R-E-L-I-E-V-E... find out what it means to me...

About a week and a half ago I found a huge lump/mass on my left breast. I conduct my regular breast exams in the shower and came across a funny feeling mass in my breast. I thought at first it may have been a muscle tissue but when I didn't feel it in the other one, I got scared. All sorts of things were running through my mind- as it prob does for anyone who finds something that could be life threatening. I made an appt to see my gyno/obgyn right away, so I got in last Thurs- which was good because I needed to get my annual check up anyways. Dr. Rushing checked me out and he said he didn't think it was anything to worry about, but just to be sure he scheduled me an appt at the Breast Center. I went this morning- after many days of positive and negative thoughts- and lots of prayers- I have heard how painful a mammogram was and OMG- its soooo not painful. I was shocked when she was done- I said- that's it? So now I'm glad to know that I can handle those- no problem ;) Anyways, they did a mammogram and ultrasound. The whole situation was weird because there were two girls- prob younger than me- in the waiting room waiting on results- you just think of breast cancer or mammograms for OLDER women. So I felt a little more relieved that it wasn't uncommon for someone my age. The nurse came out and told me the great news that they couldn't find ANYTHING wrong- that it was just breast tissue :) WHEW!!! I texted my family to let them know the good news, then went to change clothes. I just couldn't imagine getting horrible news - esp before the Christmas holiday :( I cried (with JOY) in the room and thanked God for again blessing me. Our GOD is great!

Christmas Parties Galore...

The last couple of weeks there has been SO MUCH going on that I feel like I don't have time to relax anymore. We've had Jason Albert gigs, holiday parties, ornament parties, work, shopping, gymastics, etc.. Not that I'm complaining ;) cause I love to stay busy, but whew. I have had NO time to even step foot in a gym. Sad, huh? Oh well- 2009 is a new year and a fresh start for me.


One of the ornament parties I went to was at my girlfriend Natasha's house on December 6th- we had a fab time! This is her 2nd annual ornament party. She went all out (like any project she does) and did so many special things for each guest. She made each one of the guests an ornament with our initial on it- very cute idea- her and Stacey spent a few hours getting those all together- they turned out VERY cute. My girlfriend Stacey is a consultant for Upper case living- they sell some really really cute stuff. I need to get her my order- come to think of it ;). Anyways, we did our ornament exchange- with no hair pulling or name calling, so everyone was pleased with their ornament picks this year. lol. Stacey's sister, Summer, made an awesome and adorable cake for the party. She's so talented in that area. If you are looking for someone to make a personalized or theme cake, let me know, so I can pass her information to you. She is SOOOO good and creative. We each had little presents- given to us from Natasha. The gifts were anything from soaps, lotions, chocolates, to scented socks- that's what I got ;) I think they are super cool. Smell like watermelons- not sure how long that will last- hehe. Anyways, we had a great time eating, mingling, laughing, and exchanging ornaments. More pics from the party

After that party was over I had another ornament party to go to- it was another friend of mine- Cici's. I've gone to her parties the last couple of years and they are always a lot of fun too. It's great to be surrounded by friends and family this time of year! Oh what fun...

Thanksgiving Blog

Again- i'm sucking at getting these out on time, but at least I do ;) We had around 40+ for Thanksgiving dinner this year. Things were def more organized this year so we had a chance to do our "what we are thankful for circle". Its always nice to hear updates on family and what everyone had happen to them for that year. There were some funny moments, sad moments, and exciting moments. Congrats to Derrick and Liz on their news of being parents. Since they stayed at our house, Jason and I passed on a few words of advice being new parents. It was exciting to be there to hear the news in person.Claire and Uncle Paul will make WONDERFUL grandparents as well, I know they are all excited. Rebecca will be a fashion queen awesome aunt. We are very excited for them and know they will make wonderful parents. We had a bet this year on how long the "thank you" circle would take and my dad and Kelson won the pot. We gave the money- $40 to Derrick and Liz to go towards the baby :) Sweet aren't we ;) LOL. After that was all said and done we took some family portraits. We had dinner around 6- it was DELICIOUS!!! My brother and his fiance Renee joined us for Thanksgiving- it was great to see them- it had been way to long. They had assigned seats for everyone- with adorable cookies that Jeannette and her grandkids had made for everyone- cute touch to the holiday dinner. Kyle and Renee sat with Jason and I so we got some time to catch up. Kelson had an early dinner so she played while we all ate- what a girl ;)
My sister and her family weren't but an hour or so away from us- hanging with Keith's family in T-town- so we made a trip to go eat at Dreamland and hang out few an hour or so. It was way to quick, but it had been too long. I can't wait till they come at Christmas time- Corgan and Kelson are def at a fun age that they can play together at Grammy's house this year :)
Now that Kelson is a little older and running around she was able to have fun and play with her cousins much better than last year. Its so neat to see your child having fun with other kids. Brings a smile to your face.
Sadly, a lot of the kids were sick so eventually Kelson got sick too :( But we took her to the dr and got her some medicine for her ear infection and she is pretty much back to her fun and entertaining self.
Thank you to everyone who came this year and all your help in getting all this prepared. It was another great Thanksgiving at the Albert acres and we hope to keep the tradition going....

