We finally got the chance to get Sean’s hair cut for the first time! We took him to a local place called Cookie Cutters that is completely for children. We did the “Baby’s First Haircut Special” which included his cut, a photo, certificate and lock of hair.

He got to sit in a pretty cool lime green race car and had a movie playing for him right in front of him. He didn’t pay much attention to the movie but although he kept looking around like the curious toddler he is, he did exceptionally well. I am so proud of him. He didn’t cry or try to grab or anything.

My mom has been trying to talk us out of cutting his hair since we first mentioned it. She loves his long, messy and slightly curly hair, but I just couldn’t stand that my kid looked like a scrub with uber messy hair.

There is a full album of pictures on my MySpace, Facebook and on my website album. Check them out.

Also, a short video I threw together to remember the occasion.

Hey kids! RIM has released version 4.5 OS for your BlackBerry! You can get it here.

A little something I put together in my spare time at work of my son running around the house with his blanket to the Peanuts Theme! I am one proud mommy, to say the least!

I haven’t blogged about anything I got for Christmas yet, but I can’t keep it in about my brand new Chi hair straightener! Every girl wants one and most girls should have one! My husband knows what I like, that’s for sure.

Chances are, if you’ve ever gone to a salon and they’ve used a flat iron on your hair, they were using a Chi. For a while, I thought it was whatever product that they’d put in my hair but then I noticed that every stylist I’ve ever gone to was using this same iron. I had to have one! Thankfully, my wonderful husband remembered this and bought me one for Christmas, along with other wonderful things, but I have to say, this is my favorite.

One of the biggest differences about this iron as opposed to others is the ceramic over metal straightening tips. Most other irons have just regular metal or aluminum which can cause your hair to burn, fray, etc. The ceramic iron has a much better chance of smoothing out the hair and keeping it healthy.

They retail for approximately $100.00 and you can find them on their website or in almost any salon. I highly recommend buying one if you’re the least bit serious about your hair and your appearance.

It will go really well with my new to come 2009 look including dark hair and possibly a new style!

I just powered up my laptop not only 10 minutes ago and my Twitter and Feedreader are swamped with blogs and micro-blogs about the new year, resolutions, year in reviews, etc. Why should I be the outcast? This is my big, fat new year’s eve blog!

Best movie: The Dark Knight & Iron Man
Worst movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Best new phone: iPhone 3G & Blackberry Bold
Worst new phone: Any iPhone imitation

Best new video game: Wrath of the Lich King expansion
Worst new video game: I don’t really have one. Most of my time was spent playing WoW

Best BlackBerry Application Launch: MySpace Mobile. We’ve all been waiting for it.
Worst BlackBerry Application Launch: Yahoo! Go.

New Year’s Resolutions. Past years I haven’t even cared to have any. Most people do them and never achieve them. Well, I think I’ll use the year as an experiment to see if I can stick to my resolutions at all.

1. Lose all my pregnancy weight. A whole year later and still not back to normal, but it’s pretty much my fault anyways, so my goal is to get my ass into gear and hop to it.

2. Buy a new house. This one could be pretty easy, hopefully. We’re already set up to see a really, really nice house on New Year’s Day and if we like the inside as much as we like the outside, we’re going to see about buying out our lease and buying this new home.

3. Go on a vacation. It’s been far too long since I’ve gone on a vacation.

4. Save more money. We tend to blow our money from time to time on things we really don’t even need. LoL. I need to lower my addiction for designer bags, sunglasses, etc.

5. Have more of a social life. Sad, I know, but between family, work and home, I just haven’t the time anymore to go out with friends as much as I used to or would like to. I also find that the things some of my friends do don’t really appeal to me anymore. I don’t really want to go out drinking or clubbing or anything. Being a wife and mother has turned me into an old woman… and I like it. LoL. Not to mention, my friends do live quite far from me.

6. Get even more organized. I have this [healthy] addiction to being organized but I never feel like everything is as organized as it should or could be. Since we will be buying/building a new home, my goal is to get the entire house organized in the best way possible. Organization makes life soooo much easier!

In 2008 I really got my site up and running. It has grown quite a bit since I began blogging on it in June. Below is a chart from my cPanel showing how my site has increased with visitors from the time I began using it to now.

As of late, I’ve really been contemplating dying my hair a darker color, much like the color above but I have been nervous and afraid if I did, then I wouldn’t like it. Thanks to Taaz.com I was able to upload my photo and do a virtual makeover to simulate what I could look like with the hair color I want and I must say, I actually like it and think it is a good chance that in the future this could be a new look for me!

Taaz is a great way for people with little or no Photoshop skills to try on new makeup and hairstyles without the hassle of actually doing it. Or, you could be like me and see what you’d look like if you dressed up as Tammy Faye Baker for Halloween one year…

Even if you’re not serious about makeup and the like, as you can see, it could be a great time passer!

If any of you try this out, please comment and let me see your makeovers!

This postcard is made especially for all my followers on Twitter and all the subscribers to my blog! Thank you so much for coming to read my nonsense from time to time and leaving me comments! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!

