All About Kelson...

Kelson has a book called "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"- its about a little mouse that wishes and wonders what stars are all about. Its really a cute book. Aunt Natasha got it for her last year. Kelson likes to point at each star and say "star". I took her outside and showed her some REAL stars lastnight. She saw a really bright one and she said "Moon"- i said no that's a star- and sadly the moon wasn't out for me to show her the difference between the two. She has a moon in her room, so she knows what it looks like and knows that its bright. As I changing her after reading the book, I started singing Twinkle Twinkle little Star to Kelson and she was in awe... she grinned from ear to ear- it was adorable. She even started singing along- I couldn't believe it- she was actually pronouncing the words.
I've been working more with Kelson on her singing. We sing a Wonder Pet's lullaby song (The WP's sing it to a baby piggy to get her to go to sleep) I thought it was a really sweet song, so I started singing it to Kelson. Course i changed some of the words to sing it to Kelson instead of a pig ;) "Rest your head Kelson, don't move or budge, just listen, imagine that your floating down a gentle stream... Dream, Dream, Dream".. so now Jason, Kelson, and I sing three part harmony on the "dream" part- its soooo sweet and cute. I can tell that she is really into music- already.
Last weekend Jason played in Mooresville at a Bar and Grill- where kids were allowed so we took Kelson with us. She had a GREAT time listening to her daddy- but she wanted to grab his guitar and his microphone. She stood right in front of them playing for a couple of songs. Then she started doing her dance- the one armed shifting side to side dance- its sooo cute. Mom said that she is so much like I used to be. Walking around saying hi, waving, singing, smiling, just happy. It was fun to have her at the show for a while. She even conned a guy out of BOTH of his birthday balloons- haha!

Now don't get me wrong its not all fun and games ... she has her impatientness (thanks to me) and her temper at times. I can't help but laugh when she does her temper tantrum cause she turns it on and off like that. When she doesn't get something her way she cries and then a few seconds later she SCREAMS and turns red- I just laugh at her now. She gets over it quick.

Kelson finally has two teeth coming in the back- mom saw em first. They are pretty purple, so i was worried, but my facebook (social page fad) mom friends assured me that was normal. She had a few restless nights and some pain, but overall she's handled it very well. So this will put Kelson at having 10 teeth at 18 months old.

History in the making...

Today, Jan 20th, Barack Obama was sworn in as our 44th President. He is the first african american to ever become president. Although I was at work during the inaguration, I heard his speech was great and the whole thing went very well. I was a little worried that some southern white citizen may do something STUPID during the ceremony, but I'm sooo relieved and happy to hear that it didn't. Although I'm republican and didn't vote for Obama, I'm proud to say that he's our president and will give him a shot at the presidency. (Like I have a choice) ;) Sometimes change is good and since sooo many folks resent George W. Bush I guess its time we let someone else take charge- regardless of color. I have a feeling that a woman will become president in my lifetime as well. I just wanted to capture this moment because of the historical meaning.

AND.. another moment- today is my 6th year anniversary that I've been working for the Boeing Company :) Yea me!!! I'm currently a level 3, Staff Analyst, working for our SBInet program (border control). I am in charge of making sure the "little" things are taken care of. Meetings, charts, action items, risks are being worked, travel, badging, facilities work, the list goes on.. I'm pretty much here to make my team look good and keep them in "GREEN" status.

Biggest Loser.... First Week

Well, at first it wasn't a good week, due to the fact that the batteries were low in the scale and gave me some VERY inaccurate numbers. Scared me really. Said that I had lost 6 lbs- which I was really excited about- but gained 4% body fat. I knew something wasn't right!!! Luckily the day before weigh in i figured out that the batteries needed to be changed, so once I did that, everything turned out just fine. I lost 5 lbs and my body fat stayed the same. Jason lost 3.5 lbs and lost 2% body fat :) So it was a GREAT week for us. According to the posts on facebook- most everybody lost last week :) YEA!!! I didn't get to work out like I wanted to- only twice- but I plan on picking back up this week. I went yesterday to the gym- did cardio for 45 min, free weights, push-ups, and ab work on the ball. I'm pretty sore today :) Jason's supposed to start going to the gym at Beez. Its connected to Kelson's Tumblebeez class. I went with her lastnight- what a fun time. She looked so cute in her pig tails, blue leotard, and pink/white striped leggins! What a cutie :) She's always a hit!!! Papa and Toodles joined us too.