I Finally Had A Family Party!!!

Today my family came over for a cookout. We had burgers, brats, potato salad, pasta salad, devil eggs, pizza, dirt beans, and the list goes on.... We had way to much food but I am okay with that because we have dinner for the next two days at least! Everyone was so happy to see the baby. Our little guy finally got to meet his great Aunt Denise (who did a wonderful job watching and playing with him, as did grandma Mueller), and of course he has already met the rest of the family that came over today who included grandpa and grandma Mueller, Uncle Bob and his girlfriend Alli, great grandma and grandpa Schilling, and my Uncle Louie!!! It was so nice to have all of you over. I hope you had a nice time!!!



Aunt Denise, Grandma Mueller, and the guest of honor himself!!!
Aunt Denise, and Great Grandma Schilling!Me (did I ever tell you that I am 5'10?) and Tiny (Uncle Bob)!Great Grandpa Schilling!




Uncle Bob and the guest of honor!
Uncle Bob and his girlfriend Allie (I think they must have gotten a hold of my camera)!!!

They Have Arrived

I am a little late at making this post!!! I received the 3 month old JCPenny portraits of our son on Monday or Tuesday... I can't even remember, I have been busy these days tackling the Thursday thirteen list of things I need to do around my house. Any how... back to the pictures, every time I look at them they just melt my heart. At first, I didn't really like the picture that shows that he cried during the pictures but it is just to adorable!!! Here are a few of my favorites.... but I think they are all my favorite!!!

I LOVE MY OLDER COUSINS!!!

Our little guy wanted to tell his older cousins thank you for coming over today. The weather was perfect, we couldn't have asked for a better day to go swimming. We had hot dogs, chips, and fruit for lunch. I tried to make sure the food I put out was safe for Janeen's little man ( he has severe food allergies you can read all about them at http://zumfamily.blogspot.com/) and hopefully I was successful?? I think I did okay by not grilling the little man's hot dogs because good knows what kinds of seasonings Uncle Edday uses when he is grilling!!! Aunt Janeen and the boys visited with our little man and then took a dip in the pool! We had a great day!

Older cousins.

Janeen and her little man.
Janeen's oldest boy lounging in the pool.

Trial Sleep Over

One thing I would like to do before I have to go back to work, is go to the casino! So, I made reservations for August 9th!!! Yes, my husband and I will be going away for a whole night which means that our little angel will be sleeping at grandma and grandpa Mueller's!!! The baby and I went to their house yesterday for a trial sleep over. We got there Friday at about 11:30 a.m. and just got home around 10:00a.m. Our little guy didn't even bat an eye!!! Sure he had his usual fussy time when it was time for night night but overall he was a perfect angel the whole time we were out there. He went to bed at 8:30p.m. and slept through the night until 7:00a.m. the next morning. I thought that maybe he might not be able to sleep being in a new environment but NOPE... no problems!!!
We had a great time at grandma and grandpa Mueller's. We eat lunch with great grandma Schilling, grandma Mueller (of course), Maryanne, Marge, and Rose ladies that they both worked with over the years. Then grandpa Mueller came home. He spent some time with his grandson (bonding) and then grandpa Mueller and I did a little fishing in his pond. I caught one small bass and my dad caught a couple of blue gill!!! We ended the night sitting on the deck enjoying each other's company.
Saturday morning I woke up to breakfast, which was a nice change since I usually make breakfast at home! Thanks grandma and grandpa Mueller for a great evening and awesome breakfast. Our little guy is already looking forward to his sleep over!!!

Grandpa!

Grandma!Grandpa fishing!!!

Summer of Me Finale!!!

I started the Summer of Me challenge, organized by ChristieO from http://babytealeaves.blogspot.com, with the goal of loosing 10 pounds. I did not meet my goal but I am proud to say that I lost 7 of the 10 pounds that I hoped I would lose! Christie, thank you for motivating me to get my body back. After having a baby, I still have some work to do but thanks to your challenge I am well on my way. I will continue to work out and stay healthy because it is important to me and also to my son. I want to be able to do some many things with him as he grows up and living a healthy lifestyle is the only way I will be able to keep up with him as he becomes more active!

Wordless Wednesday

Our boy is getting so big!

