Weekend Ramblings

Maddy and I had a busy but fun weekend. This year my mom turned 50. She wanted to make a big deal about her birthday, which is unusual for her. We had a party at my uncle's Friday night. It was supposed to be a surprise, but my mom finds out everything lol. We were supposed to be there at 6:00 p.m. Maddy and I were late. I woke up at 4:30 a.m. and logged into work. I got done at 4:08 but I had something that had to be turned in by Friday before I left, so I ended up not getting done until 5. I got Maddy around 5:30 p.m. and then we headed to my uncle's. On our way we ran into some heavy heavy downpours of rain. It sounded like hail was mixed in. That delayed us a bit because I could barely see what was in front of me and I figured my mom would rather us show up late and safe than on time and injured. When we pulled up we saw a big sign outside that said, "Guess who's turning 50?" and had a picture of my mom as a kid on it. I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

 This is "baby" Aria. She has come a long way. She and Maddy are so similar in their actions it's not even funny. It's almost as if they are the same person with a few differences lol. They are only 8 months apart and have great potential to be best friends.

Our family is very talented in the cake making arena. My aunt made this cake for my mom. My mom has been able to make her cakes taste like a local bakery called The Federal Bake Shop. That is my favorite bakery and I love that my mom can make her cakes taste pretty similar to theirs!

We had lots of yummy food. There were hamburger and hot dogs with all the fixings one could need for either. 

Maddy loved this horse. It went super fast on the floor and she just had a ball!

We had lots of fun. I think this was probably the best birthday party our family has had in long time. After we ate and my mom opened presents the kids (including myself) gathered in the living room to play Just Dance 3 on the Kinect. I am addicted to that game and now me and my niece both want an xbox and kinect lol. Aria and Maddy both jumped right up there with us and started getting the hang of some of the moves. It was the cutest thing ever. Maddy and Aria got to take a bath together. Maddy was trying so hard not to smile the entire time. She doesn't like getting baths..it's the process of getting in she hates. Once she's in the tub she doesn't want to get out. They sat side by side playing with their own little toy. My aunt and uncle's dog Diddle came to check on them as well. I don't have a picture on my camera, but will get one. We didn't get home until midnight. I decided since I didn't have to deal with work for once I would let Maddy stay up. We popped in a movie and watched a little of it. 

 Yes, even Manny joined us for our movie. I know I've said this a bunch already, but he is so good with Maddy. He never even attempts to grown or snap at her. He just takes whatever she does to him and looks at me like would you please help me lol,

Maddy was loving on Manny. It looks like he was enjoying it from here lol. We didn't get to bed until 12:40 a.m. Maddy didn't wake up until 9:30 Saturday morning. We went back up to my mom's for the day. We ended up taking an all day shopping trip. We went to Mckay's to trade in some movies. Luckily Maddy fell asleep so it worked out very well. I got Maddy some new movies and hardly paid anything for them. She got Barney, 2 Caillou's, and an Elmo movie. I got two movies that are for both of us...Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 and Hotel For Dogs. She is a little young to really enjoy them right now but it won't be long and she'll love them. She actually watched Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 for a little bit on both Saturday and Sunday. From Mckays we headed over to Sams. My mom wanted to get her a blu-ray player as a gift to herself. After Sams we got some lunch at my favorite restaurant...Olive Garden. We were all starving, so Maddy's mood was on the verge of losing it. She did really well, but she didn't want to listen. She was wanting some ice. I had told her no, so what does she do?? She decides to stick her finger in her lid where the straw goes to try to get her ice. She got her finger all the in, but realized she couldn't get it off. She would not let me or anybody else try to help her. She had huge tears in her eyes. I left her alone with it on her finger for a while, until I noticed her finger was swelling and she had no circulation. My mom and I took her to the bathroom to get it off. My mom tried but Maddy just boohooed and put herself in a corner. I finally said I'm just going to do it. Maddy was saying no no no and crying so my mom got her on her leg to hold her/comfort her and I had to tear the lid open. I almost couldn't get it off of her and I started to panic just a little. When my panick set in is when I got strength to pry it apart. Before I realized how severe the problem was I snapped a picture because it looked hilarious.

She listened for a good while after that incident. I felt so bad when I got it off. Lids have sharp points on them and it was just digging into her finger. The more you touched it the more it dug into her and I know that had to really hurt. She was a trooper! After lunch we went to Office Depot and Babies R Us. It was a fun day but after we done I was pretty tired. Sunday we went to church again. I amazed with how God can work. I've felt like I was supposed to go back to my old church for a little while now. I ignored it for my own reasons. The church I had been going to Maddy literally cried the entire time I was in church. The workers weren't that nice and I just decided it wasn't worth it to put her through that, especially since she has problems with her daycare. My mom mentioned trying our old church again last week and I jumped on board to go try it with them. I told Maddy we were going to church and she would get to play. She was fine with it, until we got there. As I said in my last weekend post she did cry, but she actually let them take her. At the church we were going to she refused to let them even take her. When I went back for her she was playing and happy. This week she told me at home that she wanted to go to church, but that she might cry. I assured her I would be back to get her and she said ok. She actually walked in the nursery herself...she was little hesitant, but she did it. The worker picked her up to help her. Maddy did have tears in her eyes but I never saw her cry. I definitely feel that we are supposed to be at my old church and I'm thinking we are going to make that our home church...again. I am so happy that she is doing so well with going to the nursery. After church we came home and cleaned (although it is messy all over again from me getting boxes from my mom's to go through) and then got ready to go to my mom's and then the store. She got to play with her car some outside. My mom and step dad were putting together my mom's desk. Maddy decided she wanted to help too.

Maddy was beyond tired so I got her to rock with me and watch a movie. We both ended up falling asleep and pictures were taken lol.

When we got home Maddy had to eat one of her cupcakes, then it was time to make my grandfather a get well soon card. He is going in for another hip replacement and he is very nervous. His past 3 surgeries something bad has happened...the last surgery the hospital literally almost killed him because they failed to give him his blood pressure medicine and his blood pressure was almost non existent. Maddy had so much fun making cards. She chose Christmas colors, so I definitely know she is my child lol.

We had so much fun this weekend and are ready for the next weekend! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend and hopefully the week will go smooth :)