Waiting

You'd think that today would have been easy on me having a hospital free day and all, but it's been pretty hard. I thought I was OK with leaving Jerid for a few days knowing that he's in capable hands and that his mom and dad are there, but I wasn't. I didn't get much sleep. Little miss Annie didn't grant my wish and sleep in. She was up very early and ready to go. We went and ran some errands and then she took a nice long nap... so did I. It felt great to get some sleep, but I woke up in a panic. It's kind of like there was too much to think about. My brain was on overload. But thanks to my wonderful friends I made it to Jennie's rehearsal dinner and had a good time. Annie is spending the night with her Aunt Jo Ann. I've been told to rest and relax. But you know I had to do my blog.

So far there's not much to tell. Jerid went into surgery around 3:00 this afternoon, and here it is at 10:30 and he's still in recovery. I just got off the phone with Rose and the nurse there said that he should be done within the hour. No word yet on how everything went or weather he's going to ICU or back to his room. Rose will call me as soon as she knows anything. And then I think I'll take myself a bubble bath and a pretty pink pill myself.

While I'm waiting though, I'll just go ahead and tell you that Jerid and I have the sweetest, cutest, smartest, bestest baby in the world. She is such a good girl and everyone who meets her falls in love with her. The consensus seems to be that we deserve to have such a wonderful child after all we've gone through, but I think we're just lucky. She was so funny at the wedding rehearsal. The ceremony is on a hill in front of a barn and on the way back down the aisle Annie just clapped and smiled. Seriously. A 14 month old child should not be so good. We'll see how she does tomorrow though. OK. I think I'm done bragging on my baby for now. Did I mention how cute she is? She hands out kisses like they're candy and when she gives hugs she pats you on the back. Heart breaking. OK. I'm really done now. She's just so darn cute!

I keep hearing from people how much they appreciate this blog. First of all, it never would have gotten started if it weren't for Adrienne and Rhonda. Your wonderful comments and constant support keep me inspired and motivated to write everyday. I think this will be an awesome keepsake for years to come. Hopefully someday this will all just be a blur and we'll remember only the highlights and good times. But we'll always be able to look back and appreciate what Jerid went through to be living such a wonderful life. And we'll never take for granted all of the friends and family who love and support us through the hardest of times.

Jerid hasn't been able to read the blog yet. There's no internet access in his room. (I think that's crap) But I report back to him about the comments from everyone. It's hard to get this to a printer, but I hope to soon so that he can read it himself. I know he'll love it. Once he's home he'll probably take over writing deep and meaningful posts and I'll have to start a new one to give you the real dirt.

OK. As usual I'm falling asleep at the computer. I'll post as soon as I can with an update on how the surgery went. Night night.