Black Friday MADNESS!!!

Chris woke up at 3:30 this morning to go stand in line at Target. Crazy man. I slept in (but I also went to bed a lot later too) and got up at 5 am. I met Chris, Amber & Matich in line at 5:40, so I didn't have to wait long before we got inside. Poor Chris was soaked from all of the rain earlier however. I guess he had sent me a text at 4 am saying I might need to bring an umbrella. I don't remember getting that message, but my phone was in my hands when I woke up an hour later! Here's how our day mapped out:

Target
Wal-mart
Game Crazy
Einsteins
Home. I took a nap. Chris couldn't because his phone kept going off.
Back to Target to use coupon we forgot earlier
World Market
CostCo
Home. Kids came home!!
Pizza Hut
Home

When Margie & Wade dropped off the kids, Noah was sound asleep in his car seat. Chris had to carry him inside, where he fell back asleep on the couch while Bostyn ran around screaming and played Wii. I took Noah into our bed so he could sleep and Bostyn could play in his room. 2 hours later, Noah was still zonked out and it was time to put a very cranky little girl to bed (not me, Bostyn) so I put Noah in his bed. At midnight I checked on Noah, who was still asleep but soaking wet from wetting the bed (it had been at least 6 hours, he held out a long time!). So I woke him up to change his clothes, give him a Huggies wipe bath and make him go to the bathroom. For being woken up and being moved around so much earlier, he was in a really good mood. When I took his shirt off he told me, good job! Of course he was hungry & he told me he wanted Mac & Cheese. He settled for a bowl of cereal instead and I let him watch some cartoons & we talked about his trip. He told me he had lots of fun & played with toys only a little bit. And he didn't eat a lot and uncle Trav got mad at him. That's how a 3 year old sums up a 3 day trip! Chris would like it if I only talked that much ;)

To sum it all up, it was really nice to have alone time with my husband, but we missed our kids so much and a few times it felt like we had no idea what to do without our children running around the house. We were truly lost without them. We got a lot of shopping done but we didn't finish all of it like we've done the last couple of years, so that means a few crazy weeks lie ahead, but if it means finding great gifts, its worth it.