camera today!).  I didn't hear the heartbeat at the doctors office, but when I returned home I found the item I ordered waiting for me from Baby Beat, the company that rents out doppler heart beat monitors.  Something I've done with all my pregnancies.  So I immediately checked for the heartbeat and was so excited when I found it!  I could listen to that sound all day long, it is music to my ears.  As of now, all is progressing as it should.  Baby is due June 27....three days before Scotty's 5th birthday!  But since it will be a scheduled c-section, it will be more like June 20.  Sadly, I am now in the "35 and older" category - sometimes referred to as "elderly maternal age".  YIKES!  Hopefully ol' grandma here will be just fine in the coming months.  I'd like to find out the sex of the baby, but Jay, as usual, does not want to know.  He is set to be deployed when baby is born and wants to be surprised via email.  Scotty is excited and is telling everyone about the "baby in mommy's stomach that makes her sick"....both he and Zac pat and talk to my belly.  It really is endearing.  Lets hope that endearment carries over when baby actually arrives :)

A Mother's Heart Attack

Jay has been taking the boys around our development on his motorcycle and they love it.  Usually he will have just one of them sitting in front, but now he's taken to having both of them ride along.  When I was sitting on the porch waiting for them to come back, I heard him reve the engine and speed all the way up the hill.  The boys think it's the coolest thing, but I could've KILLED him.  Neither child is wearing a helmet and he's playing Evil Kenevil!  GRRRRRR......

Vaccinaton Gone Awry....

The naval hospital finally got both seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccines, so Scotty and I headed down to the clinic on Saturday to stand in line like a bunch of cattle.  It took us about an hour to get through and when we did of course Scotty started freaking out.  I went first so he could see that it wasn't bad.  But that didn't seem to help his nerves.  Fortunately, the seasonal vaccine was a nasal mist and that was no problem.  But the H1N1 was a shot.  So, bracing for the worst, I held on to his upper body while the corpsman held his legs steady...however, I neglected to keep his arms tight and Scotty instinctively swatted away at the pain, thus dragging the needle from entry point down across his leg.  EEEK!  The corpsman was sure he got the vaccine completely injected before Scotty swatted, but I am not convinced.  It bled for quite awhile and I think the sight of that was worse for him than anything.  Needless to say, it definitely did not help with easing his fears of future visits to the the immunization clinic....

A Happy Halloween

The boys were really excited for Halloween this year. They had a party at their school on Friday and were permitted to dress up, which was fun since most schools don't allow that anymore. Last year Zac was in a stroller but this year he walked our entire development (about 50 houses or so) and hung in there til the very last door. It was a lot of fun to experience their excitement knowing they both fully understood what was going on. Scotty chose to be the exact same thing he was last year, a Seattle football player, and I didn't protest, as I was just happy he wanted to dress up. Zac was a rodeo clown, the costume I made for Scotty two years ago....most people don't know what he is unless Jay is dressed as a cowboy next to him, but this year - ahem - the ol' Wranglers didn't quite fit. Though, perhaps going as a bull would've been more fitting :) It was a good time, the boys got a lot of candy that they don't need and we made some fun memories - dad was home this year to enjoy it with us!

Scotty and Princess Avah

Scotty loved that his teacher was dressed like him