[Love looks good on me!]

I am still having problems uploading pictures with this thing. Sadly, I am now too far behind to catch up on 365. TONS new, too much to catch up with now but I have gone on some play dates with a girl I went to school with & her twins. For Valentine's we made whoopie pies that came out so good! Steve & I ate in Red Bank then had Heart shaped Valentine's on the actual day. March has been a great month. All in one week I went to Great Wolf Lodge with Noah, my nephew, sister, cousins, mother & grandma overnight. Noah loved every bit of it. Steve took a short break from work & we have been keeping busy. This weekend we went to the Zoo, Museum and Steve & I to Atlantic City overnight. It was just what the Dr ordered! We also got a Jeep for Steve & we love it! The Zoo & Museum I can't rave enough about & how it was watching it through Noah's eyes. Museum was beyond amazing & I must go back. We had the best dinner ever in Atlantic City. I'm talking things we have never tried before. Edamame Ravioli's, Duck Salad w/Pouched Egg, Lobster Fried Rice, Spicy Scallops & Wasabi Crusted Filet with Wasabi Mashed..OH & he got me a cake with candle for dessert! The weather stunk so I might need a redo with that. We played some Roulette, Slots & had some drinks @ Liquid Bar. We took a ride on the Boardwalk in a "roller car" which we had a good laugh @. Also since I last wrote I had Liam's 2nd Birthday, Raigan came over, Sara treated me to dinner, & we even had time to go to Bridgewater Mall & get a new bag just for myself. Lurve it! Ok, this was a total bragging post & I am sorry for that, but I have been blessed this month & got to do a lot of great things. Love having Steve home with us. I am way behind shows so I am going to get back to it! Hopefully I will keep up with the updates!

[Potty Training in Progress!]

I am sure there is a lot new since I last wrote but I am going to cut to the good stuff. Noah has been peeing (& even a poop!) on the potty for the last 3 days. He has gone 5-6x now. I had just got him a potty for Christmas & would have him sit on there clothed when I went to the bathroom. I would say "Pee Pee or Potty" then the other night he told Daddy "Pee Pee" & went in the bathroom, closed the door. Steve ran & told me but he didn't take his pants off so when Noah asked again we did a Wha la! Since then he hasn't asked but I have been putting him on 1-2 times a day & have gotten lucky a few times, so it's a start! This Friday Steve & I are taking Noah to Gymboree then on Friday is Adam's Family on Broadway! The show is @ 8pm but we're going in all day to have lunch @ this place we saw on TV, Madame Tussauds Wax Museum & if we have time maybe Macy's or Toys R Us. I'm super excited! I keep trying to update my 365 page but whenever I hit publish post nothing happens so I am not going to waste too much time on this just in case..otherwise, I will be back after this awesome weekend!

[Christmas isn't a season, it's a Feeling!]

Here is Noah Christmas Eve leaving out his cookies & milk for Santa. The second picture was in his playroom before we got to take everything out of the boxes. We later took out the Laugh & Learn table & put older toys in toy box.

As always we had a great Holiday. Christmas Eve we went to Steve's Grandma's, my Sister's & then had dinner @ Steve's mom's. We were non stop all day. Alissa got Noah the Weeble Tree House, my mom got him the Music Station that hooks up to the TV, A Train Set, hat & whistle. Also a Singamajig & I'm sure I am forgetting things. My Grandpa got him Little Zoomers Racetrack. There is just too much to list. Some other gifts include matching hat/sweatshirts with Daddy that says Little Guy/Big Guy, a Toy Engine, Handy Manny Laptop, Clothes etc. Steve & I made out really well between cash & gift cards to tons of places; movies, dinner, Petsmart, Gas Station, Starbucks, Lord & Taylor, Victoria's Secret. Christmas morning in my stocking was a hot & cold cup for my coffee, Eclipse dvd & Pomegrante Chipolte sauce I use for Chicken. I could go on & on about how spoiled I got (new Sony Bloggie, tickets to see Adam's Family on Broadway etc) but Noah is waiting for me to join him to play with his new toys. Had a great last 2 days, so much fun watching the "OOhhs & AAhh's" from him. We got him his potty, new towels, coloring book/crayons, a few small things but his main gift was the Zainy Zoo. Last night my Step Mom came up from Texas & we will all probably go watch a movie. It's a wrap on Christmas, can't wait to put all our goodies to good use! It's a blizzard out there, hopefully it dies down a bit tomorrow so I can take Noah outside to play. 2011 is around the corner, bring it on!!

[Noah saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus!]

I had a blast last night. We had the Santa Pub Crawl! I LOVE this picture very much how Noah was looking up at "Mommy kissing Santa!" We went to 7 bars, some that even gave out free pizza, hot dogs & chips. There was over 500 people dressed up. The best was Caroling inside & on the way to the bars. I am proud of Steve for laughing & not whining about dressing up, he embraced it enough to even stop @ 7-11 to get a drink on the way there, everyone was looking @ us, smiling & saying hi! It was nice to drink with my sister too, that doesn't happen often. Earlier in the week I went Christmas shopping with both my mom & dad. I only have one more gift to get before I am totally done. On Friday we went to look at an apartment up in Princeton. Hopefully there is job oppertunities for both of us out there. We had sushi for lunch. Not too much else going on, about to start cooking dinner & Steve will be on his way home. There is a lot of movies coming out that I want to see; Black Swan, The Fighter, Tron. I also want to see No Strings Attached & Source Code when those come out. Hopefully Sara will come tomorrow night to see Black Swan. Maybe I will be back, or maybe I will see ya after Christmas! Have a good one!

