Really?

Ok, I am still sick...hence the reason I am awake at 3 am, so I decided to do a little blogging to pass the time.  My hearing has greatly improved over the past week.  I can hear, things just sound distorted.  I know Alex is so glad to not hear "Huh?" and "What?" nearly as often.  I went to the ENT last week and he could see the ruptured spots on both of my eardrums, but that they are healing.  I'm pretty sure my right ear is still infected, though.  I'm waiting it out because I'm tired of taking antibiotics.

We took a short trip to Memphis during the week.  Alex had to go for work, so the boys and I tagged along.  It was freezing and fun!  The boys and I just walked around all day while Alex worked.  I'm sure I was an interesting sight since we alternated with Jackson in the stroller and Patrick tied on my front in a Mei Tai carrier or Patrick in the stroller and me tightly gripping Jack's hand to keep him from running off somewhere.  Patrick took a nap in the carrier during our morning walk and he instead of cuddling into my chest, he prefers to lean back so his back is arched and I'm scared he's going to break his little neck.  I got a lot of strange looks and comments like "Boy, you've got your hands full."  Really?

We stayed in a hotel that had "suites", so I expected to have 2 rooms-one with a bed and another with a couch of some sort.  I thought this would work well for sleeping arrangements.  We arrived to find that we were booked in a handicapped room so it was just one large room with no couch.  All four of us sleeping in the same room was a little difficult, but the boys did really well.  Naptime was entertaining.  After an hour of Jackson talking and getting out of bed, I eventually turned off every light and closed the blinds and pretended to go to sleep.  After he fell asleep I was able to read my book with the flashlight we brought (one of Jackson's favorite toys of the moment.)

Jackson's favorite part of the trip was the Peabody ducks.  For anyone unfamiliar here's the story.  We stayed in the lobby of that hotel for over an hour in the morning and also went back in the evening.  Jackson also enjoyed the crazy guy on Beale street who insisted on drawing a "caricature" of him and trying to rob us blind.  

Good times!

Since I don't have a great picture of Patrick from the trip I'll throw in this one of his newest way to give mommy a heart attack.  He really really likes to climb the stairs.