So Anyways...: 2011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Alive and Kickin'

Well hello. I nearly forgot how to post anything on this here blog, as it seems to have been months and months ago that I actually did such! So...

This is us, the Albin's...Just in case you forgot who we are, or what we look like!!! We've been working, playing, and living like crazy! While I'd love to update you on everything we've been up to these past few months, I just don't have the time. Instead, I'll leave you with the biggest news and update of them all....................NO, I'm not pregnant...There are 4 of us, and that is how our clan will remain, so don't get any ideas!!! Instead, we are moving!!! Yep...We've ventured out, a whopping 4 miles further out of town onto 2 acres. There is currently a manufactured home on the property, but we have plans to build our forever home, and can't wait for that process to begin! We are crossing our fingers that we will actually get the keys this Friday, but it's looking like it might not be until the first part of next week. Are we CRAZY for moving at Christmas, YES, but excited at the same time, YES! So...be praying for our family this Christmas Season. For patience and understanding as things are slightly chaotic, unorganized, and a bit up in the air. Merry Christmas to you all, and I hope to be able to update you all a bit more frequently as we begin this next chapter/adventure in our lives!

Friday, April 15, 2011

Pizza Night

My sister and her "other" family, have a tradition of family pizza nights on Fridy Nights...I always thought it was a fun idea, but never followed through with with making it a "thing" in our house too. Anyways...I had a wild hair tonight, to have family pizza night. While Dani and the other fam actually make their pizza dough...I took the easy way out and went with good ol' fashioned Boboli, but the kids LOVED it!

This OCD mamma had a hard time letting them get started until everything was perfectly laid out in front of them...they waited patiently though!

Miss Concentration never lost her focus

...While Kal was rather distracted and would rather eat the topping than actuall put them on his pizza

They were both so proud of their final product, and requested "Pizza Night" every night!!!

It was fun indeed...and we may just take after the Easley's and have our own Pizza Night Fridays from her on out!!!

Thursday, April 7, 2011

So Stinkin' Excited!!!

It's no secret here, that our lil' miss has a bed wetting problem. I know, I know..."She's only 3" you say! The thing is...she's been potty trained since before she was 18 months old (all on her own mind you), has had few and far between accidents during the day, and refuses to wear pull ups/diapers at night. "She's a big girl and only babies wear diapies", after all. There again you may say "she's only 3, make her wear the pull ups". Well that's all fine and good until she wears them to bed, only to remove them once we leave the room and put on her beautiful princess panties! We then wake up to a sopping wet little girl, and daily loads of bedding to wash.

Anyways...I've tried everything I could think of; to no avail. She doesn't get any...ANY liquid after 6:30pm...we take her to the bathroom when she goes to bed, then when we go to bed a few hours later. We've tried reward systems, prizes, ignoring it...yadda, yadda, yadda. There are some nights that she is wet 3 times throughout the night...those are fun nights!

So...after changing bed after bed after bed, EVERYTHING in her room smelling like urine on a daily basis, and one frustrated momma and lil' girl...I got fed up and ordered a bed wetting alarm system!

I am SOOOOOOO excited, and hope this darn thing does it's job. I realize that it may take several weeks/months/good lord hopefully not years...but it's a start, and something she's as excited as I am about!