It’s Christmas Eve! No work but still very busy! Aside from the normal things I do throughout each day, today I have additional things to add to the list, which should make for a full, busy day. This is where my awesome organizational and planning skills will come in handy. And I have to do this while one of my favorite movies is on TV, The Family Stone. Quite a distraction!

Below is my agenda for the Christmas Eve day:

-Prepare my breakfast casserole for Christmas morning. approx. 1 hour

-Go to my sister’s house to exchange gifts with the immediate family. approx. 2-3 hours

-Come home and open our own presents with Chris and Sean. approx. 1 hour

-Bake cookies for Santa. approx. 1 hour

-Have hot chocolate and watch a movie cuddled up on the couch with my husband. approx 2 hours

These plans could possibly change

In case you weren’t able to figure it out, these aren’t real, they were made at PhotoFunia.com

It is absolutely no secret that I am extremely picky about what I read. I prefer a biography about someone I find interesting or a good fiction or even science fiction book that has a very original plot or a twist on something that may have been done differently in the past.

I am much more likely to watch the movie rather than read the book. I am much more visually inclined. There are two books I am currently reading and have been reading for a very long time now and just haven’t finished. ‘Just A Geek’ by Wil Wheaton and ‘World War Z’ by Max Brooks. It’s not that they’re not good books, they are, but I either forget I have them to read, I don’t feel like reading them or, my most used excuse, I don’t have the time.

However, on the other hand, I absolutely love to read magazines. The types of magazines I enjoy reading and looking through make me feel so old but I enjoy them. The ones I read the most are Parents, Good Housekeeping and Better Homes and Garden. Yeah, I’m not your typical Martha Stewart type but I enjoy having a nice home with beautiful decor and seeing how others decorate as well. This months issue of Better Homes is all about organization which is my forte. I am an organization FREAK! There are plastic bins under the sink in the bathroom to organize everything and save space, baskets to hold and separate, bins in Sean’s room to separate his things, large bins for clothes Sean can’t wear anymore neatly packed away, etc. Even my Christmas wreath has a wreath shaped bin that it goes into in the off-season. It’s quite an addiction, actually.

I also like to read about what other parents do with their children — how they disipline, praise, entertain, etc. Also, Parents magazine usually has some really great must have items to make motherhood a breeze and enjoyable at the same time. Reading some of the horror stories from other mothers can be a relief sometimes too. Simple tricks to always be prepared are great as well. Strangely enough, I look through this magazine for things to improve myself as a mother and Sean’s childhood, but really, half the time, they’re things I already know or wouldn’t even apply in our everyday lives. I am still drawn to it though like white on rice.

You should see the stack of magazines on the shelf at my desk at work!

So, if you are what you read, then it’s true that I am a parent, I do good housekeeping and I have a better home, but no garden. Oops! Maybe when we buy a new house I’ll actually take the time to have a garden… maybe not.

2008 is closing to an end and it seems like it’s gone by so quickly. It seems like yesterday that Chris and I sold our house and trekked our way 700 miles with an infant to live in Cincinnati but it’s been over 8 months and 3 seasons later. Where has the time gone? Well, I can’t complain too much, most of 2008 has been great to us and I look forward to 2009.

In 2008, we started the year off with selling our house and moving to my hometown and both starting new, great jobs. I am thankful that we’re now close enough for my mother to watch Sean during the day while we work. Over the course of the twelve months, Sean has begun sitting up, crawling and now walking and saying a few words and so many more other milestones. I look forward to the milestones to come. By the time 2009 comes, he will be 13 months and 20 days. He’s growing so quickly.

I got my new car this year and also had a semi cause an accident that I was involved in, but my car is fine anyways. Gotta take the bad with the good it seems. Sold our house in 2008 and will be buying/building a new one in 2009. Reconnected with old friends and lost touch with some others. Went from the BlackBerry Pearl to the BlackBerry Curve and plan to head to the BlackBerry Bold in ‘09.

There’s one thing I know won’t change no matter what year it is and that’s being married to my wonderful husband. 2008 was a great year for Chris and I. We celebrated our one year anniversary, grew as a couple and a family and have realized more than ever how much in love we truly are. I love him no matter what and can’t wait to see what life is like in 2089 with him.

So, the plans for 2009 so far is to buy a new home. A permanent home. I am so done with moving and would like to never have it as an option unless we make it an option. I’d also like to do some traveling once we do get comfortable in the new year and new home. Ultimately, I want to take Sean to Florida to see his other side of the family and go to Disney World. I’d like to travel to other places I still haven’t had the chance to go to. I’ve been to many places but there are still that I have yet to see and would love to share that with my family.

My website has grown quite a bit in 2008. I get a ton of visitors and new subscribers all the time. The traffic to my site has increased immensely throughout the year and I plan for it to only get better. I’ll be adding some new things and maybe changing some current things. It’s always a work in progress.

Overall, the year has been great and I can only imagine that things will be getting better. I am enjoying the new chapter in our lives and can’t wait to see what happens in the next chapter.

Perhaps another child? We’ll see, I’m still up in the air on if I want to have other kids whether now or later or at all.