Semi Lazy Day

It was so nice to just sleep until I woke up. No alarm clocks. No plans. No nurses checking my blood pressure. Jackson and I woke up a little after 8:30. It was nice being a little lazy lying in the bed watching TV. Then of course Jackson started getting out his pirate ship, Diego truck, his 3 Diegos, etc. Pretty soon my bed was covered in toys. He is so content to play for hours on his own. It's cute to watch him with the toys and how he plays with them.

Lee was already up when we got up. I guess after I woke him up the 2nd time for his snoring he had a hard time falling back asleep. There is nothing worse than not being able to sleep due to his snoring or because the TV in the den is up so loud. Actually that's what's going on now. He's snoring quite loudly and the TV is up way too loud. I was in and out of sleep until my mom called around 9:45 to check on Avery. Now I'm up. I wouldn't have even noticed his snoring otherwise.

I went and visited Avery late this afternoon for an hour. It takes me around 50 minutes to get to the hospital from our house and it's just a long drive. Avery was soundly sleeping when I got there and pretty much stayed that way the entire visit. She opened one eye for me a couple of times. I think it was only because one of her friends was crying. I want to see her because I want her to know I'm still around but at the same time I don't know if it makes a difference. I want to think it does. It's just tiring to go and visit her and then it's frustrating because she doesn't really wake up or respond to me. I will continue to faithfully visit her but it is exhausting.

I know I shouldn't expect more from her because for one thing babies sleep around 20-22 hours a day. I'm sure she sleeps that or more because she's a premie. I'm just ready to see her wake up and see her eyes. The cute baby eyes that are glassy looking and are almost all the same shade of this dark cloudy blue. The little eyes that will every once in a while cross each other that you want her to stop.

Jackson was sad that he didn't go today to visit her. He stayed with Lee and they watched Liar Liar on TV. The spent some one on one time together. I also found more toys in my bed when I got home. Uh huh. Making more of a mess while I'm out. When I got home we all piled into the bed and watch the Texas Tech and Oklaohoma game. Well I don't know if game is the right word because I don't think Texas Tech showed up for the game. It's the start of the 4th quarter and The score is TT 14 and OK 65. Yeah, not much of a game. It's fun for us to watch it together. Jackson said he was for the red team. He'd get all excited when they'd run with the ball.

When we realized that there wasn't much to keep watching we turned on My Big Fat Redneck Wedding. It's on CMT and is hosted by Tom Arnold. It is a guilty pleasure show that the 4 of us enjoy watching. Mackenzie especially loves the show. It's also something that we wait to watch until both Lee and I can watch it together. It's something silly and stupid but it is something we do together which doesn't happen often. I am utterly amazed by some of the people on the show. The first one the kids and I watched was filmed in Marbury, AL. It's up US 31 just north of Prattville. It was hysterical because I know where the city is and then sad because how redneck and tacky they were. The show gives us a good laugh and Tom Arnold's commentary makes it even more fun to watch.

Today was a very lazy day but a nice one. It was really cold out and is not meant for people to be outside. On the way home from the hospital the temp was 39. Ridiculous. I'm already ready for spring.