A star is born...in Bethlehem!

This was right before her big debut

So last night was Mady's debut as an actress...or should i say actor? She played the baby Jesus in the christmas play at our church. She was really iffy there for a while, i wasn't sure she was going to make it. She was asleep when we got there, and with all the people around, she woke up to say hi. Well, she was ok for about 10 minutes, and then it all started to go downhill. She screamed...not just screamed, but wailed! She cried so hard she had the sniffles all through the play. It took the whole time before the play started to calm her down. I wasn't about to take any chances by passing her off to anyone in my family, as i knew she would immediately start screaming again, and i didn't think i could get her to stop again. So i held her, and rocked her until she fell asleep. It was dark and there was singing, so she was pretty happy. I was rocking the baby in one arm and trying to take pictures with the other, but i did manage to take a great deal of pictures. We waited for our cue, the angels assending on the manger, and then we were supposed to leave. I had to get her up and out of the church, and we had to speed around the side of the church and in the back side door where i would sneek onto the "stage" and pass her off to Mary and Joseph. This was where i got worried. Not because i was passing my baby off, but because i didn't want her to cry. She babbled to her onscreen parents for a few minutes, then they put her in the manger. It wasn't really a manger, it was really her carseat surrounded by manger like things, but it looked real. Once they got her down, she was surprisingly good. She laid there and looked around at the people and lights. Then, the angels around her starting singing, and i could tell she was going to be ok...she loves singing! Joseph held her hand while she wiggled and made herself known as the LIVING baby Jesus and not just a prop doll. By the time the play was over, she was a natural, and she was in heaven. Mary and Joseph were great actors and they took such good care of our little baby Jesus. I think it was divine intervention that kept her from crying, but i'll take it. The play was truly amazing, and it was a great story. All the actors were wonderful, and you could tell they put a lot of work into it. I'm so glad that Mady got to be a part of it, it's something i'm sure Frank and I will always remember, and we have it on tape so she'll be able to have it forever too.

Here is Mady, i mean baby Jesus, and her OTHER parents, Mary and Joseph

Here we all are, Mady and her on and off screen parents