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We have plenty to update everyone on. First, we are happy to announce that we will be having a second son in late spring. It has been quite an ordeal because of the complications that have come with me being pregnant. As you can see by the ticker, we are halfway to our due date, and so far other than being on many vitamins and heparin, the baby is growing perfectly. We went to see a specialist when we first found out that we were expecting. He found that I have a blood clotting disorder along with inflammation, so this means I am at high risk for everything that occurred last time with Logan to repeat itself this time. But, so far so good!

Thanksgiving was a huge whirlwind. Logan and his cousin, Erica, kept us very entertained at Nanny and Papa's. Then it was off to the Duryea's side to have the town's largest Turkey Day ever. We had a good time catching up with family and playing outside on the swing set. If only I wasn't completely morning sick the entire trip, it would have been much more enjoyable.

We spent Christmas Eve at church for a wonderful candlelight service. Afterward, we went with the Gamblins to dinner and then spent the rest of the night at home preparing for our trip to Oklahoma. After having a great Christmas morning opening gifts with just the three of us, we packed up and headed out. We went to Grandma and Grandpa Duryea's first, where we were all very spoiled. Jason got a bass guitar, and Logan got many toys including a bike! Logan also met his great uncle Steve and his wife, Kim. After a great dinner, we went to my parents' house and prepared for another Christmas. We ended up shopping the after Christmas sales instead of doing another "traditional" Christmas. It was crazy because it was 80 degrees. There is nothing like being able to run around in December with no coat! Then we opened gifts at my sister's and we watched as Logan and Erica played with everything. We were so spoiled by the end of the trip, we really needed a trailer to bring everything home. It was a great trip.

Logan was so fussy when we returned, we thought it was just from traveling so much and being out of his routine. Also he woke up with a gunky eye on Christmas, so when we returned I called the doctor just to check. She asked us to bring him in and of course, he had pink eye. What we didn't know is that Logan doesn't run a fever with an ear infection like normal kids. He had two! So we went on antibiotics and all was well, or so we thought.

We had a little get together with the praise team after our rehearsal, and Logan was feeling well enough to be out, so we went to party. Logan was so excited to see the never ending bowl of cheesy puffs. Unfortunately, he has not developed self control. We left because he would not stop crying. Thinking he must be tired, we put him directly into his p.j.'s, and then he promptly began to throw up. It wasn't so cute to see a kid with a Cheeto hangover. By New Year's we had been through the ringer. Logan finally got better, but my morning sickness continued to hang on.

Jason and I both celebrated our birthday's this month. Jason turned 30 and some day we will go out and celebrate with the gift certificates he received. He got the best gift. We actually had a doctor's appointment on his birthday, and we found out it is a boy! My birthday was awesome. I had to spend a day at school with no heat in my classroom where I shivered and ended up with a runny nose. The nose turned into a head cold, so I slept most of the next day. It has to be said that I am not allowed to take ANYTHING with the medication I am on, so I was miserable. Jerry and Missy did end up taking us out to dinner, where I got ice cream for the price of being sung to. This was much better than the next day when we went out after church, and I got ice cream smeared on my face. Feliz Cupleanos!

So today, I am out for a snow day (the second one in a row this week) and finally got a chance to blog. I have been so tired because of the baby, we didn't even get our Christmas stuff put away until this past weekend. The morning sickness has now seemed to switch to non-stop hunger, which is so wonderful! Now we are trying to get ready for Newbaby. Yes, that is what we are calling the little one until we figure out a name. Please take part in the name survey and comment on what you think of the ideas we have had. Logan is sleeping. I think it wore him out when we went out to play in the snow. Thank you for reading, and I will try to keep everyone updated on Newbaby and Logan better than I have lately!