PS- Next year we plan to hire help to come do the dishes after Thanksgiving dinner- that part takes FOREVER- even with all the cousins in the kitchen in shifts ;)

Thanksgiving 2008 Pictures

Professional Bridal Consultant ;)

Well its official- I passed my class and received my Professional Bridal Consultant Diploma :) Now, whether I do anything with it or not, is unsure ;) But I really wanted to learn more about weddings and have that experience under my belt. It was a good class. I may be helping a girlfriend of mine plan her wedding next year, so that can give me some of the experience I need/want. My girlfriend Randi and I had talked about trying out the wedding planning route, but now is not a good time for either of us. Maybe a few years down the road. I'm also interested in being a planner for children's bday parties. I think that would be a lot of fun, not as stressful, and decent money in a short period of time. So now... what class do I want to take next (since Boeing is paying) ;) I'm thinking about the designing and sewing class- so I can make mine and Kelson's clothes ;) yee haw!

I can't keep up...

OMG- my little Kelson doll has been saying so many words that I can't keep up anymore. She amazes me each day with saying a new word and then remembering a few days later. I think we have a genuis on our hands- she gets that from her Aunt Keri most definitly cause Jason and I are just average ;) or so I think ;) I mean she's only 15 months and already on a 2 year old level- makes a mommy and daddy proud!! :)

Words to date: (that I can remember) up, what's that, whose that, milk, mama, dada, memere, papa, santa, nanny, elliot, eers, grammy (almost- she's got about half), cookie, cracker, down, all done, bath, bob, ming ming, linny, bird, cheese (when taking a picture), Mickey, tigger, pooh, bye bye, hi, alright, bubble, tink tink, and book. I may be missing a few, but that's all I can remember right now.

Holy cow- 32 words and around 30 signs at 15 months!! Way to go Kelson! I see that the average 2 year old knows around 50 words and can say a few sentences, so it looks like we are head of the game.

Signs- same as before but adding in Bear. I can sign to her now (without saying the word) and she will point the item out.

She recognizes/signs/does sounds for so many animals now.
She will sing on command now- its precious!!!!
She's showing lots of affection!!! I love that.

You have to see to believe all the stuff she can do.. its so cool.

Happy Birthday Jason

Today is Jason's 35th Bday! Time sure does fly. I met him when I was 17 and he was just 23. I guess time does fly when you are having fun. We are planning on going to PF Chang's for dinner- Jason's new fav place- and then back to his mom's for cake and presents. I'm sure he is lounging around today with Kelson- wish I was there :( Happy Bday honey. We love you very much!

Another good bill of health...

