Wordless Wednesday (My last day of 08)

Christmas celebrations have been completed!

Christmas of 2008 has come to an end for the Alberts family. Saturday December 27th my husband's sister, her husband, their boys, and Grandma and Grandpa Alberts came over our house to visit and exchange gifts. Unfortunately, Grandpa Alberts didn't feel well and had to leave shortly after arriving. On a more positive note, our little one loved having his cousins over. He just loves being around other kids and despite the teething, he made it through the day a happy little Christmas baby!!! And he's going to be really happy when he gets big enough to ride the little horse, that controls video's and music on the t.v., that his aunt and uncle got him.

Yesterday, my little Christmas baby and I went out to my parents house to visit and exchange gifts. We planned on spending the night but our little Christmas baby had other plans. His teething dilemma was in full affect yesterday afternoon and needless to say after exchanging gifts and eating dinner (a delicious prime rib dinner!!!), we came home. However, right before he fell asleep in the car he told me that he can't wait to use the wagon that grandma and grandpa Mueller got him at the zoo next summer!!!!

Tomorrow is New Year's Day and usually I would go to my grandma and grandpa Schilling's house for New Year's Day dinner but we will see how the little one is feeling tomorrow. If his teeth are hurting, we might just stay home and snuggle up on the couch together. It's no fun for anyone (especially my little one) when his teeth are hurting him. I hope the New Year starts with a pain free teething baby. Have you heard of or know of a baby that is pain free while teething? I guess we will see!

Happy New Year from the Alberts Family

Proximidade Award (My first award ever!!!!)

Proximidade Award




Clara at Coming Back to Life has given me an award! Thank you, Clara. I'm honored that you believe my blog meets the criteria. And thank you for my first award ever in blog land!!!!

Here are the rules for the Proximidade Award:

"This blog invests and believes in PROXIMITY--nearness in space, time, and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers who will choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

I'm passing this award on to these wonderful bloggers.

1. Christie O. of Baby Tea Leaves
2. Janeen of Out Story: The Good, The Bad, And The Food Allergies.
3. Julie of Live Laugh & Love.
4. Kat of Seeking Sanity.
5. Kerri of Emerson Harper Photography.
6. Maggie of Maggie's Mind.

FTF

Let me start by saying that I just got done telling my dad that if I saw or ate another cookie I could puke!!!! However, I think I actually lost one pound. How? I have not idea because I only worked out 3 days this week and the work outs were not even remotely close to what I usually do. As I have already said, I am on Christmas break which means I am at home for two whole weeks with no access to an elliptical. I had to get creative this week which is huge for me because I am not the most creative person.

Here is what I did this week:

Saturday: I did nothing, ate cookies.
Sunday: I did nothing, ate cookies and some really good cheese perogies.
Monday: 30 min. Pilates work out, 22 minute walk on treadmill.
Tuesday: 40 min. Pilates work out, 25 minute walk on treadmill with my son strapped to me in his little jeep carrier.
Wednesday: Ate some more cookies, had a big dinner at my in-laws, and then ate some more cookies.
Thursday: Guess what? More cookies!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
Friday: 30 min. walk on tread milk with son strapped in for the ride again!!!!

And I guess I can count all the running around I did to get ready for the holiday!!!

Christmas Pictures

Merry Christmas

Our little angels first Christmas has come and gone. It's so hard to believe!!!! We had a fantastic day opening all the presents that Grandma and Grandpa Alberts and Grandma and Grandpa Mueller brought over for the love our our lives! Just look at him!!! He loved all of his presents and literally tried to put every single one of them in his mouth. We played all morning, afternoon, and evening with his new toys. He even spent some quality time with daddy today while I was visiting my mom at the nursing home that she is stuck in until she can maneuver on her own. And while I stopped by to wish my Grandma and Grandpa Schilling a Merry Christmas. I was gone for about three hours which wasn't to bad considering and hour or so of it was drive time. When I got home we opened his last two presents and then kept on playing. All the play wore our little man out. He is now sleeping peacefully and is just as cute when he is sleeping as he is in this picture!!!!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Christmas Eve Celebration

My husband was able to get out of work early today so we headed over to his parents house for Christmas Eve dinner. We ate like little piggies and then exchanged gifts. We saved our little man's gifts for tomorrow so that we would all be able to pay 100% attention to him, as we should!!! We had a wonderful evening together!

Grandpa Alberts, Grandma Alberts, and our little man!

Grandpa, are you Santa?

And us!
And Grandma Alberts with the one snowmen we got her for Christmas. I think she might over dose on snowmen after tonight!!!

And just when I thought....

That just maybe my husband forgot about me on Christmas, he did this!!!!


I was so surprised when I opened the fridge to get the glass of champagne my husband poured me and saw a beautifully wrapped red box with the cutest white bow, I had to take this picture after I got down acting like a giddy little girl and obviously after I had already opened my gift!!! The hubby definitely gets a big check plus in the romantic column for this one!!! Thank you!!! I love you!!! And I love that my wedding ring is now complete with a wedding band behind and in front of my engagement ring!!!

FTF (Quest for Greatness)

I was able to work out four times this week. I did not lose any weight but I didn't gain either!!! I think my goal of being able to say on the elliptical for an hour three days a week is going to be more difficult than I thought. I say this because I am off of work for the next two weeks and I am not sure how much working out I will be able to do at home since I do not own an elliptical. I will, however, walk on the treadmill when I can.

Here is what I did this week:

Monday: 50 minute Pilates workout.
Tuesday: OFF
Wednesday: 33 minutes on the elliptical, 1 mile walk.
Thursday: 33 minutes on the elliptical, 1 mile walk.
Friday: 30 minutes on the elliptical, 1 mile walk.

Baby update: Our little one seemed to be getting over his ear infection earlier this week. However, the last two night he hasn't been drinking his night night bottle. We are off to the doctor's again tomorrow morning for a follow up and to possible get something other than Amoxicillin because I don't think that it is working. Ear infection and all, our little guy has been happy and chipper and can't wait until he gets to open his first Christmas presents on Christmas day. I am delighted to have two whole weeks of with him. I am not sure what we are going to do but what ever we decide to do, we will have fun!

Wordless Wednesday