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.