World meet tuldok!

The wife suddenly IMs me one fine afternoon and says 'daddee...can you buy pregnancy tests pls?' Heart jumps, deep breath, played it cool and said, 'Sure. How many?' We'd gone through this same exercise about a year or so ago and I've learned not to get my hopes up too much. What I didn't know was...she had already chucked off a few that afternoon and had been pumping large amounts of fluids into her system in anticipation of these 'revelation' sticks I'd brought home. She gets the stick, hits the bathroom and comes out (in less than the prescribed time) and shows me... the plus sign. Then she proceeds to tell me its actually the third test today already and shows me the other two in the bin.

Fast forward two weeks, 3 ultrasounds, a blood test, a urine test, two ob-gynes and a german-measle-scare...and tada))))...we have a heartbeat!! Tuldok - as we've endearingly christened him - is a temporary name of course until we decide on a new one...it'd probably come in time for his or her 23rd birthday. The name caught on during the first ultrasound and as one would expect five weeks in, it was simply ...a dot.

The little girl was with us during the second ultrasound. So, tuldok and bilog have met already.

measles shmeasles

I decided to work on something until a pretty late hour one night and just as I was about to hit the bed, I heard whimpering. The little-girl was sitting up, a bit weepy, a very sore throat and having a 39.1 temp. The panic begins.

Past weeks, there had been several cases of German Measles (presumed) and each of the little-girl's classmates were getting hit one by one. We thought she'd already outlasted this strain but apparently not...and with the wife's condition it was a very risky predicament.

Tried to get her to the doctor but her regular pedia was out of the country and I couldn't get around work. As the day progressed, the rashes started coming out and we were really on the assumption it was German Measles already. I shouldn't have left them alone as the wife really had to be physically away from the little girl but I just had no choice. In any case, went back home as soon as I could, got an appointment for the girl with a different doc and got the news we'd been hoping for. It wasn't measles... it was pharyngitis and apparently, the rashes were a normal symptom. Whew!!! The little-girl was ecstatic - 'Yey! I don't have to stay away from mommy!'

Big Star

With the school year winding down, this may be the last one for now. They had story-writing tasks today and apparently she did very well. Looking forward to reading it soon. Woohoo!

Ballet End of Year

Another ballet year ends. The plan was supposed to be a recital much like last year's but I think something misfired and the kids ended up with a quick-and-easy moving up day. You could tell from their faces, the kids were really concentrating and giving their best. Teacher Alena made sure everybody was attentive and performing well in front of the parents. After the hour-long program, teacher started to call the girls one by one and handed out their certificates. The little-girl did well and was looking forward to ballet again next year!