Well, it's been a crazy few weeks, I'm not sure where to start...I guess I'll start with the good news, I'm pregnant! Ken and I are expecting our second child the end of June (June 25th). I seem to be having more difficulty with nausia this time and I'm getting big, fast! I'm already wearing some maternity clothes. I wanted to surprise my family with the news at our x-mas party, but I thought they'd all notice my big belly (and even more noticable, I wasn't drinking). I guess my sister-in-law Jenny noticed right away, but everyone else was pretty surprised with the news. (I already told my parents though, and my mom actually kept the secret!).
Bryson came down with an ear infection the week we were leaving for WI and had high fevers we couldn't control (up to 105-we went to urgent care in the middle of the night). He did very well on the flight to Green Bay and the pressure changes didn't seem to bother him, he slept most of the time. Over the next few days he seemed to get worse and just wasn't himself. When he developed a rash and started vomitting we figured he must be allergic to the antibiotics. Once we stopped them he started acting like his usual self again. But the next day his fever was back so we had to go back to the doctor to get new ABX. We drove to Madison for a quick visit with Ken's family. We had a nice get together with the Vandeleest family for christmas as well and my mom had the house fully decorated for the occasion. Bryson seemed to enjoy all the decorations, especially the dancing santa. What he didn't like was his snow suit (he looked so cute in it though!). He could hardly move in it, he cried when we put it on. He seemed to like the snow but needed to be carried around cuz he could hardly walk.
On Sunday we checked our flights and it looked like everything was on time, but when we got to the Green Bay airport our flight was canceled and they had us on a later flight. We got to Chicago, but that was it! Flights into Portland were canceled because of weather and the next flight out wasn't for three days! (Late christmas eve). So, we rented a car and drove back to Madison and spent a few more days with Mara and John (without our luggage, that got sent back to Portland.) Bryson got to go for his first sled ride, I had to sit behind him so he wouldn't fall back. He thought that was pretty fun. Luckily our flight to Portland went out and we were even able to get on an earlier flight. However, due to other unforseen problems we still didn't get home till about 11:00 PM. When we went to get our luggage we realized we didn't have the claim ticket and there was no way for them to track it down (it could be 4-5 days). Luckily we called Mara and John and they found it in the paper recycling at their place. When we finally got to our car there was about 2 feet of snow behind it and it was covered with 1/2 inch of ice. We had to use our chains to get out cuz of all the ice.
It sure is great to be home! Bryson seemed to be happy as well, he started playing with his toys right away. I couldn't believe how much snow we got (about 15 inches) we almost didn't make it down our street (they don't plow much here). It even snowed on Christmas Day (apparently it's a record, there's never been snow here for x-mas). I tried to get Bryson to make a snowman with me, but he didn't last very long outside. The snow is just about all melted now and I'm glad, I'm ready for things to get back to normal.
We got a few new things for Christmas, so we did some re-arranging of the furniture. We got a lap top, so we were able to get rid of our huge desk in the office and put in our old entertainment center. We put the old computer in the music area and hung up the guitars so Bryson can't get at them. We changed the set up in the living room and got a new TV, the room seems so much bigger now!