Kelson had her 15 month checkup and shots :( Jason wasn't going to go, but he decided to go ahead and come along. Both Kelson and Jason did very well. I held Kelson this time during the shots it was NOT fun. She had to get the flu shot too and they said that's the one that hurts the most. Luckily Jason was prepared and as soon as the shots were over he had a sucker in hand ready to give to Kelson- that seemed to ease the pain a little more- way to go daddy ;) Other than the shots Kelson did really well and was showing off her personality. She weighs 22lbs and 9 oz- which isn't much since her last appt. They actually asked if she was eating enough- its not like TOO SKINNY runs in our family ;) But I told her that she was walking like crazy and we are taking a gymnastics class together on Monday nights, so that must be it ;) hehe. Either way they said that she is perfectly fine and in the 45 percentile for weight. She is up to 31 1/2 inches in height- up to 85 percentile in that. She was only in the 70% range last appt too. What a jump. She was asking about her speaking, walking, etc.. She noticed that Kelson was already saying phrases and sometimes sentences, so she said that Kelson's development is already in the 2 yr age group. We knew that she was ahead of her peers in signing/speaking, so that made us very proud to hear just how far ahead she is. Makes a mommy and daddy very proud ;)
After her appt we went to Wal-Mart for a few hours. We bought her a bag full of suckers- she's been getting these after her gym class on Monday nights- so she was excited to get more than one in a day. We went by the toy section- big mistake- she wanted all the toys- and she was not in the mood to walk away without em. It was bad-she kept blowing kisses like the Elmo doll she wants with a tear in her eye- it was the most pitiful thing Jason and I had ever seen. After a few suckers she had forgotten about the toys ;) Also, Jason and I got ourselves the Wii for Christmas, so we wanted to go ahead and get one since they are hard to find these days. SSSSHHH-don't tell Santa.

Albert Christmas Fencing... an additional biz opportunity for Jason

While Jason has been off the road for a while, we've been trying to come up with a good side job for him- besides his music career- and after he built and painted our AWESOME Christmas fence we knew that he was on to something. I did a little research and noticed that NO ONE - online or on ebay has anything like the Christmas fence that Jason made. They have rinky dinky ugly fences that no one would want in their house. Its such a unique christmas item and its wonderful for keeping the little kids out of the tree. He hand painted each and every one of the soldiers with a theme in mind for each. It took him about 40+ hours to create this fence. He also made AU and WV soldiers. That got me thinking about another possible item to sell- collegiate toy soldiers- for either outside or on a stand by your tree. I mean there are SOOOOOO many die hard college football fans that would love to add that to their house for Christmas time. So, Jason is currently working on some new items for us to sell- whether it be a Christmas fence or a collegiate toy soldier- he can do both! He is going to make a snowman christmas fence too and possibly personalized christmas welcome signs. If you are interested and would like to purchase either any of these items, please let me know. It will take a few days to a week- depending on what you want. Our christmas tree fence soldiers were customed made, whereas Jason can do the same soldier for the whole tree for a cheaper price. It would make a wonderful present for anyone.

A "custom painted" toy soldier fence is going to be $30/foot. Ex: Our fence is 12 ft long, so it would be $360 for our fence.
An "all the same painted" toy soldier fence is going to be $20/foot


The collegiate toy soldier (he can do any team) would be $45


This is something that will last forever, made of real wood, and is hand painted. Jason also made the fence with hinges so you can fold it flat for easy storage.

So, who wants one before we start posting them on ebay??? ;) I really think we may be on to something here...

Christmas in Dixie.... ALREADY :)

It's Christmas time at the Albert house- yes already. We try to put up our tree on Nov 1st- whether it be at midnight Oct 31st or early Nov 1st. This year we were unable to do that, due to the fundraiser, so we are a few days behind, but its perfectly ok. As long as we have a good reason. We normally have a race to see who can put up their tree the soonest on Nov 1st, so this year- Theana and Speedo win- only cause they were at his house and didn't attend the fundraiser with us ;) But kudos to them for doing it. We got our tree up on Nov 4th- not too bad :) We love to enjoy our Christmas decor for several months instead of just for a few weeks like most people- its too much work and we have too much cool stuff to resort to waiting.

Nanny update- she had a mild stroke last week and a UTI, so she went to the dr and they are taking great care of her and getting her back to good. She is in physical re-hab and should be back home today!! :) YEA! Please keep her in your prayers. We sure do miss her.

We have a new president- first time ever- a black president- Barack Obama/ VP-Joe Biden he got voted in Nov 4th. The majority of America voted democrate- we didn't- but oh well- let's see what he can do for us!! I'm willing to give him a chance.


Happy 15th Month old KELSON- Our little girl has been saying and doing so many fun things these day. I'm really suprised at how smart she really is. I think Kelson is advanced for her age. You can show you how to do something and she either does it right away or remembers how to do it later on. Her and I were at Wal-Mart the other day looking at the Elmo Live doll and he says he loves you and blows kisses, so now I ask Kelson what Elmo does and she blows kisses like he does. She picked that up on her own. Of course Kelson is asking Santa for Elmo Live for Christmas!! We went to the Christmas Place store this past weekend and Kelson LOVED the decor. I know our awesome christmas tree toy soldier fence will come in handy.

