Thanksgiving and Black Friday

Thanksgiving was not quite what we expected. Mason had an "all day melt down" at both our parent's houses, so that left us with a very stressful day. The food was DE-licious! We even fried our first (successful) turkey and are saving it for dinner one night soon. I think we deserve a Thanksgiving do-over anyways. The night was even worse, as Mason's meltdown continued throughout the night (till 12:30). Mason is two. He goes in and out of different phases at this age, and we are riding this one out-standing our ground. Now for the really good part...Black Friday! On about 3 hours of sleep, this pregnant belly and I rolled out of bed at 3am and met up with Nana, Nichole, Kiley, and Emmy. I wasn't sure how I would do, or how long I would hold up, but thanks to a large cup of coffee and more than one Coke, I made it through the 12 hour shopping day! It was a blast! I did most of my shopping at Target (or all of it, rather), so I didn't have to carry any bags around with me...good for my back. It was fun helping Nancy and Mom shop (with their own money) for the good deals-and there were so many this year! We hit Toys R Us (not crowded at 5am), Target (madhouse at 6am), Chick-Filet (already out of breakfast) at 8am, and the Mall around 8:30 (till 1:30). We finished the day, relaxing at Wild Ginger, and crawled through the door just past 3pm. It was my most successful Black Friday in that I spent the least amount of money, got lots accomplished, and survived with only some back pain. However, I should be fair in noting that my feet are killing me. We are nuts. And I love it!