We are alive!

So, we spent the last two weeks in Seattle at my mom's house. I watched my "little" sisters while she and her husband went on a cruise. It was quite the trip.

Jared did really well on the plane both ways. he is such a good little boy. He felt like such a big boy using his daddy's computer and head phones to watch jungle book. definitely made the flight go by faster!

They were so cute and celebrated my birthday when we got there. i hadn't had a cake with my name written on it in who knows how many years! Above is me and my sister rachel, below is my sister becky.
At the beginning of the week, jared got really sick. the worst he has ever been. poor kid had a fever of 103 for 5 days with random vomiting about once a day. I took him to an urgent care (where he freaked out, threw up all over me, and wouldn't let the doctor near him). the doctor decided he must have and ear infection. yeah right. the guy didn't even get to look in his ears. the next day jared's fever finally broke and he was covered in a rash head to toe.

at first i freaked out, thinking he was allergic to the amoxicillan (he's never been on an antibiotic before) but then after giving him benedryl and his rash not going away, i realized it must have been roseola virus.

He is doing a lot better now. very happy to be home. needless to say, we didn't do a ton of playing while there. jared mostly just had to be held and was acting like he was dying.

we did finally venture out on monday 'cause the girls didn't have school. we went to the famous pike's place market. it was way cool.

the adventure kind of got started on the wrong foot- the keys (and my bag with everything in it) got locked in the car. thank goodness for AAA. we had to spend the first hour hanging out by the car.

it was also pretty cold, and jared still wasn't doing too well. so, you know, all things considered, at least i can say i've been there. i'll have to go back sometime with different circumstances.

i still haven't gotten any mail from jason yet. BUT i have talked to him TWICE on the phone. how lucky am I? both the last two mondays he has gotten a 5 MINUTE phone call. and yes, it's really like 4 1/2 minutes 'cause he has to hang up early.

he seems to be doing alright. this last call he was sooooo sick. i could barely understand him because he didn't have a voice. but, he said other than having some type of flu, it really hasn't been too bad.

he's started the physical training. he said that there are actually a lot of "older" (as in closer to his age than 18) guys in his group. which is nice because they don't mess around too much- which means they haven't had to do a lot of extra push-ups.

i'll continue to keep you posted. we are happy to be home and sooooooo ready for this baby to come!