Delicious Ambiguity

Welcome to the Scharrer family's real life story! Most of our story is written for, and about, our four kids and the spice they add to our lives. It's our story of happiness, craziness, and sometimes ridiculousness. We've journaled through childbirth, the terrible two's, private school (and our public school experience), an autism diagnosis, medical school, residency, and long-term mission work in Africa.

Now we're following a new adventure, which involves a 45 foot motorcoach, homeschool, and as many ski slopes as we can go down in one year.

03 September 2008

Yesterday we had our ultrasound and they are 110% sure that it's a boy! We are so excited to have one of each! I don't think that it's quite sunk in yet, but I'm sure as we start preparing, it will. I have nothing boy-ish at all. Everything we own, babywise, is pink and purple. So if you, or anyone you know of, needs to get rid of some boy clothes, let me know!!! :)

Ultrasound pictures will be up soon! According to the ultrasound, our due date was moved a day earlier (but that doesn't really matter since it's give-or-take a day anyway, but I like to think that it means the baby will come sooner!!!). They couldn't find everything they were looking for on the ultrasound, so I will have to have another one in about eight weeks, which I guess is common. Thanks for the prayers for a healthy baby. I definitely have had a lot more fears this time around. It's nice to know that everything is okay.

7 comments:

Melody12:03 PM
Congrats! I'm so excited for you to have one of each! You'll have a little Erik running around....are you ready for that?! Are you guys going to be able to make it to Thanksgiving? Hope so...can't wait to see you three! And I can't believe that my little girl will be 1 by then!!!!
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Hannah1:42 PM
Congrats Kara! I really thought you were having another girl :-)! Soo many of my neighbors are on girl #2 right now. I wish I had some boy stuff to lend you but I have tons and tons of girl stuff. I am really hoping we have another girl. I want to get one more use out of everything. I also like the thought of me and my 3 girls, or Joel and his 3 daddy's girls. The 4th can then be a boy! :-) If only I could plan it huh? I am glad everything seems to be going well. Don't be too worked up about the labor. Everything will work out and in the end you will have a beautiful, healthy baby. Abby was a posterier baby. I was able to get her out but only after 9 hours of pushing and 4th degree tearing. It can be done though!
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Anonymous4:39 PM
woohoo! how fun to finally know, hey! we found out today too so check the blog later on to hear our news!
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Anonymous7:33 PM
Congratulations! It'll be so much fun for you to have a boy and a girl.

I can't believe how big Maida is getting. She is so absolutely adorable:)
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Lindsey 1:22 PM
Congrats!!! So excited for you two!
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Michael and Katie3:18 PM
Congrats! Were so excited for all of you and can't wait to meet that little boy. We'll keep you in our prayers!
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Anonymous11:59 AM
How exciting! Congrats!
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Erik & Kara

Even though we met as babies and grew up as family friends, we didn't date each other until the end of college. Nine short months after "becoming official" we got married on August 28, 2004. We had a beautiful barefoot wedding on the beach in northern Minnesota, with lots of our friends and family in attendance. Now, after moving almost every year since we got married, we have officially decided that it's not time to settle, yet. After returning from six months of medical mission work in Zimbabwe, at Nhowe Mission, we are living as ski bums in our 45 foot RV motorcoach!

Maida Raine

Our princess was born on May 3, 2007 by an emergency c-section and has been the center of our universe ever since! She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce, was 21 inches long, and has somehow, over night, turned into a very intelligent ten-year-old. After a life-threatening appendicitis last year, Maida has made a full recovery and we're thankful for God's provision through it all. Her bubbly personality and confidence follows her everywhere and she truly makes every thing better with her presence. Maida enjoys dance, acting, and has already written several books (one that's well on its way to publication)! She has a passion for animals, learning, and song writing, as well.

Skogen Roux

Even though a VBAC was the original plan, our BIG boy Skogie-Bear was born two weeks early on January 14, 2009 by C-section. He weighed a whopping 9 pounds 5.6 ounces and was 20 inches long. Skogen is a sweet, loving boy with a great amount of confidence. Nothing holds him back from having a good time. Skogen spends most of his time dreaming of skiing and when there is snow on the ground, he expects to be skiing 100% of the time! In the meantime, he plays soccer, tennis, t-ball, basketball, and gymnastics. Skogen has a huge heart for Africa and loved his time in Zimbabwe!

Klaasen Burke

Klaasen was born on July 27, 2010 by scheduled c-section after plans of a VBAC were changed when his due date was reached and he was still nice and cozy inside! He outweighed his brother's birth weight at 9 pounds 6.6 ounces and was 21 ½ inches long. One of Klaasen’s earliest achievements in life was being one of the largest babies anyone had ever seen with a weight of 20 pounds at two months and 30 pounds at six months! But as seven years have now passed, he has slimmed down and is now quite average in weight and height for his age. Klaasen was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder a year ago. This was expected and a shock all at the same time. We make sure to tell him every day that autism is his super power and there is nothing he can't do. We're fairly new to navigating this world of having a "special needs" child, but we're enjoying the successes as Klaasen continually amazes us along the way. Klaasen is creative, inventive, and always keeping us laughing. Klaasen enjoyed his time in Zimbabwe, making more friends than he's ever dreamed of having. He would like to go back as soon as he can.

Torsten S

Torsten was born in 2012, on the only day in August Kara didn’t want him to come – our anniversary! A planned fourth c-section was scheduled on August 31st, but God had other plans, and a spontaneous labor on August 28th fulfilled Kara’s dreams of being able to labor one more time. After an afternoon of laboring at home and a successful c-section, more prayers were answered as Kara was able to hold Torsten skin-to-skin and even breastfeed while still in the operating room minutes after birth (two things that she never got to experience with any of the other births). Torsten was our smallest boy, weighing 8 pounds 12 ounces and was 20 ¼ inches long. At five years old now, Torsten is a very feisty little guy, never slowing down for a second! He keeps up with his older siblings quite well and perhaps will eventually be a better skier than them all, as he has been keeping up with the family on skis since he was 18 months old! Torsten loves playing with cars, playdough, enjoys Bible class, and prefers skiing black diamonds more than anything else in the world.

Barkley!

Barkley! joined our family in September of 2005. We never found out what kind of dog he was, but when someone asked, we just simply replied, "He's a rottweiler-pitbull-boxer-lab,"(unless it was a rental application, then he was a "lab mix"). He was everything we could have wished for in a dog. We lost him to cancer in 2016. Our hearts broke as we let him go and we are convinced that we'll never completely fill his role in our family again. He was a playmate, protector, the third parent, and confidant. We will always wish that we had more time with him.

Simba Zino

Among all of our gifts we brought back from Zimbabwe, Simba is probably our favorite. Simba Zino means "strong and powerful fang" in Shona, which will be very appropriate for him since he will eventually weigh around 200 pounds. Simba's breed is a South African Boerboel, which we don't have in the United States, and they are known in Africa for protecting the farms there from cheetahs, lions, and hyenas! Even though he's already very large, he's a gentle giant. He's an amazing companion and we're excited to watch him grow, grow, grow!

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