And the award goes to.... WONDER PETS!!!

Well out of all the kiddie shows I've seen so far, I'm gonna vote for WONDER PETS as one of my favs. I LOVE Ming Ming!!! She has a sweet baby voice. Those little pets are so smart and cute. They have some really funny phrases and jokes too. They can be smart asses to eachother too, which I find hilarious. Plus they save other animals and I am an animal LOVER. I noticed the other day that I was singing the theme song while cleaning. Kelson really isn't much into TV right now, but I am learning what good stuff is on tv. Its hard for her to really watch it cause our TV in our bedroom is up on our fireplace and the view for her is kinda crappy. So i try to let her watch TV in her bouncy bouncy in our livingroom- perfect view and nice and big.

Dora is really cute too and her cartoons are very educational and FUN. I find myself looking for them on TV for Kelson to watch. Although my sweet hubby DOESN'T like her watching it, I managed to give him a little glimpse and realize that the whole dang cartoon wasn't in SPANISH, just a few words, so I think he's ok with it now. My little niece, Belle, LOVES Dora and I want her and Kelson and Corgan to all communicate in all languages. Memere Lucy is Canadian, so she is also teaching Kelson French and so are Jason's aunts. So if we keep this up- Kelson will know 4 different languages by the time she starts talking. Course we just do a little of each at a time so she isn't TOO confused :)

So what are you parents watching out there with your kids? What do you recommend?

Kelson's Favorite Things...

I was just going through my sister's blog and she listed some of Belle's favorite things as she was getting older, so I thought I would do the same for Kelson.

Some of her fav things to do at 5 1/2 months are: take a bath (note: cannot turn off the water- must leave it running- I guess she likes the sound of running water), looking at her hands (always looking at them like she's about to do an interpretive dance move), LOVES to look at her reflection in the mirror (she can be screaming her head off and then you take her to a mirror and instance smile), gets very excited when she's eating her solid food for the day, loves to be sang to, LOVES her jumperoo (which we call her bouncy bouncy), giving kisses, likes to be scared, and pats your face while your feeding her forumla, and that last thing I can think of she LOVES her pacifier (that I call her pap pap). Thank GOD for the inventor of that!

NEW PICS ARE POSTED

Sorry that it took a while to see new pics, but I made up for it. I posted 5 new albums on our albertsland kodak gallary site. Hope you guys check em out! Kelson is getting so big and is just so darn cute! I LOVE this picture of Kelson- her pretty blue eyes. Wonder where she got those ;)

Is it really true.... NKOTB Returns???

My mom e-mailed me the other day and said that the NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK are getting back together. They mentioned it on The View. I had to ask her if she was serious. Can you guys believe that!?! So for all you girls that LOVED them (since they did start the boy band craze) who wants to all get together- POOF our bangs, WEAR those big buttons with their pictures on it (Keri) lol, BRING the Big Bop Magazine for them to sign, AND TIGHT roll our jeans and go to their concert, let me know? I may just have to check them out if they are around town! Whose in? lol!

NKOTB RETURNS

Smarty Peaches

(Thanks to my sister for the title)!! :) Well I was able to capture Kelson giving me the "more" sign lastnight while eating her peaches. I uploaded it from my cellphone to youtube.com so I hope you all can see it (Select the SMARTY PEACHES link below). How exciting that she's already started to talk back at 5 1/2 months! Way to go Kelson!

Smarty Peaches

That's the good stuff...

My sister encouraged me to try feeding Kelson cereal with a spoon- instead of in her bottle, so we gave it a shot. Kelson did VERY well for her first time.

I just wanted to write down all the foods that Kelson has tried so far so I don't forget. We have been very fortunate and she hasn't had any allergic reaction to the foods. She still is drinking her lactose-free formula. She enjoys this.

1st fruit- Bananas- She loved em
1st veggie- Sweet Potatoes- she seemed to have an upset tummy with these
2nd fruit- Applesauce- she loved those too
2nd veggie- Carrots- she does very well with these. Suprisingly they are sweeter than sweet potatoes.
Next Adventure will either be peas or peaches! Prob peaches.

