FIRST CHRISTMAS

Dominik successfully made it through his first Christmas and I must say he wasn't too impressed. Of course this is because he had no clue what was happening. All he knew was there was a whole bunch of paper laying all over the floor that he could play with and then all of a sudden he had new toys in front of him. The day was a good one though as we just relaxed and stayed home since the 2 days prior were spent driving around Idaho visiting family. That sure is tiring, but it was nice to see everyone, especially those I don't get to visit with very often.
I was spoiled enough to get a couple of Victoria Secret gift cards so tomorrow my new assets will have something new to wear. Hopefully the mall won't be too crazy. People still work don't they?? Sometimes it doesn't seem like it with all the crowds everywhere.




I'm also upset about the snow situation. The weather man pretty much guaranteed us a white xmas this year and when I woke up, nothing! I don't see why you need a degree in order to be a weather man because other than coming close with temperatures, they are usually wrong about everything else. OH yeah, the snow came today. Guess better late than never.
In Lil Dom news, he now gives kisses. You just ask him for a kiss and he opens his mouth and comes at your face until you give him a smooch. It's really quite cute. He also figured out to get off the couch by himself today. I am amazed at how quickly he is learning stuff now days. He gets more fun all the time.
Well, I suppose I will get back to relaxing. I had to work today but I get the next few days off to continue my shamming. Whoo hoo!!

Little Helper

I finally finished wrapping presents today. I now realize that I hate wrapping gifts. It's not becuase of the time it takes or anything like that. It's actually painful! Maybe I am just getting old, but sitting on the floor bending over to cut paper and wrap stuff really is a back and neck killer. Maybe next time I will hire someone to do it for me. Speaking of wrapping gifts, Dominik sure is a helpful guy. He decided to give dad a hand with the wrapping and of course only got in the way. It's the thought that counts.

Earlier this evening Dom and I went to my mom's house. She had a xmas get together with frinds and family so it was basically a pig out fest. I promised myself that tonight is the last night I am going to just eat junk. I have been really bad the last couple months and not being able to run hasn't helped. I can start the stairsteeper or eliptical which helps, but no running or weights until the 3 month mark. I think I have put on a couple pounds and it's depressing. I got my fill of goodies tonight so hopefully I can get back that willpower I had when I lost most of my baby weight. Wish me luck everybody. Dominik ate some crackers and potato out of the chowder tonight. He is really liking the grown up food now days. Now if he would only learn to hold his own bottle. He will hold it to play with it, but not to feed himself. What a ham!




Next week is already xmas and I can't believe how quickly it has come. I am looking forward to visiting everyone in Poky. Dom hasn't ever seen Grampa Whittier and it's been awhile since my bro and Karen saw him. It should be fun. Hopefully he will do ok with the long drive since this will be his first real road trip. See you Pocatellians soon!

GHETTO TREE

Notice the new haircut!


We finally got the tree up today and I call it the ghetto tree because it's all red lights except for the last part which is white. Then the star which I thought was red ended up being orange so it doesn't match at all. We were going for the red and white Detroit Redwings tree, but it didn't work out as planned, so maybe next year. It's still a cute tree though, so we went ahead and kept it the way it turned out. Dominik isn't as curious about the tree as I thought he would be. He does, however, love the presents. The bows seem to be a big hit as you can see. He had a great time taking it off the package and throwing it. At one point the sticky side got stuck to his hand so he started waving his arm around trying to get it off like a cat with tape stuck to it's paw. It was pretty funny. OH and very important to mention. Dominik now says Dada. You would think after the 9 months of free transport in my stomach he would be a little more appreciative and say mama first. Yeah right, I'm outnumbered 2 to 1 so I'm not suprised he loves his dada. It's pretty cute and I'm sure mama isn't far behind.



Bow on package



Bow missing from package

The new job is going well so far. I'm extremely busy now so that's nice. I'm still of course confused and clueless on a lot of things since I have only been there a couple days so hopefully it won't take me long to get the hang of everything. The guys at Counterdrug took me to a goodbye lunch Fri at Carino's and gave me an award and a really nice plaque. It was a nice suprise so now I have something to hang in my office.
Well, guess I'm off to relax now and get prepared for work tomorrow.

Results

Well, my surgery went well. I was pretty sore the first couple days, but now I feel pretty darn good. My chest looks extremely natural and I'm healing well. It will still be about 2 months before I can run, but next week I can ride the stationary bike or walk or whatever, I just can't lift heavy weight or anything for awhile. Today is FINALLY my last day at Counterdrug so tomorrow I will be at my new office full time. These guys got in their last amount of torture today. Guess where I got moved today since the new guy started today? The break room. Yep, here I am while people walk in and out to use the fridge and microwave and eat their lunch. Talk about no privacy!! Thank goodness it only lasted a day. Oh, I also cut my hair. I will have to post a pic. I have been stuck in a rut pretty much since highschool so I cut it and got some layers, which I never did before. Juan said he likes it so that's a good sign. Dominik is doing well and stands on everything he can reach. He's pretty good at it now. He now weight 18 lbs 10 oz. I can't believe how big he's getting.
Well, guess I will sit here for 1 more hour and then head home.