Pajama Day

Kate and I had a talk in the wee hours of today. We decided to make it pajama day. We had both had a couple of rough days and thought we would take the day off together. I promised not to worry about cleaning the house or laundry and she promised not to spit up as much. Jay got up with her at 5am and at 7am when he had to get in the shower I got up with her. It was storming outside - perfect sleeping weather even when you are not completely and utterly sleep deprived. I tried to have another talk with my 3 1/2 week old daughter. I explained how the gentle tapping of the rain could easily lull anyone into sleep and how the distant thunder was nothing but beautiful horses galloping through the neighborhood. Days like this are a gift from Mother Nature - an invitation to sleep well and sleep late. Mornings like this should not be taken for granted. But alas, Kate refused to listen to my pleas. She was up and up for good. Good thing we made it pajama day - I may have been forced out of bed but I was NOT going to look like it. We found a place on the couch with our new boppy - we went and rocked in the new rocking chair that daddy and the Manny (i will explain later) put together last night. We read a book and we ate. Slowly. She did so good today. She is really doing well on the new medicine and with the Dr. Brown's bottles. She eats much slower and more frequently. We are doing 3oz every 3 hours but it takes anywhere from 1-2 hours to finish those 3oz so we are pretty much eating all day. Atleast she is.

At 2pm today there was a tornado on the ground in the northern part of the state (we live south). It kinda freaked me out. I have hated tornadoes ever since the May 3, 1999 tornado in Midwest City, OK. Jay was at work and I was home alone - I was totally freaked out. It got me to thinking about next spring when tornadoes are more prevalent and how much I would hate if it were me and Kate home alone and we were in a tornado warning.

Kate and I decided to go surf the internet and maybe leave a post here for you nice people when I heard the emergency broadcast warning go off on the TV in the living room. It's amazing how having a baby in the house changes things - before Kate, I would have ignored it but now I decided to go check it out. I walked into the living room and they were telling the people of Wichita to take cover - Tornado Warning. AND.....the stupid tornado siren at the end of my block was screeching! I have to say, I was pretty darn proud of myself - I turned off the TV (not sure why) and started taking our normal tornado precautions. I went and gathered all the pillows and started placing them around me and Kate in the hallway. I had a pillow on her back and one on her tummy. I held her in my arms huddled in the hallway for about an hour. Of course, everything was fine and nothing happened. Can't even tell you if a tornado touched down at all. The only think I did learn was that maybe having Kate has changed me and maybe my maternal instincts are kicking in. I didn't panic or even get upset - I just took care of the situation and my baby the best way I knew how. All in all, not a bad pajama day.


p.s. Jay's mom is coming up tomorrow (thank you thank you thank you) to go with me and Kate for her test. You can still wish us luck but I think we are going to be just fine. All of us.