She says "cheese" when I act like I'm gonna take a picture- its precious. She saw a picture of my dad lastnight on the computer and she said Papa- very clearly- it was so cute.

She is saying all kinds of words now and signing like crazy too. I'm glad to see that she is doing both. People are still amazed at her skills :)

New Words: Bye Bye, Papa(very clearly), up, sings when we tell her to sing in french "chanter", cheese, attempting to say Mickey Mouse- almost has it

Sounds: Elephant, Pig, Cow, Duck, Cat, and Car

New signs: plane and tree

More fall pics

Talking up a storm

Lately Kelson has been talking like crazy. She repeats lots of words that we say- now is the time to start watching the language around the little one ;) Which is a good thing. Jason and I are big fans of Family guy and Quagmiere (sp) always says "All Right"- its hilarious- so I told Kelson to say it and she does- its precious. I love that she can say a few words together instead of just one. She is just so freaking smart. She points at santa now when you ask where he is- in french and english. I'm so amazed at the things she can do. We are all so excited about seeing everyone at Thanksgiving and Christmas time. Kelson is at such a fun age!!! I love it!!!

Another trip to G'burg and a fund raiser for a GREAT cause

We left Sat, Nov 1st, to head to Newport, Tn for a fundraiser for Jason's godson, Robbie Mathis. They finally diagnosed with him a pain syndrome/trigeminal neuralgia disorder. He is handling things VERY well. He only has to take 2 meds now instead of 6. He wears a mask to prevent catching any colds or sickness so his symptoms don't get any worse. He is in GREAT spirits and was very thanksful that we came up there for Jason and Mike to play at the benefit. Chuck- Rob's brother- wore his Heartland shirt and taped over the other guys's faces- it was hilarious. He wanted to be in the band - hehe. They had entertainment, bake sale, silent auction, a live auction, and lots of donation- food from Papa Johns, cotton candy, and popcorn. Overall they raised over $5K for their family. This money will go to medical bills- co-pays, expenses on their trips to the children's hospital, etc.. The Mathis' family is the sweetest family you will ever meet. They love eachother so much and you can see that in every way. Robbie's brother Ike and sister Izzy are so careful and loving to their brother. I know that God will heal him and allow him to be the normal 10 year old boy that he wants to be. They are home schooling him right now. Keep him and his family in your prayers. We are hoping for a successful and quick recovery!!!


After the benefit we went to G'burg to spend a few days with the Mathis family. Jason and Rob were best friends in high school and always have remained close. Now that we have Kelson its been an even funnier experience. Robbie, Issabelle, and Issac all LOVE to play with Kelson. They are so sweet with her. They are learning a few signs and french too :) I just wish they lived closer to us. Anyways, we stayed at the Christmas Inn Hotel- it was sooooo neat. It smelled and felt like Christmas in there. Since we were unable to put up our tree at home on Nov 1st, we were bummed, but this place definitly made up for it. The rooms were very nicely decorated. They had White Santa coffee for guests in the morning and hot apple cider in the lobby at nighttime. It was a very welcoming place. They had a place for you to write Santa a letter, so Kelson wrote one (of course I wrote it), but we stuck it in the mailbox for Santa. Santa is supposed to write us back too- I thought that was really cool. There was a HUGE clock in the lobby that rang on the hour and it would play a Christmas tune with giant bells and little elf statues would ring the hour bell. It was very cute. Kelson kept signing "more" after they were done. hehe. We did lots of shopping, eating, and watching Christmas movies. It was such a fun and relaxing time. Only downfall was Kelson caught a cold- I think from trick or treating Hallowen night- so she was a little sick and had a runny nose, that her daddy caught while we were there :( and I got a little wiff of it, but I doubled up on Xango and got rid of it quick :) Now we are all back home and feeling much better. We got to see Santa at the Christmas Place Store and Kelson got two pics with him- one of them looking at eachother and then just the norm Christmas picture. They are both adorable. I may use them for our Christmas cards so I'm not gonna post them here :) Overall we had a GREAT time hanging out with them and hope to do it again next year. We made good friends with the manager, so we are hoping to stay in the Presidental suite next year- and maybe have Jason sing a few Christmas tunes in return ;) We got some great video of our trip so I'm glad that we captured those moments.

