This weekend was an exciting and crazy time for us. It all started with Friday. Frank has finally gotten laid off from his job. I know what you're thinking...Who WANTS to get laid off from their job right now, in this economy, right around Christmas? The answer, my friends, is Frank. It's not like he's totally unemployed. He's part of a union, and all he has to do is call the hall and they will find him work, most likely by monday. But he wants to have some time off to spend with his daughter around the holidays. Plus, his friend is most likely going to get him into the job over at the Geisinger hospital, which is great because it's so much closer than what he's been doing. So anyway, back to our weekend. Frank was off on friday, and school ended up being closed for me too, so we spent the day having a pajama party with the baby. We watched movies and did, seriously, nothing, all day long! It was great! I'm sure there was something i should have been doing, cleaning, cooking, baking, something. I didn't even bother to think about it until 8pm. That's when i decided to bake cookies. I know i know, that late at night...but i was eating all the raw dough in the refridgerator, i thought it was about time. So i made 3 tins worth of chocolate chip cookies, and let me tell you that they are good (this is me, patting myself on the back).
The saturday came along. We decided to venture to the mall to try to finish our holiday shopping. That was a big mistake. We weren't the only ones with that idea. There were about 100,000 people with that idea as well. For those of you that know the area, we were stuck on the beginning of the bridge between sunbury and the strip for at least 30min, and it was all traffic related, no accidents or weather factors, just lots and lots of people. We were in traffic so long that we decided we wanted to eat before we got to the mall. After we ate, we began our journey into the hell that is last minute shopping. The mall was packed with people, all of which were in the same boat as us...not done shopping and no idea what to buy. We spent about 6 hours in the mall and we're STILL not done! Our first duty at the mall was to get Mady's ears pierced. I knew this was going to be difficult...for me, not for her. That's what Frank was there for, to hold her when she cried. She did cry. But it was only short lived, as 5 min later she was asleep. Her new earrings are so cute though! I'm so glad that we got it done. We also ended up with another wonderful surprise. We were walking through the mall and Frank was carrying Mady. This man walks up to us and hands us an envelope and says "Merry Christmas from the Susquehanna Valley Mall!", and walks away. Of course, Frank thought it would just be a scratch off ticket or something, but i thought it could be more. We opened the card and, to our surprise, it was a $25 gift card! Wow! That was just crazy! We of course realized that the only reason we got this was because of Mady, so we went to the Gymborree store and bought her some stuff with it, lol. It was definately unexpected, and a wonderful holiday surprise.
Now today is Mady's acting debut. She doesn't have any words, no lines, no nothing. All she has to do is sit there and look cute, let someone pick her up and talk, and then sit back down and look cute. My baby is the baby Jesus tonight in the Christmas play at our church! Let's all just say a prayer that she doesn't scream at all. The organizer jinxed us i think. He told me that he hasn't had a baby jesus cry to date. Let's see how long it takes for my baby to prove him wrong. Check back tomorrow for an update.
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