I was thinking about going on the "Gerber baby stage 2 diet"- haha! Little bit of food and not many calories.

Kelson does a GREAT job at eating her food. They have this little spoon now called "Little Dipper" that allows them to feed themselves. Kelson LOVES doing this. She grabs it and sticks it right in her mouth (well sometimes)lol. I am teaching her to use the "more" sign at each feeding. I believe she is starting to catch on. I want to catch the first sign on camera, so I try to have it nearby.

I still love having that quality time with Kelson- feeding her formula- she is trying to hold up her own bottle and plays with her hands and whomever's hands who is feeding her. She wraps her little fingers around yours. Its so precious. I love these moments.

I also LOVE bathtime with Kelson. Those of you who don't know- Jason and I added on a 750 sq ft bedroom & bathroom to our house. Well our bathtub is HUGE, so Kelson and I have so much fun in there. We read the "Water Water Everywhere" book each time and then play with her bath toys. I sing to her and we laugh and we splash. Its so much fun! She also stares at my boobies like - um... those look familiar, but I've managed to distract her. haha.

And the job goes to... ME!!!!

Thanks for all your prayers and good wishes! I just received a phone call and e-mail this morning from our HR dept and I GOT THE JOB!!!! YEA!!!! I will probably start in a month or two- after they get a replacement for me. I know that could take years- lol. Just kidding. Thanks again. I'm really excited that God has blessed us once again!

Boy how the times are changing...

Well the last couple weekends I have really realized how my "weekend" life has changed since Kelson's arrival. As Lucy and I were walking through bridgestreet - with Kelson in the stroller- and I was shopping for baby clothes around 8pm on a SAT night and I had plans to go home and watch a movie, snuggle with Kelson, and then go to bed around 10:30pm. I knew that things were different. I didn't have ANY desire to go out - even though I have numerous babysitters. Since I still work full-time I don't get to see Kelson as much as I want, so any time I can have with her- I take advantage of. Even last weekend Jason and I went to eat with some old friends and after dinner and a movie we were ready for bed- haha- it was 11pm! But since we don't get much time alone- we went out after, but went home not too long after.

Before I found out I was pregnant, I was in the gym EVERY night- working on my bod-lol. Then my girlfriends and I would plan our weekend earlier in the week. Before I found out I was prego- the last couple of months Stacey and I both were going out together pretty often. Esp since Jason wasn't home most weekends. We were each other's workout and weekend buddies ;) Well after i found out I was prego, of course that had to stop, but I did manage to get out a few times and even was the DD. I owed it to some of my friends after all. Well Stacey got pregnant a few months after me, so we both settled down. We were both laughing at how much things have changed. We used to borrow clothes and jewelry and the other day she borrowed some of my post pregnancy things. It was hilarious! I mentioned how much our lifes had changed in a year. She has TWO little ones now. So needless to say - our lives aren't the same, but I can definitely say its still just as great- just in a different way.

Now don't get me wrong I have gone out and partied and stayed up too late a few times, but most mornings I wake up to "wanting my daughter"- no matter what I feel like. Life is only getting better!

The Chipmunk Adventures DVD

Not sure how many of you watched The Chipmunks when you were younger (back in the late 80's), but I just found the Chipmunk Adventure Movie on DVD at Wal-Mart. I was SO excited. Keri, Kyle, and I used to watch it ALL the time with mom and dad- of course. I have it on VHS, but who watches those anymore ;), so I was hoping it would come out. Kelson and I watched it on Sat - a few times- I love it just as much I did back then. I was singing along to all the songs- they really do have some cute and catchy songs on the movie- Kelson really seemed to enjoy it too. She loves any type of SINGING anything. That's my girl :) I'm going to buy it for my little niece Belle to enjoy and sing along too for her 2nd bday!!! I recommend it for ALL ages!!
****** 5 stars.