Last Friday night was pretty much as I anticipated. On the way home from work I stopped by the grocery store to pick up a few things. As soon as I got home I put my chicken in to boil.... all 5.5 pounds of it! While I waited for it to cook I chopped up my celery and kissed my two favorite boys goodbye. Jeffery was headed to our monthly Sunday School Bible Study, and he took Jake so that I could actually get some things done. My PLAN was to make the chicken salad for Jennifer's baby shower the next day and to get my house clean. What ACTUALLY took place was that I finished the chicken salad, made myself some frozen pizza and laid on the couch and watched "Julia and Julie" or is it "Julie and Julia"? Whatever, you get the idea. It was wonderful! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my boys, but it sure was nice to have a night all to myself. I didn't get the house clean, but I did manage to get a couple loads of laundry washed, dried, and even folded. I am very proud of myself, because I hate folding/hanging laundry. I put everything away except for one load still sitting in my livingroom and one load still sitting in the dryer!
Saturday was a whirlwind.... I got up at 8:00 and got ready for my sister in law's shower that I was helping throw. My plan was to get me and Jake ready and let Jeffery sleep in late... that didn't happen. I am not the best with time management, and I ended up having to ask Jeffery to get up and bathe/dress/feed Jakers. Somehow, even with my wonderful husband's help, I still managed to leave 15 minutes later than I had planned. Anyways, I got to Jentri's (my sister in law's) house at about 10:20. Me, Jentrt, and Krysta (a friend/co-worker who also helped) were running around like chickens with our heads cut off. Putting the sandwiches together, setting the table, getting cups filled with ice etc etc. People started showing up around 10:45. Long story short, the shower was a hit! She had an awesome turnout and got TONS of stuff! My little nephew is going to be so stinkin' spoiled!!
I didn't end up heading home from my sister in law's house until around 4:00. I got home at almost 4:30 and attempted to lay on the couch for 30 minutes. I say, attempted, because I thought Jeffery would entertain Jake so that I could close my eyes and rest for a second, but that didn't happen. He was way too busy trying to find something to take to our Sunday School Christmas Party that night for the White Elephant Gift Exchange. Normally, I could have put Jake in his bouncer and leth him lay in that and watch TV, but he wasn't having it. Instead, he wanted to get in his big boy JUMPER!! We just recently started trying to put him in it. Sometimes he really likes it, and other times he really hates it. Saturday he really liked it, and since we just started putting him in it I couldn't manage to take my eyes off of him long enough to close my eyes for a minute or two.
At about 5:15 I started getting ready for the Christmas Party. We were having ribs and brisket and everyone had to bring a side. I know my husband, and I knew that if I didn't make something that he liked, he would end up only eating meat and rolls. So I made... you guessed it... MAC N CHEESE!
In the midst of all of the chaos, Jeffery had decided to get some of my Christmas gifts out, and stick them in the middle of the living room. One of them was a big, heavy thing, wrapped in one of our bed sheets with a bow on it. He knows me too well.... It was killing me. I had to know what it was... so we exchanged ONE GIFT! He won, I lost. Oh well, I got a beautiful nightstand to replace the TV tray that I had been using to sit the baby monitor on every night! I am married to a child, and I am no better... I accept that.
We left the house about 5:45. The Christmas Party was at the church,a nd it started at 6:00. After we stuffed ourselves on BBQ (thank you Bobby Mrs. Kim), we played Christmas Cranium... women VS men. It was really fun, but somehow the women lost... again! Then we played "Who's Who?" Basically it was a game that our Sunday School teacher's put a list of random facts about each of us together, read them out loud, and we are supposed to write down who it is. For some reason, both of the facts about me and Jeffery were about poop.... I guess we were a match made in Heaven!
After the party ended the ladies stayed to clean up the cafeteria and kitchen, while the men went next door to the sanctuary/gym to help clean up the basketball tournament and set up for church the next morning. We didn't end up getting home until almost 11:00. I have never seen my baby boy so tired. He is normally a heavy sleeper, but he had had a busy day and no good naps! Jeffery fed him and laid him down and he was out like a light. I know I'm his mommy, but he really is the cutest baby I have EVER seen! I love him so much.
Sunday was just like any other Sunday. Church, lunch, home, church, Sissy and Kyle's for the Cowboy's game, home. Oh yeah, in between lunch and home I also talked Jeffery into stopping by Children's Place so that we could buy for the two angels that I got from our church Angel Tree. I love buying for angels every year! We are definately not rolling in the dough, but we are abundantly blessed, and it is such a good feeling to know that God has allowed us to be a blessing for someone else this time of year.
That's about it... That was my weekend. As you can probably figure out, my friend DID NOT have her baby. The poor girl has been walking around dialated to a 5 all weekend, probably more now, and she just won't go into labor. She is miserable. Hopefully she will have that baby soon!
I didn't blog yesterday, so I guess I will tell you about Monday too. It was a Monday, what can I say. Work actually seemed to go by quickly, so that was a nice surprise. It was also really nice to come home and my husband be there and not have to leave. Normally, I see him for 30-45 minutes and then he's gone for the rest of the night. If I'm lucky, he gets home from school before I put the baby down for bed. He is on Christmas Break for 3 weeks though, and I honestly didn't know what to do. I ended up making pork chops and MAC N CHEESE for him, and pork chops and mushroom rice and broccoli for me. It was yummy. Then Jeffery took me to Starbucks to get a White Chocolate Mocha, and we drove around Saginaw looking at Christmas lights. After we finished we stopped by my parent's house and watched Sing-Off with them. Then we went home, fed Jake, and went to bed!! It was a wonderful night.
Tonight we were supposed to get family pictures done at Picture People, but I had to reschedule because the school's Christmas Play is tonight at 7:00. I always enjoy their Christmas play, so tonight should be fun.
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he looks like such a big boy in his bouncer
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