[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.

[I'll Stop the World & Melt with you]

Thats been my phrase for the last 24 hours because last night Steve & I went to the movies to see Unstoppable & when I was in the bathroom this song was on so I texted him with this lyric & he was in the men's room & heard it too so texted back "I feel the difference & its getting better all the time". I don't know why I think that is so cute but I do! Anyways, I am a little late with the updates, also behind on my 365 but too lazy to upload the most recent batch. Lets go back to last week..Thursday, Noah & I went to Sara's. We went together to get Noah's haircut. The lady didn't do that great, but Noah wasn't acting that great either. He was so good last time, I was surprised he was so upset. Then again, I believe it was all about timing and an hour earlier or later could've been different. We also hit up Kidstowne & went down the slides with the boys & let them roam freely. We ate a yummy meal & called it a day. Later on @ night Steve got a tattoo done by my sister in law's boyfriend of our wedding date. Its cool, its like a math problem (idk how to make a fraction on the computer to really describe it) Friday we went to get our Holiday pictures taken. I am happy how everything turned out besides the fact that my proofs have yet to be mailed to me a week later! It has always been by the next day. So tomorrow we're going there in person since the last 7 phone calls didn't get anything accomplished! Friday night was fun, we went Ice Skating. It was my first time in 10 years or so & Steve's first time. I knew he would be good since he is an awesome rollerblader. We took Stevie & my brother also & had lots of laughs. When we got home we were still pretty pumped so Steve took out his rollerblades & DJ took out his bike & we took turns riding & having running relays in the parking lot accross the street. On Saturday myself, Noah & Stevie went to Target & I got a bunch of Christmas shopping done. Noah is pretty much set, maybe something to open since I can't really wrap the potty or Zainy Zoo. For his stocking; a penguin "sippy sip" (SO cute when Noah says this!) a turtle loofa for the bath, a Singamajig & another fork/spoon set. I also got him Pj's to wear Christmas Eve. I let Stevie pick out a couple things to save for Christmas as well as a book to take home that day. We got the triplets Cinderella's Magical Vanity-I can't wait to see their reaction! Devlin got some Toy Story 3 Action Links & Activity Book. Didn't do much this week, stayed in for the most part but like I said I will be out tomorrow to go back to the mall for my proofs, I need to get stamps for the Christmas Cards & will probably do a food shop. Alrighty, I am probably leaving out a bunch but I have Vampire Diaries & Grey's I can watch before bed. Night!

[Merry Monday!]

Beauty Mates! Not too much new since my last update. Thursday Sara came to see the house-we didn't get to do a walk through & have me explain all my ideas but we went to this new place called Park East. We tried new sushi, really nice place & the best part was when we checked in on Foursquare we got 10% off the bill..that or the fried banana dessert! I will go back with Steve or maybe Danielle when she comes now that we're settled. After we tried desperatly to cause trouble or find people to hangout with but guess Thursday nights around these parts are pretty dead. She has a few local places by her that she wants us to try so we're going to try to have a Mom's night out at least once a month, also have to meet up for playdates as well. Saturday I met up with Danielle for lunch & shopping. I was considering getting a pair of Uggs but when I went to Old Navy they had ones SO similiar for 34 oppose to 140 so I snagged them. I like them for their looks, I don't need a pricy name tag a long with it, over that! I wore them yesterday & they were really comfy. Steve came to my Grandma's on the clock to do some work for her. It was cool seeing him work & Noah wore dad's safety vest. While there my mom & Grandma asked for Noah's Christmas List. Last night we ate @ Donna's for Elyse's Birthday Dinner. I am really loving getting to see them all the time. I scheduled our Picture People Appointment for Friday before Stevie gets his braces on the following week. I am happy to do it so early because Santa is already out in the mall & it was a madhouse, seems Christmas is coming even earlier this year. I also have a cute idea for our Christmas Cards if I can get Steve to play along with it. Have lots of shows to catch up on so I am going to get going. Bye, Bye!