Calm and Collected

I've been complaining a little lately about Jackson's new wake up time of 6:30 or 7ish. I was getting so used to 8:30 and the losing of 1-2 hours is killing me. Yes, I'm a huge baby. Anyway, he has also been extra energetic lately (and for some of you who don't think "extra" is possible with Jax, it is). But tonight after a really fun evening of playing and swimming he was the lucky recipient of 45 minutes laying in the hall bathroom with pillows all around us while the tornado sirens were going off. Typically when the sirens go off I don't freak out but tonight when Jay called and I could hear the weather man say that there was a tornado "off of 75 and parker" I decided to be safe rather than sorry. Poor little Jackson just laid there. . .under blankets with out so much as a squeak the entire time. He was holding the flashlight and looking at books and being the calmest I have ever seen him. Sadly, I think it was because he was so scared but it was amazing that he could be so great under pressure:) Finally when I was talking to Jay on the cell phone Jackson did talk to him and then put his head on my chest and say "ok mama, ok." So, while I hate that Jax had to be scared. . .or up 45 minutes past his bedtime, it was interesting to see him act in such a different manner. Also he insisted on taking all of the books we read into his crib with him this evening. Maybe he'll spend a few hours in the morning reading them:)