12 Weeks Old

Our little baby is 12 weeks old today. He is getting so big, it's amazing how much they change in such a short amount of time. We went to JCPenny's today to get his picture taken. I had everything all planned out but our little guy had other plans. He decided that he would take a nap 15 minutes before his scheduled pictures and I just new that nothing good was going to come out of that. As expected, he was not very happy when I woke him up 20 minutes into his nap. The lady taking the pictures was very loud right off the bat to get him to smile by making rolling noises with her tongue. I didn't even get the chance to tell her that loud noises scare him and makes him cry, she found that out for herself. My stepmother and I were able to calm him down and the photographer was able to get some really cute pictures. I go to pick them up on August 6th! I can't wait to share them.

Night out!

My husband and I had a night out! We went to his cousin's house for a family party (thank you Renee for having us) and then we stop at my friend Liz's house for her birthday party. We had a nice time at both parties and managed to squeeze in some live music on the way home. We stop at a place called the Firehouse (my husband's band plays there occasionally) and I danced like I was 21ish..... it's been a while since I have danced and with the baby weight and all it probably didn't look pretty but I really didn't care!!! I had so much fun and probably one beer to many!!! But is happens... On the way home I wanted to stop at Taco Bell so bad but we didn't (remember those nights?) .. so sad!!! So now I am just sitting here writing to all of you and thinking gosh..... six a.m. is coming quick... I'll need to wake up and feed our little angel!!!

In the end it will be worth it... my husband and I do not get out much these days... let only till 1 in the morning... so I guess you can say I am gluten for punishment!!!

I hope you all had a great weekend!!!

Fat Ticker Friday

This week I worked out extremely hard, well at least harder than I have since the beginning of this challenge. And I was shocked to see that I had only lost one pound. There are two ways I can look at this: 1. I only lost one pound because I am finally gaining some muscle back or 2. I only lost one pound because I drank a couple of beers this week. I think I'll go with option 1!!! I feel like I am gaining muscle and my clothes are finally starting to somewhat fit!!! I have four more pounds to lose in order to meet my goal of ten pounds by next week. I am a realist and now that it will be a difficult task. And even if I don't reach it, I am making progress and that's all that matters!


Here is what I did this week:

1. Saturday- I ran 30 minutes on treadmill at a speed of 5.0 and incline of 3.5, walked 10 minutes.

2. Monday-I ran 30 minutes on treadmill at a speed of 5.0 and incline of 3.5, walked 10 minutes.

3. Tuesday-I ran 30 minutes on treadmill at a speed of 5.0 and incline of 3.5, walked 10 minutes.

4. Wednesday- I ran 30 minutes on treadmill at a speed of 5.0 and incline of 3.5, walked 10 minutes.

5. Thursday- Same as above!!!


I logged in 18 miles this week. That has to be putting some muscle back into these flabby thighs!!!

Now to answer the question of the week asked by Christieo at http://babytealeaves.blogspot.com/

-I'd have no problem losing weight (or keeping it off) if it weren't for ___________.

If it weren't for allot of things I could lose more weight period. But I would have to say that my biggest weakness is food. Big shocker there huh? I love to eat and I love pretty much all food. My sister-in-law at http://zumfamily.blogspot.com/ can attest to that! I even love the safe food she makes for her little man!

What foods or food don't I like you might ask.... huh.... liver and that's about it. My mom used to make liver and onions when I was younger and it's the only food that I can recall pinching my nose so that I couldn't smell or taste it as I chewed. Funny how that trick never seem to do the job and neither did the pounds of ketchup I used to drown it in.

Thursday Thirteen 5th Edition

Thirteen Things about Danielle Thirteen things I am thankful for! 1. My family because I love them will all my heart. 2. My health because without good health I wouldn't be able to do the things that I am able and/or capable of doing. 3. My career because it is rewarding. 4. My home because it puts a roof over my head. 5. My friends because without friends I might not be sane. 6. My pool because on days like today there's no other place I'd rather be!!! 7. Being able to stay home with my son during the summer months. 8. My athletic ability. 9. My ability to forgive and forget because if I couldn't do that I would probably be a mean and spiteful person. And that I am not! 10. Food! I am sure we are all thankful for that. 11. My clothes even though I still don't fit into half of them. 12. The experiences that I have had throughout my life. Some have been good and I am sure we all have had our share of bad. 13. Being me!!!

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