Super Bowl Boulevard

In case you haven't heard, the Super Bowl is at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey tomorrow.  That's right folks!  It is in NEW JERSEY!  NOT in NEW YORK!

To celebrate, NYC turned Broadway between 32nd and 47th streets into what they called "Super Bowl Boulevard".  In my never-ending quest for family fun activities as we near Freddy's deployment, I decided it would be fun to head into the city to take a look.  I figured it would also be a once in a lifetime experience as well.

As soon as we got there, I very quickly remembered why I hate even the thought of taking a step into Times Square.  There were about a hundred gazillion people crammed into a 15 block area.  It didn't take us long to see what we had to see and then get the heck out of there!

We thought about taking Marshall on the toboggan ride... until we saw the line!  That is only part of the line that you see going up the left hand side.  So we just snapped a picture and moved on.

They also had the Vince Lombardi trophy on display so we headed over to see if we could get some pictures of it.  Until we heard that it was a 3 hour wait to get inside the building!  SO I snapped a picture from outside and called it a day...  This was the best I could do with the glare from the other buildings on the glass.

And last, but not least, we got a picture in front of the numbers that were set up around 46th street...

There were a lot more Bronco fans then Seahawk fans walking around but the Seahawk fans were louder :)  As crazy as the crowd was, and the fact that I got into a yelling match with the obnoxious security guy from H&M, it was a pretty fun day and probably something we won't see again for a long time.

~AKO

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Holy crap it's cold. Now, as you know I originate from the frozen tundra we call Michigan where it is very common for the temperature to dip into the negative numbers this time of year. However, when your apartment is also an icebox no matter how high the thermostat is turned up it makes it very difficult to stay warm. I've got Marshall sleeping in his fleece sleepsack right now. The only saving grace is that for some reason our bedroom heats up to the temperature of hell overnight so I know that baby will stay warm while he's sleeping.

Today we braved the cold 10 degree temperature for a trip into the city to visit Abuela Olvera who is leaving for Ecuador on Friday for a few months for warmer weather. Luckily we got this cool reindeer suit for Christmas to keep us nice and toasty warm on the trip.





Oh... and the Jets lost the AFC to the Pitsburgh Steelers. As a Michigan native I am conditioned to not side with the Green Bay Packers so I will have to root for the Steelers in two weeks. I'm not sure what our plans are for Super Bowl Sunday but hopefully they involve a nice quiet evening at home.

The countdown has started for my return to work: 25 days.

~AKO

Tuesday Updates

Today would have been my Grandpa Sargent's 83rd birthday. We miss and love you, Grandpa, every day since your pain ended 9 years ago.

Weather Update
It is 9:30pm here in Jersey and it has been snowing for about a half hour now. My area is supposed to get 8 - 12 inches overnight so I'm hoping my hubby doesn't have to drive all the way down to Fort Dix tomorrow, which is a 2 hour drive from our house. He won't know until morning so fingers crossed. But, it does make me wish Marshall was old enough to play in the snow. At least next year he'll be able to appreciate these snow storms and I can start telling him my weather horror stories growing up in Michigan. You know, when I had to walk to school uphill both ways barefoot...

Marshall Update
We are now able to regularly put Marshall to bed every night between 9:00 and 10:00 pm and he'll sleep a solid 5 - 6 hours. Lately he's been waking up around 3:30 am for a change and feeding. Some days he'll go right back to sleep when he's done and other days it will take us a couple hours to get him back down. I'm hoping that by the time I go back to work in 5 weeks that he'll be sleeping straight through until at least 5:00.

Weightloss Update
Today I was down 0.6lbs. I would have liked to be down at least a pound but any loss is a good loss as far as I'm concerned. I received one of my "Workout with Baby" DVD's yesterday so I'm going to definitely start that tomorrow. I'm hoping that once I start exercising again the weight will come off a little faster. In order for me to do my WII, I'll have to start getting up at 6:00 before Marshall does. Then, once I go back to work I would have to get up at 5:00 (ugh!). I wish we had a basement or rec room because then we could have the WII set up there and I wouldn't have to interfere with Freddy's evening television schedule.

Week 1
Goal 1: 0.6/13.8 lbs
Total Lost: 0.6/84 lbs

Happy Tuesday! And for those getting snow right now, be safe!

~AKO

Wordless Wednesday

~AKO

It's Beginning to Look... er... FEEL A Lot Like...

CHRISTMAS! It is frickin' cold! Mid-October and we're in the middle of winter temperatures. First we get no Summer and now Autumn has passed us by. Before you know it, the city is going to look like this...





And my house will look like this... although we will be in a different appartment by Christmas. I hope I'll be able to get everything up those first couple of days so we can enjoy our Christmas decor.







And, for good measure, my Christmas Kitties :)







68 more shopping days until Christmas!

~AKO