Wow have I been slacking! I was on quite a roll with the blog, and then...nothing. Sorry to leave ya'll hanging.
Christmas morning the three of us headed up to Whidbey. We first went to my Mom & Marv's for breakfast and to celebrate Christmas. Ian wore his Santa footie pajamas. He had a good time opening presents, playing with Pedro the singing dog (sings Feliz Navidad), oohing at the Christmas tree.
Then about 2ish we headed over to the Sorenson's for the afternoon and dinner. Ian again had a lot of fun opening gifts and playing with his toys. He got a neat handmade wooded car made by Grandpa Sorenson. We had beef fondue for dinner. It was really good! Ian had the usual...turkey meatballs! He could LIVE on those! We spent the night and spent the next day with the Sorenson's so they could enjoy Ian. Christmas was very nice.
New Year's Eve Dirk & I actually went out! All these years of NOT having a kid, we usually stayed home. But this year we were invited to a party at our friends Robb & Mark's, so we took Ian to a baby sitter and went out from 7:30-10:30, when picked Ian up & drove home. We were almost home by midnight. It was a really fun night! It was great to be dressed up & out with adults! New Year's day morning Dirk did the Resolution 5K & Polar Bear Plunge. (It was WAY too cold for me!)
Ian had been fighting a cold off & on for the last 3 weeks. He had a runny nose & cough. Within a week, it got worse & he had a fever. We went to the dr. & she prescribed amoxicillin. That seemed to work, but then after 7 days of that he developed a horrible rash all over his body! I didn't know if it was chicken pox or what, so I took him back to the dr. Turns out he's allergic to amoxicillin! The rash went away within 2-3 days, but his running nose & cough were back. Today I took him in because he was wheezing & was clammy. He was prescribed an albuterol inhaler, which he HATES! It's like torture getting him to do it, but it has made a big difference. The dr. said wheezing is very common in toddlers. we were supposed to go to Portland this weekend to celebrate Christmas with my Dad & Dani, but Dad's been sick. Turns out it was good we didn't go down since Ian is still sick. We go back to the dr. on Monday for a follow up.
