Arrived in Portland

We arrived in Portland safely yesterday evening. Thank God we had a direct flight - we were a traveling zoo. Sarah and I didn't secure seats that were next to eachother until last minute. Again, thank God that we did. Me, my pregnant belly, Sarah and Madison, were stuffed into two seats. Our carry-ons, Madisons bottles/food, etc, and her DVD player, and my 16 lb cat were stuffed under our seats. In fact, when we were getting off the plane, a guy about 18 or 19 who was watching our spectacle, said, "Well how many little creatures do you have?". It was amusing and true. Madison and Tyson did well on the four hour flight. We thank Elaine and Dixon for Mad's DVD player and her packet of Baby Einstein DVDs!!! They are essential and a life saver. Madison remembered everything exactly as it was here at my folks since the last time we visited (a short two weeks ago) and went right to her toys and also to things that are not her toys, but my folks let her play with anyhow (although they probably wouldn't have let me or Sarah play with them when we were babies).
Talked to Mark. He is really busy, as is everyone else he works with. He's been given the job of communications liason between the chem plant and oil refinery for start up processes. Sounds like a very tough job, one that I don't envy. Better go, but will update soon.