Surprise!

If you haven't heard the news already - Surprise! Another baby Wyatt is cooking and is due to arrive September 20, 2016. It is not "Facebook official" yet, so please don't mention it on social media just yet.

Here are a couple pictures taken at our first appointment on February 15th. Dustin was off of school that day for President's Day, so I had a friend come over to watch our boys while Dustin and I went to the appointment. She had her two kids with her (the older one is Remington's age, and the younger one is a little younger than Baylor) so they were all able to play. My doctor had gotten an ultrasound machine upgrade since we had Baylor, so we were treated to a real show. She now has a big flat screen TV coming out of the wall that shows the sonogram, so the moms no longer have to crane their necks while laying on their backs trying to look at the little screen on the machine.

And here are a few more pictures that were taken at my latest appointment just last week. It was supposed to be just a typical tummy check appointment. The nurse drew blood (more on that later), and then the doctor came in to check on me. Remington and Baylor were with me for this appointment, and they were being nice and quiet sitting on a chair watching my iPhone which was tuned into a Wild Kratts episode on YouTube. After asking me questions, she had me lay back so that she could listen to the baby's heartbeat with her little wand/radio thing, but she couldn't really find it. I thought I heard a beat or two, but then I didn't hear anything. And again, I thought a heard another beat or two, and then nothing. She rubbed all over for quite a while, and then she told me that I could sit back up and to be prepared to move rooms. She was very calm and efficient, but she was also in a hurry. She called out to her nurse to ready the sono room now, and then she headed out of my room after telling me that they would get me in a few moments. This is one of the things I really love about her - she's not one to panic, but she's really on top of things and I feel comfortable with her looking out for me and my babies. The minutes-long wait was nerve wracking, and prayers were said. As soon as I got moved to the sonogram room, she bustled back in and told me to lay down. Right away we could see the baby moving! She said, "well it's kicking!" And it was! Literally, the first thing I saw on the screen were two tiny legs, each kicking alternately up and down, up and down. Then she moved the wand a little, and we could see the whole body. It was turning, rolling back and forth, back and forth. So I guess it was just playtime for baby, and that's why she couldn't get a read on the heartbeat monitor in the other room. So I got a few bonus pictures of our little one.

 And as for the blood test, we got the results back yesterday. The nurse called to say that all of the screenings for genetic abnormalities came back negative. Yay! And she also had the results of the gender. She asked if I wanted her to tell me right then over the phone or if I wanted a sealed envelope to come pick up. I opted for the envelope so that Dustin could hear the results with me. And when he (finally) got home from work, we all went outside to the back yard as a family and opened the envelope.

Southern was SO super excited. He jumped up and down cheering when he heard the news. He had said he didn't want to have any girl toys in our house. And he and Remington had already picked out names last week thinking it would be a boy. Southern wanted to name the baby Western, and Remington wanted Hank Williams Wyatt. Needless to say, we are still brainstorming names. ;)

Read Across America

To celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday, this week was declared Read Across America week, and Southern's school participated by having a fun dress up each day. 

Day 1 was Monday Madness, and the students were asked to dress in a "Suessy" or mismatched look. Southern picked out his own outfit - basketball shirt on backward, blue camo shorts, two different socks, and he requested crazy hair so I spiked it up with gel. 

Day 2 was all about the book Oh the Places You Will Go! Students were asked to dress in a college shirt with uniform bottoms (and that TLU shirt Southern is wearing was mine when I was in college). Baylor and Remington wanted to get in this morning's picture with Southern

Day 3 was about the book The Cat and the Hat, and students were asked to wear a hat with their school uniforms. Of course Remington had to put on his hat as well.

Day 4 was the day of the 2nd Annual Storybook Costume Parade. Last year, the children were asked to wear a costume, dressed as any storybook character, and to bring that book along with them to school to carry around in the parade. This year, some teachers had a class theme picked out. Southern had been planning his costume for a month or so now (he wanted to be Luigi), so he was bummed to find out his teacher was one of those with a theme. She picked fairy tales and wanted only the ones that they had learned about in class - Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog Prince, Hansel and Gretel, and Jack and the Beanstalk. Out of those choices, Southern picked Jack and the Beanstalk. I figured there would be a lot of Jacks in his class already, so I suggested he dress as the cow in the fairy tale or as the beanstalk. Southern said, "okay, I guess I'll be the beanstalk". Not very exciting, but I figured he could just wear camo and we'd call it done. Easy enough. 

Then last night, after the lights were out and the boys were tucked in bed, Southern asked me if I could make him a vest with leaves on it. What?!? We had decided on the camo almost a week ago. But he said that no one would be able to tell he was a beanstalk in the costume parade so he wanted a vest with leaves on it so that he would look the part. I told him, "I don't even know if I have any green fabric." He said, "well green or dark green or light green or anything like that, Mommy. Please?" How could I say no to that? So last night after bedtime, I went through my fabric (luckily I had a good size piece of light green and a little bit of dark green) and got to sewing. I made the vest first, then the leaves, and then attached the leaves. If it hadn't of been the night before, I would have probably made more leaves, but as it was, I am pretty happy with the results. And nothing could beat the look on Southern's face this morning when he proudly tried it on. The icing on the cake was overhearing Southern's teacher after the costume parade this morning talking to another parent and saying that the most creative costume of the day was the beanstalk! She then saw me walk up and congratulated me on such a cute costume for Southern, saying that he had told the whole class this morning that his Mommy made his beanstalk vest. :)

waving at us as his class walked into the gym

walking in the parade

with a few friends/classmates

brothers 

Southern's class (1A)

Day 5 is Mass Day, so no costumes. But it is early release. Yay!