The Mistery Baby Revealed

My cousin, Vinnie, and his wife had a baby 2 years ago. Needless to say the family was thrilled to hear that Vinnie and Diana were coming out for Thanksgiving and we were finally going to see the child. Okay, a couple days later, but they were coming.
The story became very funny when we learned over dinner that no one in the family has seen the little guy yet! We started referrring to him as the 'mystery baby'.
To make it even more funny, Vinnie has been married for about 5 or 6 years, and I have never met or even seen his wife! Turns out that is not suprising because she has a tendency to hide from people. When my aunt went out to visit, Diana ended up locking herself in her bedroom so that she didn't have to interact with anyone.
So anyway, yesterday, Vinnie and my uncle Vince came down to my Grandmom's house and brought Vinnie's son, Little Vinnie and Brandi's twin daughters, Shelby and Caitlin.
They were adorable! I've seen Brandi's girls before but never Vinnie's kid. They were just too cute! Little Vinnie is a BIG 2 year old and SOLID as anything. I really wish I had taken pictures, but for some reason my camera was at work.
The little boy was as big, if not bigger than his 3 year old cousins. Vinnie told us that on Thanksgiving little Vinnie picked up his brother's-in-law 22" TV and threw it across the room! He's a strong little guy.
You should have seen him playing with the pots and wooden spoons my grandmom brought out. Of course, all 3 kids were banging away but little Vinnie managed to break 3 wooden spoons and 1 plastic one in the process. The little girls were trying to avoid him but he kept trying to get closer to them. It was really really cute!
The kid is at home with his mom all day and doesn't get to be with other little kids much so he was in HEAVEN playing with his cousins whom he had never met before. It was so much fun to watch them interact too!

My Sweet Lord

This afternoon Shaun told me a story about an argument he and his girlfriend were having. I found it very humorous and thought I'd share.
George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord" was playing at the restraunt. For one reason or another the lyrics and title came into question. Shaun, accurately said the lyrics and title were "My Sweet Lord" but his girlfriend insisted he was wrong and that it was actually "My Sweet Love".
To make it even worse, there were 3 additional people at the table with them and they ALL agreed with the girlfriend!

Hard to believe that people really do not know the title of Harrison's most famous single!

I'm curious to know how she would explain the Hare Krishna prayer in there. Just a thought....

Ways to Use a Stop Watch

On Friday night Todd, Dave and I made the announcement we were going to JohnHarvard's after 20something. Knowing it would take everyone a LONG time to get over there we decided to just go and hope people would follow shortly after.
When we got to John Harvard's we decided to use the stop watch function on my phone to time everyone's arrival as we waited for our food (we were hungry and didn't want to wait). So Todd came up with the idea to find 10 ways to use a stop watch. Some we tried, others we have not. Also, after Harvard's Dave, Todd and I left everyone behind and went to Dave's friend's Birthday party at Maddie's in Malvern.
1) How long will it take everyone to get to John Harvard's?
Shaun arrived in 13 minutes. Others took 22 minutes or more.
2) How long until Todd starts to dance?
32 minutes
3) How long until Todd starts to dance with the drunk Old Ladies?
55 minutes
4) How long until someone starts to dance with Todd?
1 hour 47 minutes
5) How long until Dave gets up to dance?
2 hours 9 minutes
6) How long until Tracie gets up to dance?
2 hours 12 minutes
7) How long until the terrible opening band gets off the stage?
57 minutes
8) How long until I actually get up after the first alarm?
yet to be determined
9) How long to get out of the shower?
yet to be determined
10) How long to get ready for work?
yet to be determined


Okay. 8-10 are really boring, but we ran out of things to time that evening and thought of things I can do on my spare time.
Funny. Fun times.

Slightly Disappointing

So, I did some budget crunching and I am not going ot be able to go to New York for the Macy's Parade. Turns out it will cost me over $300 for lodging and transportation and meals. Since I just moved, I just cannot do that, but that's okay. There is always next year!
Now I can spend Thanksgiving with my Grandmom who was going to be all alone for the holiday.
That will be good for both of us.

I Moved!!

I moved into my new home last weekend and I love it! The house is really cute and my new roommate is great.
I'll post pictures later and will have to write more later too because I am very tired and falling asleep, but I wanted to write something because I've been leaving you wondering for too long!