I think my son is actually a 20 something living in a 3 year olds body. Some examples needed? Okay i have a few.

His favorite show to watch at bedtime is "Gilmore Girls". He knows all the characters by name and can sing the theme song. He likes Paris who is the arch rival of Rory. He thinks the show "is so funny. giggle giggle."

New favorite song? He sings almost word for word "I"ll Stand by You". Carrie Underwood style of course! We were at the library today and wanted to check out a CD with "Stand by You" on it. We couldn't find one.

He is my second half sometimes. He always knows where i put my glasses, coffee cup, cell phone, or purse. He can find it almost always before i can!

He loves to shop for little girl's clothes. Since he is a big boy now he shops right along side me and "follows the leader" while we shop. When we hit up the Baby/Toddler sections he always picks out a "Oh Cute" outfit. Usually involving sparkles, yellow, or Dora! Yellow sparkly dresses are a must to show mommy!

What a goof ball!

Pictures from this weekend and last weekend! Wisconsin Point, Jessica's Birthday, and Elmo

Wow how fast a week goes by? We had a very busy week and weekend. I think i will do it from Sunday to whenever i can remember! First off we both have colds and haven't been sleeping very well the past 3 nights so i am thinking its going to be a very long day at work today! Hayden is also VERY clingy to me this past week. I call him my shadow. He wants to sleep with me go and do anything with me. Its kind of weird. I don't think he has been sleeping in his own bed more then a couple hours each night. Okay back to last week!

Sunday: Hayden, RaeAnn and myself stayed at the Holiday Inn Express in Coon Rapids. Hayden woke up early for me and he insisted we go have breakfast right away. Then we swam for a little while, well mostly sat in the hot tub but he was okay with that "it feels good". We then went to Toys R Us and bought some food for his kitchen set. Play food has gotten so cool! We bought a pizza set and it all Velcro's together. They had sets that were all like that. Then we drove home. Hayden sleeping until Hinckley. Then it was home to play for a little while and then we drove to Smith's house to see Daddy and watch the football games. And that's all i will say about football games! Except at Packer half time we went to my mom's house and ate yummy appetizers and packer cupcakes made by Emily and Brittany.

Friday/Saturday: We drove to the cities and stayed Friday night at Lisa and Nick's house. We woke up BRIGHT and early to the nasty cold weather and went to ELMO! Live at the Target center. We did this last year too! The kids seem to really enjoy it! We pit stopped at Starbuck's on the way to the show and Hayden and Jessica chimed in that they wanted something. So we ordered them Kiddie Hot Chocolates. Hayden did not like his which i thought was weird but i have figured out that with his cold sweets don't taste good to him, he didn't like the cupcakes and didn't like Jessica's birthday cake or ice cream. Okay so after the show it was time for Jessica's birthday party(Saturday was her actually birthday! Happy Birthday Jessica!). She got lots of neat gifts and yummy food. Hayden holed himself up with her kitchen set. He did not feel good at all for Jessica's party. We also went swimming on Saturday night it was so nice to sit in a hot tub when it was -200 degrees out! We ate at Mcdonalds for supper that night "Not my daddy's Mcdonalds but another Mcdonalds"

Okay the rest of the week. He had way to much fun at Angie's house this week and did not want to leave! Ben has that probably too she must need to be more mean! On Thursday i started working as "Call Staff" at WITC in their LRC(library!) I will work every thursday morning from 8 until i go to work at the high school. Its really calm there, very weird. I caught on fast since i have been working in libraries since Jan 2000. Jason has been working his butt off. They are expecting their SOR(surprise inspection thingie!) sometime before Feb 7. SO he is basically working 6 day weeks 9+ hours a day which means he will really deserve our trip to Texas! I don't know if i put that on here yet. But Jason, Hayden, Mike and Raeann and me are going to visit Michael and Laura in the beginning of Feb. We are driving! It will be fine i am sure it just better be at least 55 when we are there! Okay i'll post pics in a while! Have a good week!

WE did it! We survived 2 birthday parties this weekend. Not as many people showed up as we planned so that really cut down on the stress of too many people in our little house! I am so wounded up from this weekend i can't sleep! And probably the 10 cups of coffee i drank through out the day. I am sure my grammar is going to be horrible but bear with me!

