Friday, 23 November

Today was a very long day. Olivia woke up around 1:00 am or so, well instead of trying to put her back to bed - I decided to get up with her and head out to shop. Meijer had advertised that they will have at least 30 Wii systems in the store so I headed out in search of one. Luckily, the store is open 24/7 so I was inside and out of the cold. Got to the store around1:30 and there was already a line but luckily for me I was number 19. I immediately called Michael and got him to come in, he was 29. Thank gosh because there was only 30 game systems available. So we waited in line for over 4 hours but some people were there as of 8:00 pm the night before (I'm crazy but not that crazy). Olivia was so good, she slept through most of the time we were there. I feed her around 4:30 am and she went back to bed for another hour or so. Around 5:00 is when they brought out the Wii systems (Did I mention there was about 200 people in line but they only gave out numbers for 30 of them... some people were not too happy about that... I was though, I got my Wii). Anyway, we finally got to the register around 5:30 and was out by 6:00 am. After that, decided I was just too tired and headed home (I did stop for some delicious McDonald's coffee on the way). Got home, unpacked everything - put Olivia back to bed (Such an angel) then tried to go back to bed myself. I ended up getting out of bed around 7:00 am (I never got back to sleep) and started my day. We set up the Wii and got it hooked up to the wireless network (Now we can play against Bonnie & Michelle, Todd, Michael & Dan, Robin and Jim - they all have the systems too). After playing for a little bit, did some laundry and cleaned up a bit. After that, had to pack up the car - pack and play, bouncy chair, baby clothes, diaper bag, stroller, blankets, toys, etc.... plus pack stuff for me, the desserts and other stuff I'm forgetting to list. Got in the car and headed to Charlotte. We had a terrific day, got to hang out with the family, play with the kids, play cards, exchange gifts, eat, eat, eat & eat. It was a really great day and by 8:30 we were exhausted. We headed to the hotel room but stopped at Meijer on the way to get a 2nd Wii controller and some baby oatmeal. Got checked in, unloaded everything, changed olivia and fed her then put her to bed and I fell asleep immediately. Olivia was so good, she slept in til about 4:30, I fed her and she went back to bed until 7:30. I was really happy about that, I got some sleep as well (I really needed it - I was going on two days with only 2 hours of sleep).