Well, since I have only felt "real" earthquakes in Japan and it is a very rare occurrence for the East Coast I thought I better document it in the blog. So yesterday, August 23rd around 1:51pm as Matthew took his afternoon long nap the rocker started rocking and Queenie started freaking out...so of course I immediately think what idiot just hit our building with a moving truck...b/c that is a logical thought to why the building is shaking...then a few seconds pass and still shaking and I go oh wow, an earthquake...so I go to get Matthew as I am not sure if this will wake him up, continue and cause us to have to make a mad dash down 3 flights of stairs to escape the building...luckily the shaking stops and like a champ Matthew sleeps through the whole event. Queenie is another story, this totally freaks her out and she sticks to me like glue the rest of the day.
It took an hour for the phone lines to free up so I missed Jays calls, texts and whoever else tried to call me...also didn't get on the Internet for a bit so missed Jay's e-mail...poor hubby, I think he was worried and we were fine...when I finally got him he sounded relieved.
So of course I am thinking, if Jay is this worried I better call my parents and let them know we are ok...it is about 3pm east coast time so I know my mom is still in class and going to not answer her phone so I call and leave a message. I call my dad's office, immediately to voice-mail, his cell, also immediately to voice-mail...so oh well, I guess they are not that worried about us.
Other than that, not much going on. We are really working on getting Matthew to sleep...so 2 nights and he has made it all night in the crib...he wakes up around 1230 and Jay the past 2 nights has worked on getting him to cry it out, for a bit, then feed and pat the bottom until Matthew falls back asleep. I took the 3am wake-up and I initially let him cry it out, which at 30 minutes I figure better see whats up...so changed him and he settles down and wants to fall asleep so I try to get him to go back to sleep, of course the minute I lay him in the crib he starts crying again, so I give him the bottom and rock him and he falls asleep...he only takes about an ounce or so probably to sooth his throat after all the screaming/crying but success, at 420 I get him to sleep again in the crib...of course he is back up at 611am but since that is about time for Jay to wake up and Queenie to start barking it might as well be time for us to get up...
So baby steps, we are at least getting him to sleep in the crib, the crying it out is not working but at least we are giving him 30 minutes b/f we resort to picking him up and feeding him..so maybe it will all click and get better in the next few weeks.
Hurricane Irene is heading our way but looks like the "eye" will stay off the coast so that might mean less winds and less damage...It just sucks b/c of course Jay is on-call so my only day to bike or run is Sunday morning and that is when the major rain and wind is expected...oh well. Guess the gym will have to do.
I got water, some pork n beans, tuna kits, baby-food, and batteries for the flashlights so I think we are ready to weather the storm. Keep your fingers crossed that we don't have another natural disaster heading our way.
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