Happy Belated Thanksgiving! I hope everyone enjoyed a nice day, and ate lots. We had a nice day. My family went out to a restaurant for lunch. 31 of us, believe it or not! Afterwards, Ryan and I invited everyone back to our house. Not everyone could make it to our "after party" but I think we still had about 15 people over. I did all of the cooking ahead of time, so I had the opportunity to relax and visit with everyone.

Now it's on to Christmas, and I say Bring It On!! I love Christmas, and it's going to be so much fun with Griffin this year. He still doesn't understand the whole concept of Santa, but he's starting to get it. I can't wait to watch the classic Christmas specials with him. Maybe we'll have the opportunity to sit on Santa's lap at some point. I can't wait until Christmas morning, and to see his face!

I just hope that my surgery doesn't put to much of a damper on the whole thing. I'm almost done with my shopping, so I have one less thing to worry about, and can just focus on the recovery.

Oh, I almost forgot.........my nails are still holding up. Seriously, there isn't a chip in them at all. The only difference is that they have grown and you can see where the polish ends and my new nail has grown. Since I have the french manicure, it's not obvious to anyone but me yet. From normal distance, it still looks like I have the perfect manicure. This is just incredible, considering that I've done tons of cooking and cleaning this past week. Not to mention the endless dishes that I've washed from all the cooking!

Ok, so here are a couple shots of my nails. I took these on the 2nd day. Today is day 3 and already, I'm impressed. I threw a kids birthday party yesterday, and then scrubbed my house today, and not a single chip! They still look fabulous.




Griffin's party went well. I'm really glad that I did it at Twice the Fun. I decided not to spend the money to rent it out private, so we did it during a public play session. It's only $7 per kid, and then $35 for use of the party room. My goal of keeping it simple, but fun was accomplished. The kids had such a good time, and we were done by noon. Griffin changed his toon about not wanting a birthday party once all his friends got there. He really loved it!

So do you love manicures, but won't get them because your nail polish is chipped and ruined within a day? I just had a manicure today and got this new shellac that they call the "2 week mani". Maybe it's not new, but I hadn't heard about it until recently, and I'm so excited about this. It is still your natural nail, but they polish it in some special shellac polish (it comes in colors or french) that they layer on and cure it under a uv light. It doesn't come off, even with polish remover! So to remove it you have to go back to the salon. Anyway, I had it done today and my nails look fabulous! I can't wait to see how well it lasts, and how it looks as my nails grow out. Here's a link to the one that I had done

http://www.cnd.com/Consumer.aspx

OPI makes one as well, but for my nails my salon recommended the Creatives brand. I will totally update my blog with my whole nail situation and how well it lasts. If you're wondering where I went to get this done, it's at the Skin Health Medi Spa. I know other places do it, but I just LOVE these girls. They are all super friendly, and welcoming. I haven't had a bad service there yet, and I go a pretty frequently. Here's the link for them

http://www.doverskinhealth.com

Happy Birthday Griffin!!

He is mad that it's his birthday. He keeps saying "I'm NOT 3!" and "I don't want my birthday". It's very funny. I'm not really sure what he has against his birthday.

Griffin had his 3 year physical today. He is now 36 in. tall, and he weighs 32lbs. So I believe he is in the 56th percentile for his height and only the 21st percentile for weight. Everything is normal, and he's a really healthy kid. I'm very lucky. He got his flu shot, and his Hep A vaccination today. I felt so bad when they jabbed those needles in his arms. His little face turned beet red and the tears started. He took it like a trooper though, and he only cried for about a minute. After that, he was totally over it, and wanted to play. Just like him!

It's hard for me to believe that in just a few more days, my little boy is turning 3. We went to a birthday party today, and some of the people there hadn't seen him since he was a baby. So they were suprised to see how big he has gotten. In truth, I'm suprised sometimes myself. It's not like I didn't know that he was going to keep growing, but there are some days that I just look at him and wonder where my tiny little baby went. I know that it's common and all moms think that about their kids, but for me the thought that he may be my only baby makes me want to make it last as long as I can. Wishful thinking!

Speaking of my growing little boy, he's almost potty trained!! He's doing so well with it. Not a single accident today, and that's saying a lot since we went to that birthday party and then I took him shopping. I'm one proud Momma! This week we also go him his first big boy bed. I don't plan on starting to transition him to it until after the holidays. After my surgery, I'm banishing Ryan to the spare room. So he'll be sleeping in it for about a week. After that, my plan is to move it to Griff's room and let him start with taking naps in it and see how it goes.

Last Saturday was a huge success with Christmas shopping for Griffin. We are done! I'm talking right down to his stocking stuffers! It's such a relief to not have to worry about it. Now I have to get shopping for everyone else on my list. If I have some time tomorrow, I'd like to break out the egg nog and start wrapping.

I have another busy weekend coming up. Work on Saturday, and then a birthday party to go to on Sunday. Luckily, the birthday party is in the morning. So I'm hoping to get some chores done in the afternoon. I'm itching to get all my carpets shampooed. I just really haven't had the time. Griffin decided that pooping on the floor in the bedroom would be fun yesterday, making the carpet cleaning an even more pressing issue. How fun!

Yes, my little boy is loads of fun. Today, he went in the bathroom and splashed water EVERYWHERE! Huge puddle on the floor, water dripping down the walls, and there was so much water in the hamster cage that there wasn't a dry shaving in it. So in all the rushing around to get ready for work, I had to clean the hamster cage that I had just cleaned. I was not a happy Mommy.

I have the day off tomorrow for the holiday, and I get to spend it with my little mischief maker. I have a feeling that I'll need another day off to recover from it.

Busy, busy weekend planned! Today Ryan and I are dropping Griffin off at my mother in laws house so that we can do all the birthday and Christmas shopping for him. I'm excited-I love shopping for Griffin. He's getting mostly toys from us, so it's going to be even more fun to do shopping. Plus, it will be a nice afternoon spent with my hubby. I'm hoping that I get a nice lunch out of the whole trip. Tomorrow we're celebrating my mother in law's 60th birthday. She's having all of her family over in the afternoon. Should be a lot of fun.

I was looking at my calendar and noticing how busy this whole month is going to be. Between birthday parties and Dr appts. it's crazy! Not to forget Thanksgiving. Plus, my plan is to get all my Christmas shopping done before my surgery. Very ambitious!

I have a cold, and it's kicking my ass. A stupid cold. I'm home again from work because my head is pounding. My sinus headache has turned into a full migraine. So now I'm torn between taking cold medicine or migraine meds.

Yesterday, I went to the ENT Dr and he is recommending surgery for my deviated septum, and to correct my narrow sinus passages. I am soooo not looking forward to it. The surgery is scheduled for Dec 7th - my 35th birthday. Happy birthday to me! Needless to say, I'll be putting off any IVF cycles until the new year. I'm praying that this surgery helps with my headaches and migraine, and that it will be worth it.