[Santabulous Season!]

This picture was taken with the lights off as I left Noah for the night. This is my favorite..he takes his "Jeff" & his puppy in each hand, blows tons of kisses back & forth (even once I shut the door) & yells "Night, night" it's nice when he is ready to sleep & is happy to do so :o)
I have been slacking with computer time. I pretty much just check my Facebook from my phone & that's it. Last Friday I went to Sara's to see Love & Outher Drugs, I had really wanted to try this Gingerbread Martini but Outback was closed crazy early on a Friday night. We ended up @ a local place she visits frequently & had a good drink there. Saturday, I went to Matawan's Tree Lighting & was happy to take a *free (crying) pic with Santa & for that, I'm $24 richer. Sunday, my mom treated me to the Gingerbread Latte I wanted as well as dinner. This week I got the 24 hour Flu & that was horrible. Steve took off from work to take care of Noah & I was in bed all day. Yesterday was really productive. We had Noah's 18 month appointment, Steve's eye appointment, My yearly AND Pancakes haircut. Last night we got takeout & watched Inception, an early Christmas present I gave Steve. I only have one more gift to get (Elyse) & then we're all done. Tomorrow we're going to Lorin's to hangout & they want to give Noah his Christmas presents. Sounds good to me! I'm going to keep this short & sweet. Countdown to Christmas is on!

[THANKS for GIVING me..YOU!]

So Thanksgiving has come & gone. We took my brother down to my Aunt's the night before & spent a lot of time with family, they ordered pizza & we had a nice time. Thursday, we went to a diner for dinner where 100% of the proceeds went to charity. Not my ideal Thanksgiving but happy to do a good deed & we're having a real homemade one this weekend when we have Stevie. Friday @ Midnight I went to Old Navy to stock Noah up on 12-18 months because that's right where most of my baby shower clothes come to an hault. I spent $86 & the reciept says I saved about $70. I got Noah 2 full outfits; A performance fleece one & jeans/sweater, his Jingle Bell Rocker shirt for picture with Santa, a pair of cute pj's. I got myself a pair of jeans that went down $15 from the last time I got a pair & Steve a holiday sweater. Also a few stocking stuffers. I was about 200th in line but was in & out of there within a half hour. Friday during the day we braved the crowd & went to Menlo Mall. Nice mall! Haven't been there in years. I ran in 2 stores, got my brother done for Christmas. We mainly went because I wanted to take Steve to the new happening joint Park East & they had a special if you bring a mall reciept from Black Friday you get 20% off the bill. So later that night Elyse watched Noah & we had 2 drinks each, Edamame, 2 rolls & a burger for 52 including tip. That was sweet. (as was my Almond Joy Martini!) Saturday I took the triplets to see Tangled & it was ssoo cute! Sunday I want to a Benefit my friend was hosting for Cancer. At night we decorated the tree. This is the first time I miss our house in PA. We do a real tree & just having our own space for this big Holiday makes me a little sad. Noah is very curious about the gifts-we had to put a gate up in front of the pile! Tonight's plan is to watch Going the Distance. Not much on the agenda this week other than going to Sara's on Friday to do the boy's Christmas Craft (Ornaments) & the movies (Love & Other Drugs) Right now Noah is napping so I am getting caught up on my Blogs, Facebook & TB. Then I will watch One Tree Hill & maybe nap if there is still time. It is really nasty out today. Def, a PJ all day-day!

[Precious MOMents!]

Gah! Favorite picture of Noah to date! We went back to the mall & they gave us the proofs right away. We also hit up Buy, Buy, Baby & Outback. Saturday I went foodshopping while Steve & DJ did some housework, Sunday we ate @ Steve's mom's house-Pork Roast & yesterday DJ & I went to the mall to pick up a jacket he had on order, I got a Jamba Juice & a couple of perks for checking in on Foursquare. Last night we had an AWESOME dinner! Bacon wrapped steak medalions, sauteed mushrooms/onions & Chicken Brocolli noodles. So good! Tonight is Taco Tuesday. Tomorrow we bring my brother to my aunt's for a few days. If you get a receipt from the local malls on Black Friday, you get 20% off bill @ Park East & I have been wanting Steve to try it. So that's our plan for now. If its not too crazy, that's when we will get Noah's picture with Santa. I think he will wear this red Jingle Bell Rocker shirt for it. Next week Sara & I plan to do our ornament craft. I have all the Holiday cards signed, sealed & waiting to be delivered. Got some new videos of Noah. He says "Sshh, tattoo, thank you, Noah & his buddy Connor (those 2 sound more like "Narney" but that's how he says it!) Must give Sara credit for the title, she saw something that said MOMents & I think its too cute! Thanksgiving we're spending with Steve's side & leftovers for lunch on my side Friday. I am also going with the triplets to see Tangled one day this weekend. I made both Noah's 18m appt & my yearly Gyn on the same day so only one trip out to PA. Time to get ready for naptime.