A Change

Ask anyone who knows me and they'll tell you that I'm not really the festive, holiday type. I really can't stand to hear Christmas music anytime of year except about a week before Christmas. So Sunny 99.1 in Houston was always banned from my radio the entire month of November and most of December. Lately, however, there's been change a-stirin'. I'm not sure if it's the fact that this will be our second holiday season to spend 5000 miles away from family or because it will be our first holiday season with our bundle of joy. Either way, I'm getting in the spirit. A little. I'm not about to break out the Christmas tree yet, (like crazy K!) but I am feeling the urge to visit Ikea and my favorite Czech handmade store and see what kind of decorations they have. Our Christmas decorations last year were pretty pathetic. We had exactly 4 ornaments on our tree. Sad, I know. I vowed last year that our child's first Christmas would be jolly and bright. And our tiny Christmas tree would be full of ornaments. And since Granny's coming, it will also be full underneath with presents. Speaking of Granny, we got 2 packages from her this week, one of which contained these adorable outfits. I can't wait to get Bryce in them. Can you believe he'll be 4 months old on Tuesday?

Here's the boy doing what he does best: looking cute, of course.

And here he is again flying with Daddy. He likes it.

Anyone remember this?

Well it turns out Matt has done some damage of his own to his knee. After 3 doctor visits (2 to the same doctor in a town 3 hours away), we've discovered Matt has not torn his ACL as was initially diagnosed, but has instead torn his meniscus. He just couldn't be the only one in the family not to have surgery. He was scheduled to have it repaired today actually in Olomouc, Czech Republic -about 3 hours away - with one of the best orthopedic surgeons in the country. Unfortunately, our supervisor who was also serving as our translator (they don't speak so much English in Olomouc) has been quarantined to his home with what might be swine flu. Don't worry, we're staying very far away (and have been for awhile now). We'll let everyone know when we get the surgery rescheduled. The good thing about having the surgery in Olomouc is that the procedure will be much more like in the US. Matt won't have to spend the night. He is very thankful for that. I'll be documenting the process as always.

*More cute photos and videos here.*