The "REAL" Halloween

Kelson was Tinkerbell- and boy did she ever play the part. It was heck getting her dressed, putting the glitter and eye makeup on her--- she was being a little whiny "tinkerbell" ;) once we got the outfit together then she was fine. She saw Tink Tink on her costume so she was excited. She looked soooo adorable. I couldn't find the perfect shoes, so I bought some sparkly green bows from Party City and pinned them on her tennis shoes. Since we are all huge Peter Pan fans, Jason and I decided to dress up with her. I found a blue dress at the thrift store for $2.00 and bought some ribbon for my sash and hair bow, then got some black slippers from Wal-mart- all in all I only spent $15 on my costume- not bad. Jason was John, he made his hat from poster board, borrowed my dad's PJ shirt, and wore his Clark Kent glasses. He was a perfect John :) We put a cute bonnett on EERS and he was Nana. Our family picture turned out SOOOOO cute. I'm so happy that we decided to dress up with Kelson. BTW- I had Kelson's wings on upside down for a few pics, before Jason realized it :) OOPS.
Kelson and I didn't get a chance to carve our pumpkins this year :( But Jason did so that's good that we got one done. We even bought them a few weeks before Halloween.

We went to Aunt Weeza's and Chris's house to trick or treating (Kelson's first time) She LOVED it. She went door to door with Elliott (who was an adorable Thomas the Train) and they both got lots of candy. People were commenting on how cute they looked. We went to 10+ houses and then it was getting cold so we decided to quit. Aunt Jeannette made some DELISHISH food and we had some appetizers and taco soup for dinner. All in all it was a great Halloween!!!! We've decided that Aunt Weeza will take care of having the Halloween get together each year :)

Halloween Pictures

Halloween 2008..

Jason and I decided to be Supergirl and Clark Kent this year for our annual Halloween Party. Normally I try to come up with a cute & unique costume, but I just didn't feel it this year and plus I wanted something easy and already done. We still got lots of compliments on our costumes. It was a lot of fun. The hosts- Alberts, Satterfields, and the Wyttenbachs met up over at Rob and Jeannette's house Sat afternoon to get things ready for the party. Thanks to Jeannette for the OUTSTANDING food and to all our guests for contributing $10/pp, so we could have cool decorations and yummy food. There were so many awesome costumes. Believe it or not- we had a few duplicates- Clark Kents (Jason and Russ), Referee chicks (Michele and Shasta), and The Bounty Hunter and his wife Beth (Mike&Madeline and Phillip&Stacey). Overall there were great costumes. I'm just glad that everyone had a great time and played the part of their costumes. We hope to have another big one next year!!! :)

We are going to dress up with Kelson this Friday night- she is going to be Tinkerbell and I'm going to attempt to be Wendy and Jason little Michael (he just doesn't know it yet- hehe)Halloween Party Pics

Tumblebeez or not to bee ;)

Kelson and I are having a GREAT time at her gymnastics class each Monday night. Kelson's memere bought Kelson some adorable leg warmers, so we threw together some cute outfits for her to wear to class. She got tons of compliments on both outfits. Esp the one with the leotard. The owner even came and paid a compliment and showed her off to other classes ;) Proud momma moment ;)
Kelson has already started attempting a forward roll on her own- it was tough getting her to put her head towards her chest, but after a month she's got it. Just have to work on the pushing her over, but she understands totally what it is. What a smart and talented girl!

G'burg Trip with Friends...

