Like Mother Like Son

This is a picture of my son on his first birthday:


And a picture of me (with my family) when I was somewhere between 12-18 months:


See any similarities?

Merry Christmas

Sorry for the lack of updatation lately. Lots going on. We had a wonderful family get together today after church this morning.

Tomorrow we leave for PA for 2 days, so I had to clean tonight (I can't come home to a mess, that would be sooo stressful for me!)

I have to finish packing, and get to bed since I have to get up early tomorrow and I am worn out!

Reminiscing

My dad is turning 50 next month and I am going through a bunch of pictures to find some good ones of him from throughout his life thus far. While looking through some pictures today, I came across these from high school. My brother and I were both involved in theater in high school as well as a couple of my friends that I still keep in contact with. Sweetiepie (who used to be a fellow blogger as well) and A who doesn't blog, but occasionally reads mine.

The first 2 pictures are from Cinderella my freshman year. That is Sweetiepie and myself sitting on the bench (I'm the one on the right). The second one is of A as Cinderella herself! I'll be expecting your call, A, as soon as you see this. :) You can kind of see me in the blue dress in between the "wicked stepsisters". And the last pic is of my brother playing the Baker in Into the Woods. He was a senior (the year before Cinderella).

Hope you enjoy my trip down memory lane. I always like looking at old pictures of myself, wishing I still looked like that! It's amazing what 11 years and 3 babies will do to a gal! (Not to mention over-eating!)

Our Christmas Card

The tag reads: Let's see who's been good!

Birthday Weekend

Thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday. The day didn't start out well. I woke up with a headache. Then my oldest daughter decides to tell me 10 minutes before she was to get on the bus that she was supposed to have a Secret Santa gift for Thursday. I asked, "as in yesterday?" To which she replied "yes". I remembered seeing something about it on a paper that had been sent home, but couldn't remember when it was. Crap! Now I have to get dressed, get the baby dressed and go to the store and then take the girls to school instead of just sending them off on the bus as usual, and having a nice, relaxing morning.

So I got the kids all packed up in the van as the bus drove by behind me. I put the van in reverse and gently press the gas....nothing. I am on a sheet of ICE! Great! Finally, I got out of the parking spot (oh, how I miss my garage!) and headed to the store. I ran in and get a quick gift and took the girls on to school.

After dropping them off I decided to stop and put gas in the van. I stopped at Speedway and put in my Speedy Rewards card and it took of 2 cents per gallon. Now, I remembered that the last few times I filled up a different Speedway it gave me 5 cents/gal. off. So I drive off, hoping to save myself a few pennies (cheap, I know) and get to the other Speedway, and the price of gas is way higher. Even with 5 cents/gal off, I'd still be paying more. So off I went back to the original Speedway.

I fill up the van then go inside for a French vanilla cappaccino (It was my birthday afterall) and there was a sign over the French vanilla saying to "please select a different flavor". I did not want a different flavor, but I stood there trying to decide which one to get since I was already there. Then an employee came over and opened the front of the machine and said "these are out." NOOOOOO!

As I pull out of the gas station lot, I see the my bank and decide to stop while I'm out and cash my birthday check from my father in law. I pull around the block and back into the lot to the bank. I get to the drive through window and go to put down my window. It's frozen shut! (did I mention I miss my garage?!) At this point, I say, "forget it" and just head home.

When I finally got home, I i.m.'d my hubby and was telling him about how stinky my morning had gone already and he reminds me that the Secret Santa exchange is NEXT week! That just made it worse because now, I had just had a horrific birthday morning for NOTHING!

After guru got home, things did get better. We dropped the kids off at Trin and G's house to spend the night (little man's first sleepover) and went out on a date. We ate dinner at Hoggy's then did some shopping at Marshalls where I got a new purse and matching wallet. Then we went to see Just Friends. That was a very funny move, IMO. Then stopped at Steak 'n Shake for milkshakes after the movie.

Saturday morning I slept in until 10:40, then got up and met a friend of mine (Sweetiepie) across town for lunch and a fun day of shopping. I also got to meet her newest little one who is now 8 weeks old! So cute!

After church Sunday, we dropped the little man off at Trin and G's again (thanks guys, twice in one weekend!) and headed with the girls to an OSU Hockey game that guru got free tickets for. We all had a really good time.

That's about it, sorry this was such a long post, if you're still reading this I'm surprised. We ended the weekend with Grey's Anatomy (very disappointed there was no DH on this week!) and went to bed.


(My new purse)

First Hair Cut

My little man got his first hair cut today! He looks so much bigger now, which of course, I expected. He looks so cute though (as if he could not look cute).

Here are some "before" shots of his long locks:



And some "during" shots:



And some "after" shots:



He did such a great job! He didn't fuss too much. Just a little at first, but it was only because he didn't want to sit down! He was very curious about what was going on, but did not want to sit still very long. That boy is always on the go! The lady that cut it has was a friend of my mom and my grandma goes to her for her hair cuts. She has known me my whole life and said that my son looks just like I did at that age. So he MUST be cute! :)

Why Men Don't Babysit

(I got these in an email from my friend, Sweetiepie. There were other pictures in the email, but these were my favorites. Hope you enjoyed them. That last picture had me dying!!!! )