12/31/07

December 31, the last day of the year. 2007 was a good year for me, and an average year for most. Below average if you had to go to Iraq, or if you had a poor mortgage.

We just got back from our trip to Nebraska to visit my parents. Quite a bit happened while we were there, so I'll just go over the highlights.

Logan was charming. He liked mom and dad, and figured out that he should call them Grandma and Grandpa right away. He played in the living room, but really enjoyed the stairway. He liked to kick balls down to whoever he could get to stand on the landing halfway down. He found and enjoyed playing with the Fisher Price Huffy Puffy train - an old wood train from my childhood. He called it the "coffee choo-choo" because he couldn't quite pronounce huffy puffy.

We announced to the world that Heidi was pregnant with twins on Christmas eve. After all of the presents were opened I handed mom an envelope with the ultrasound picture inside. Mom and dad were so excited they forgot to properly dress up for late services - dad didn't have a tie, and mom wore black jeans. Carol called nearly every day after we told her we were going to have twins.

Logan, Heidi and I visited Kansas City. Stacie and Pierre were visiting along with their two (for the time being) children. We stayed at a nice Mariott by the Plaza, and we saw Brian and Sarah's new house. Logan liked playing with his cousins there - especially with Ethan. We told Stacie and Pierre about the twins - they were both very excited. The next day we went to Crown Center and the Union station before driving back to Lincoln. I think Heidi really liked Kansas City.

Logan liked sledding! It was very cold the entire time we were there, and about six inches of snow were on the ground the entire time. We bundled Logan into his snow suit and pushed him down the hill on a sled. He loved it, and called the sled an "outside chair" before he learned to call it by it's proper name.

The last full day in Nebraska we all visited the Omaha zoo. Heidi was impressed by the Leid Jungle and the Desert exhibit. The aquarium was also pretty interesting, though not as good as the Seattle Aquarium. We didn't see any of the outdoor exhibits - it was still too cold to go outside.

We learned that Paul's mother is sick while we were back in Nebraska. She has non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and started treatment on the day after Christmas. We met Paul and Michael at the Children's museum the day treatment began.

The flight back to Seattle was not the most fun I've ever had in an airplane. Logan and Heidi both got airsick due to turbulence. Logan got sick on takeoff, and I had to keep Logan occupied most of the flight - Heidi was trying to deal with her nausea. Heidi finally threw up right after we landed.

12/19/07

Heidi's birthday!

Logan is still sick. He got sick yesterday, and remained sick today. He has a persistant 102 fever - but no other symptoms. He's sleeping quietly right now. I hope he sleeps through the night.

Tomorrow we will fly to Nebraska - and I hope he's healthy enough for the flight.

Tonight we celebrated Heidi's birthday - we went to the Yarrow Bay Grill while Logan stayed with Carol and Bryan. Logan seemed to have a good time. It was strange eating without Logan - I felt impatient for the end of the meal.

12/18/07

Plumbing difficulties abound in my house right now. I just fixed the drain from the sink and disposal. There was a popsicle stick in the U-bend. It was causing other clogs to form, blocking the drainage from the disposal and the sink.

Now I suspect that we have a dishwasher problem as well. I found water welling up from under the VCT tile by the sink. There were no leaks I could find from the other plumbing, so by process of elimination it's got to be the dishwasher.

I'm scared to actually try to fix the dishwasher - time to call the plumber!

12-12-07

Today I dropped Logan off at daycare and picked Logan up from daycare. I also fed him breakfast and supper. It was a Logan-irrific day!

Logan was pretty happy in the morning. He's usually happy when he gets up, and pretty happy through breakfast. When I brought him downstairs he said "hi Chazz!" He usually greets Chazz every morning. I make him a breakfast of cereal, yogurt, juice. He also likes the fruit and granola bars. He likes to sit and eat at a leisurely pace, which means I'm usually late.

By the time I got him to daycare it was nearly 8:30. I ran to the bus stop at 80th and Ravenna. Then I waited. The #72 bus is usually 10 minutes late. When it arrived Svetlana - Logan's "teacher" from last year - got off the bus.

I tried to do work, but the bus was horribly crowded. There was a grade school class going downtown. They all got off at my stop in the bus tunnel.

12-6-07

Logan is getting over his bad cold / flu / whatever. He had very high fevers for two days, along with trouble sleeping, vomiting, and some lack of appetite. It was pretty hard on him - he seemed miserable. Hard on Heidi and myself as well.

Last night we went to Carol and Bryan's house for Hanukkah. It was the second night. We didn't celebrate the first night - Logan was far too sick for festivities. Last night he was much better. We had fun, and Logan played around until bedtime. We stayed in Bellevue because we wanted to leave Logan with Carol in the morning. It was terribly hard getting him to go to sleep - he cried until I decided he was too worked up for sleep. We took him for a second walk, but when we got home he cried again. Heidi finally got him to sleep.

12/3/07

A strange day all around.

Logan is sick. He woke up with a slight fever, enough to where I felt it and kept him home from daycare. He got sicker during the day - 103 fever. He was mostly active and fairly happy, but he was obviously a little run down when the fever rose.

The weather was pretty nasty - we woke up to an extremely hard rain that continued most of the day. The basement has water seeping over the floor and getting into the laundry. The air outside felt warm and balmy - a true pineapple express.

Heidi went to her first ultrasound alone. When she got home we were upstairs changing. Logan had a temperature of 102, but was in an oddly good mood. Heidi came into the room and informed me that we were going to have twins. I didn't know what to think - I felt that we were about to have a million problems that we couldn't take care of. The house too small, not enough money, the cars too small. The possibility of problems with the pregnancy. They are fraternal twins. We don't know much else - other than they are 8 weeks old, and they may be delivered around 36 to 37 weeks. That's sometime in June.