WHEW... what a fun and crazy time we had. This is the first time we- as friends have all gone on a road trip together. We left Friday afternoon- after reassuring we had the MAIN nessessities- Mike's IPOD, the radio to support the IPOD, babysitters were watching our kids, money/purses, overnight bags, etc.. The girls rode in Stacey's car and the guys rode in Jason Miller's van. We had a GREAT time on the way up there gossiping and laughing- like girls do. We didn't too bad - as far as stopping to pee and stuff. We got to g'burg around 6 ish, but with the time change and the CRAZY traffic it took forever for us to get to our cabin. We finally arrived at the cabin around 9:15 - after stopping for some McD's and liquor and grocery shopping. The cabin was great. The rooms were perfect- all of us had our own room and bathroom- poor Stacey and Phillip had to sleep on the pullout couch, but they didn't complain :) Anyways, so we got there and it was like we didn't know what to do- haha. We had a hot tub, so some got in there, we started playing pool and I bought a drinking dice game that lasted about 5 min. Apparently it was too complicated and not very fun for everyone- haha. So anyways, we went downstairs to play pool. That was a lot of fun. We had the ipod turned up and the partying began. (A few years back we stayed in G'burg at some cabins and ended up getting kicked out because of the loud noise- the odd thing was- it was the freaking NEXT night the cops came and we weren't even there) It was BS- but anyways, we won't go there. So we had a great time- we kept the noise level to a minimum and didn't go outside much. Anyways- many drinks, songs played, clothes switched, hours later we went to bed around 4am ish. We went to G'burg the next day to go shopping and eat. We went to an AWESOME Italian restaurant- that I never even knew was there- delish- the pizza and calazones were out of this world and GINORMOUS. Anyways, so after lunch- all the boys, but Mike, went on the cabin to catch some Z's and to watch football. So we shopped some more- and had a blast. Stacey and I went into this kitchen store where they were sampling tons of different styles of dips and the guy would announce if anyone was caught double dipping they would have to wear the hat, so of course I called Stacey out- even though she didn't really do it- she had to convince the man she didn't really do it and turned so red- it was hilarious. So after lots of shopping and laughing it was time to head back to the cabin. We had planned on Sharee cooking dinner and Jason making breakfast for everyone, but NOPE that didn't happen. We just ate on the go. hehe. Sat night I figured would be an easy night since we partied it up Friday night, but boy was I wrong. We started all over again. We even did impersonations of eachother- that was sooooo funny. Went to bed around 4am ish again. Good times- good times. Got up around 9 to get the cabin back in order and showered and get the car packed. It def went by WWWWWAAAAAYYYY to fast, but the time we had together was lots of fun. Some of the memorable things for us- that only we will understand: Chocolate starfish with a side of harvest candy corn, hot pocket, bickem bickem bean and the boots with the fur- FLO RIDA- Song: Low, Fredrick's, Go get my purse Phillip- sorry Stacey- had to remember that one, Someone wanna play Jenga?, Jason trying on Sharee's high heels, Diet sunkist overload, suck n blow shots (thank you Sharee for showing me how to make JELL-O, hehe, and I'm sure there is lots more. Thanks gang- we vowed to try and do this every year- go somewhere different each time!!! :) Had a blast! Thank you Jason and Sharee for inviting all of us to come along.
More cabin pics

Disney on Ice...

Jason, Kelson, Myself, Bob, Lucy, Louise, and Elliott all went to see Disney on Ice this past Thurs night. We had a great time. We went and had dinner at Ruby Tuesday's then made our way to the VBCC. The seats were great, although I think Kelson wished she was on the ice with the characters. She enjoyed the show for the most part, but she really wanted to go hug on the characters- which of course- you can't. Elliott enjoyed the show very much too- he was in awe and didn't speak one word during the whole thing. Grammy and Papa bought Kelson a Peter Pan doll to take home and some cotton candy for me ;) that came with an adorable flounder hat. Good ole' grandparents. We didn't get a chance to get any pics with the characters, but that's ok cause after the show was over both kids were ready for bed. The show featured Mickey Mouse, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, and Goofy. The movies that were featured were The Little Mermaid, Lilo and Stitch, The Lion King, and our favorite- Peter Pan. Kelson LOVED the crocodile and did the "tick tock" noise when he came out. It was priceless. Overall it was a great show and I'm so glad that we had that time together with our family.

My little republican...

GO MCCAIN/PALIN!!!!

buycostumes.com

Jason and I purchased our costumes from buycostumes.com this year and they sent me a 10% coupon that expires 10/31, so if anyone wants to use it- let me know and I'll send you the code to get the discount. We obviously don't need it since we already got our stuff. First come first serve.

This is a GREAT place to buy your costume- its worth the price and its not that expensive for a well made costume. Just make sure you read the reviews on the costumes - I read that my costume ran large so I got a M and I was scared that it wouldn't fit, but I tried it on lastnight and its perfect, so make sure you read what people say about it.

