Mommy's Morning Out!

Tomorrow I am spending the morning with... ME, MYSELF and I!
First off, I am getting a nice warm coffee!! Then I'll drop Gavin off at school.

Next, I'm off to get a Pedicure for my cracked and crusty heels! (l0l)

Then I'm going to hit the tanning bed for a little bit of color! Can't be as white as the snow outside!

My final plan is to finish my Christmas shopping!! Woo-Hoo!
I need to get Brian's "big" gift, some gift cards, ornaments for gal-pals (we swap ornaments every year) and maybe something for me!

The weather has been so cold and I haven't had a chance to get my boys out to play in it. I think we all are getting cabin fever over here. We can go places but they hate shopping so that makes for a not so fun experience for us all:(

I can't believe Christmas is coming so soon either! My 30th birthday is on Dec. 22nd too-UGH! Some of my friends are taking me to dinner and maybe out for some dancing; I cannot wait! Living in a house full of males makes me yearn for that "girly" time I have with friends!

Hopefully I'll get my Christmas stuff all up tomorrow after noon and I'll have my pics up then!

Ta-Ta, Noelle

I did a little shopping today...

Well, as a mother of two, I don't get much time to got out and shop by myself. So I finished work a little early today and decided to go spend one of the gift cards I got for Christmas from a local HUGE scrapbook store here called Pages In Time. I had our wedding on the brain when I went there so I found a couple packs of pretty wedding related stickers.

My oldest boy will be graduating Kdg. in May so I found so adorable kdg. graduation stickers for his book and he also will be taking a swim class at our local YMCA next week during his spring break, so I found so fun swimming/water themed stickers that I thought would make a cute page! I find that the older he gets the less pictures I have of him; I think its that when they get older, you aren't in there face as much with a camera like you would when they were a baby. They don't change as often, you know? I feel bad when I look at his current album:( So with our soon-to-be 1 year old- I have TONS of pics of him this year because he is changing so often! I love having the 2 of them because I can take lots of Big Bro, Little Bro pics to add into both of their albums! But, I don't get to work on my albums too often anymore! That is terrible considering that I am a Creative Memories consultant and have people over to MY house to scrapbook!! And yet I can't keep up on mine.... ugh!

And for Baby Gage, I FINALLY found Blue's Clues' stickers.. talk about an exciting moment! Gage loves Blues Clues; when he hears the theme song, he will stop dead in his tracks and will watch the tv. My older son Gavin loved Blue at this age too, coincidence maybe??

So I will add in pics of the cute finds from my shopping trip today for you to see!

Happy Scrapping:)

My mom, my inspiration...

My brother Andrew, me, our mom and my brother Marc at my mom's birthday dinner 09/07! (I have another brother but he's in Arizona)

My mom and grandbaby Gage back in August 2007; she can't get enough of those cheeks!!

Yes, my mom also made this precious ducky cake for the shower; see why I recruited her to do my wedding cake??

My mom and I at my baby shower in February 2007!

I know my dear mother will be the first one to post on my blog so here's a little tribute to you!

My mom Lori is a very brave and strong woman; who sees family as a priority! She stayed at home with us growing up and played with us all the time. She was very active in our school years- coming to parties, baking goodies, decorating, etc. I think I start to follow in her footsteps more and more each day.

Mom, you truly are my best friend now and a great inspiration! I look forward to planning my wedding day with you; you have great ideas:) I hope I have brought a little happy tear to your eye today by letting you know how wonderful and appreciate you are by me and my little family!

I'll post more for you around Mother's Day!