In other news

Well not much news on the trip to Seattle except that they have scheduled his neurophsyc (development) test for the 8th of March, so we will be leaving Boise and driving up on Monday the 7th.  We are still trying to make arrangements as far as the other stuff goes, but I am sure it will all get figured out OK.  We will all drive up together and my Mom will follow in her car, and I believe Rick's Mom will fly up and meet us there, but then Rick and Josh (and Rick's Mom) will make their way back home at some point and leave my Mom, myself and Jacob in Seattle.  Jacob is supposed to be in ICU for the first couple of days after the surgery and then in the hospital for an additional, but then they say they will want him in inpatient rehab for up to 3 weeks after surgery.  I am still trying to figure out what all of that means for lodging and stuff, but I guess it will all work out.  Rick and Josh will probably drive back on weekends or at least one or two times, so that should be interesting for Josh (I guess it is good that the Durango is equipped with DVD player). As more gets figured out we will let everyone know. 

Last weekend we decided to get out and go try out the ice fishing in Cascade.  The fishing was very slow and I ended up taking Jacob back top the truck after only an hour or so, because he did not think much of the whole ice fishing experience.  In fact the only time he was happy was when he decided to sit down and eat the snow (which didn't last too long).

After a few hours and only one small perch that they threw back, Josh and Rick packed it in too and we decided to head to McCall to catch part of the winter carnival and get some dinner.  Josh loved seeing the ice sculptures and would have been happy to wander around in the dark most of the night looking for them I think, but we had to settle on seeing the most popular ones before getting something to eat and making the trek home.  I think everyone had a pretty good time (maybe some more than others) and  we will have to plan to try to get up again before it is over. Hopefully if we try the ice fishing again though it will have improved.

I did say though that there was other news, and that really was not it.  This news may come as a shock to some (it did catch Rick and I off guard), but we have know for a little while we were just waiting for tests to come back (which by the way were all good!) and the right time to break the news.  So here it is:  in July we are expecting another baby boy.  The due date it July 11, but as long as I have him before the 17th (my 40th birthday) I will be happy.  I always said I did not want to be a mother having a baby when I was 40, so that is why (I know there are those of you out there saying "well it is close enough", but I think I need to still be 39).  So there you go, we thought we were done, but I guess I never should have joked about having a backup in case anything ever happened, because someone decided they needed to grant that one.  I guess the surgery was not enough for me to have to think about, we had to throw a new baby in the mix as well.  All kidding aside it is a welcome addition, we will jut have to reconfigure the rooms a bit (I am having a bit more trouble with that because I don't want to give up my office or my guest room).  We did finally tell Josh and he is up for having a new brother, so that is good.  Any way, that is all the news for now.