This week was a whirl wind of stuff going on and getting ready. Monday was our normal Monday at Mike and RaeAnn's house. Tuesday Hayden and I got into it during the morning and he was VERY upset when i went to work. He cried and hugged me telling me not to go. He hasn't done this since September, very werid. But Emily watched him during the Day and Auntie Em watched him at night so Mommy and Daddy could actually get some shopping done for the party. Wednesday Jason worked late and we met for dinner at our normal Wednesday place, East End Cafe. $2.19 tacos! Hayden's dinner is the most expensive usually at $2.50 for pancakes, sausage and milk. We go almost every week with my mom and dad. Thursday was cleaning day! Friday was cousin Crystal's 8th birthday and we went over to Big Gram's new house just 2 blocks away for a little party. Saturday we woke up very early and brought Brandon to Basketball and watched his game, breakfast at Mcd's, Hayden's favorite! Pancakes and Sausage, always! Auntie watched Hayden so mommy could run and get food and balloons for the parties. I stopped at Jcpenney's too, they are having some good sales. I bought Jason some nice pants and Jessica's birthday present, which i want for myself. Then Hayden and i came home and worked our hinney's off. We got all ready for the party and had nothing to do for a few hours so Hayden decided to cry, and Cry, and CRY! I had to call Jason at work and beg him to come home because at that time it was time to start making the food. So Jason came home an hour early and took Hay for a car ride which ended in a sleeping birthday boy. I got everything done and then it was 5 and my family all came. It was a nice evening, yummy food and good Curious George cupcakes. Hayden received so many nice gifts both days. A Trike from Uncle Brandon and the Kitchen set from Big Gram might top the list but he has been playing with everything i can't honestly say there isnt anything he didn't like. Sunday's party was just as nice. Football, pizza, cake and playing. Jessica was a cutie she makes me giggle. I remember when i was little and i was bossy, she is a little bossy too at the grown ups but she has nothing on me! I was trying to sleep(She told me to lay down and close my eyes!) and i couldnt physically keep my eyes shut it was funny. She helped Hayden blow out his candle on his Diego cake and sang to him too. I am glad he has her! I am sure this summer those two will be in lots of trouble exploring and playing together. They both are blooming with personality. Hayden was a super chatter box on Sunday. I haven't really seen anything like it before. He just talked and talked and talked. I don't know where he gets that from. I will get a bunch of pictures on here tomorrow. Jessica's birthday is next weekend and we are heading to the cities for her party and for Elmo Live! We are staying at a hotel, Hayden's favorite thing to do. Have a great week everyone!

Okay I lied i am wired and am posting the pictures. Some from Zoo Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. Enjoy!

Another busy weekend came to an end, sad. OH well its back to work today! Hayden's birthday parties are next weekend so i have been busy, busy, busy. I also have been planning Sarah's baby shower taking place next month. She found out last week she is having a boy. We both thought she was having a girl, we were wrong. But she is happy and can't wait to be a mommy in May. I love planning parties!
Hayden has gone just about 2 weeks without the Buffy. He is doing good still asks for it and is sucking on EVERYTHING. Fingers, mittens, jacket, shirt collar, shirt sleeve, his fringes, etc. I hope it stops soon, gross. I am proud of him for doing so good.
I don't have any new pictures of Hayden. I have been working on a photo board for his parties. Its weird! I will have some i am sure by the end of the week. Have a great week!

Everyone who knows me knows i like to shop! Especially online. I HATE to pay full price for anything, and rarely do. Thats why i have a hard time at Christmas, i pay full price. I thought i would share with you a few of my favorite websites for finding items at a great price. Click the name of the site to be brought directly there.

• Zenni Optical. This is where i buy all my eye glasses. I have bought 4 pair in the last year from them and can't complain about anything. I buy the $8.00-12.95 pairs. Shipping is $4.95 and takes around 2 weeks to get them. They ship them in hard plastic cases with glass cleaning clothes inside a box with bubble wrap. I love this place!
  
• Lands End Overstock. I always thought Lands End was for old people! The quality of their clothes is amazing. 100% guarantee too! I buy all my swimwear from them. They have a promise it will never fade, stretch or lose its shape, if it does you can return them for a full refund. Check the "On the Counter" section on Saturdays. They post items with deep discounts then. Every other day they mark them down even more. But they sell out almost always before Wednesday.
  
• Airfaredig. Okay the website has drastically changed in the last month and i don't really like it. But they use to have daily updates on the cheapest airfare with direct links to purchase it. Hopefully this will come back. But they still have good deals posted on the site.
  
• Amazon. I always check Amazon lately. If anything you can get a idea on the price. They have so many people/websites that you can see from a list where you can get it cheapest. Also Amazon has all of its own products it sells Free Shipping if you spend $25.00 or more. I love this!!!!! Towards the bottom of the page it will give you a list of what other people bought who looked to this item, i find cheap things here too.
  
• Craigslist. I do check it everyday but its really hit or miss. I did find my babysitter on Craigslist and a few other Hayden things. I have sold Baby items here and get a great price for them. A lot more than a Rummage Sale.
  
• When shopping online make sure and search for coupon codes first. Just search the store name and discounts or coupon codes. You will always find at least a free shipping if not some percentage off.
  
• Find someplace that gives you Cashback or some type of Rewards. My Credit Cards both do and so does Upromise, which goes into a College Account for Hayden, we have like $30.00 for him, not much but something.
  
• Picasa by Google. Its free photo editing and storing. I LOVE this. I do all my photo editing with this FREE program. Its a one time download from Google. I upload all my favorite pictures to my online web albums. I can access this anywhere, anytime on the Internet. Its my piece of mind if something happens to my computer the only thing of value i have on it is my pictures.
  

So those a just a few of my favorites. I didn't give the address for my favorite site yet! Someday. You can add something to my list if you'd like to leave me a comment. Have a great weekend. Back to work on Monday.

A Year in Pictures. Happy 2008 to Everybody.