Let me know.... Happy Shopping...

Also, just an update on my working out- I've done it three days in a row ;) Plan on going again today before my hair appt with Stacey at 1!!! We have Disney on Ice tonight too- SOOOO excited and can't wait to see Kelson's reaction. Tinkerbell is supposed to be there too :)

Kelly Albert Graham-Bell

Being a new mommy- I came up with two new inventions that I think they should create or I myself will get a patent for- hehe! I think they are pretty clever. No one steal my idea :)

I've been analyzing this first one since I saw the episode on Oprah where a mom left her baby in the car seat while at work- the baby was sleeping and the mom was in a rush and forgot she was in the car- so unfortunatly the baby died. I could NEVER imagine having to go through something like this. So I came up with the idea of having a sensor type thing installed in your car or already installed with newer vehicles that beeps when you get out of the car to let you know that there is WEIGHT in the car seat. I know somehow this can be done- in my Santa Fe if no one is sitting in the passenger side the air bags know not to deploy- there is a weight sensor in the seat, so I think the same thing could happen for a child car seat. The only concern I had was the weight of the car seat alone- how that could tell a difference in whether a child was in the seat or not. But then again- if your car beeped everytime you got out- even if your child wasn't in the car, wouldn't it get you in the habit to look for them!!!! :) I know if anything beeps when I get out- I look to see what the problem is.

My second invention I came up with lastnight. Kelson started crying during the night- she usually wakes up during the night if she's either lost her pacifier or wants to be rocked, so I went in her room- unable to see much of anything- searching for her pacifier in her crib, but couldn't see, so I had to turn on her mobile for light. So once I found it I rocked her and thought of this next invention. A pacifier that blinks red when a baby cries. This would be most beneficial at night when you can't see and you don't want to turn the lights on to wake the baby. Also, this will teach the babies to find their own pacifier at night and eliminate one step for the sleeping moms.

I'm pretty excited about my two ideas!!! Maybe I'll take it on the Next American Inventor show ;)

Kelson- 14 Months Old Today!!!

I can't believe our little girl is already 14 months old. Dang does time fly by! It seems like yesterday we were bringing her home. She is at such a fun age. She is into everything, learning so much, snuggling, reaching for her momma and daddy, knows her momma and dada, its endless...
I just wish that she could remember this time right now, but I know she won't. But what is cool is that she will read this when she gets older and re-live it. Jason and I will ALWAYS remember everything about her so that in itself is cherishable. I've learned to be more patient- although its still hard sometimes- but she has taught me so much too as a mom. I LOVE LOVE LOVE going to her gymnasitics class with her- she loves to interact with other kids. She is so much fun to see first thing in the morning and its the sweetest sight to see her fall asleep at bedtime. Kelson has changed my life forever and I thank God everyday for her health and happiness. She has sooo many people in her lives that love her and take such good care of her when she's around. I'm happy to discovered two new languages (signing and french) because of her and I know the things I will learn are just beginning for the both of us.

27 Signs to date: milk, light, fish, more, tree, book, water, bathtime, please, thank you, love you, puppy, fan, so smart, touchdown, music, all done, bedtime, yummy, hot, sheep face, bye, hi, elephant, food, fan, and bird

19 Words to date: Ming Ming, Linny, Mama, Dada, Memere, Papa, Grammy (almost got it), bubble, cookie, tink tink, hi, what's that, whose that, up, down, go, kitty cat, & quack quack, meow


Kelson LOVES:
to have a book read to her
go to sleep with a nightlight, pacifier, and music
to give her baby doll/stuffed animal hugs
to give kisses
play with other kids
feed herself
yogurt melts, baby cheetos, honey smacks, and ice cream
brush her teeth (she still only has 8)
Wonder Pets
Mickey Mouse and the other characters
Tink Tink
Music
to sing
her family
bathtime
pool time
gymnastics class
getting dressed up - well I think so anyways ;)
being scared
to suck up noodles
to watch her daddy perform on stage
french
signing for everyone
Elmo and cookie monster
play with her belly button
to moan "mmmm" when she eats something good
her puppy Eers
to play in Eers's dog food and give him a cookie treat
to sip from a straw- she started doing that at 13 months