Catch up...

Well I just wanted to write a quick post to catch up. Not much has been going on since my last post. Charley is still wonderful and I am loving only working 2 days a week and being home with her the rest of the week. I couldn't be happier.

She is getting so big and growing up so fast. She was 3 months old on Wednesday!! I can't believe it has been 3 whole months since she was born. Here is a picture of her holding herself up on her tummy. She is so adorable when she does this!!

She hasn't rolled over on her own yet but I am sure it is only days away because we will go into her room to get her out of her crib in the morning and she is on her side. And when we lay her on the blanket or on her gym mat on the floor she gets half way there then rolls back.

She is holding and grabbing things a lot more now too. She loves this little giraffe blankey that a friend of mine got her. She is too cute when she grabs and hugs it. Here she is with Mr. Giraffe :)

Last Wednesday I also had the great pleasure of meeting up with Jeannie from Points and Pounds for lunch!! We went to Panera and got some nice healthy food and chatted for over an hour. It was great! I wish she lived closer...I am sure we'd be great friends and work out buddies. I will be seeing her in a little over 2 months though, as we are both doing the SheRox Triathlon in Philly in August. OH MY...I can't believe it is sooo soon!!!

Alrighty...I need to get to bed and get some sleep. We are heading to the University of Delaware tomorrow for my 'little' cousins high school graduation ceremony. Hopefully I will get a good picture of her with us and I can post it on here next week. I am so proud of her!!

Adios!! :)

Amazing Weekend!

Down…1.4lbs!! Onto a new week and a new lower number…

I had an amazing Memorial Day weekend. It started off on Saturday…Jimmy wasn’t feeling well…so Charley and I left him at home and did some shopping. I got some cute shirts on sale and some much needed khaki shorts. We got a new baby carrier for Charley and I hit up Babies R Us Clearance rack which was an additional 30% off and got Charley some really cute little Adidas outfits for next summer. Then we came home and hung out with Jimmy, took the dogs for a nice long walk and then Jimmy went to work at the bar. And Charley and I settled in for the evening.

Sunday was even better, we got up, had breakfast and then we took the dogs down to Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis for a swim. They had a blast! The park was packed as expected, but they didn’t care, they had tons of people to play with. Charley and I hung out on the beach and watched all of the doggies play, while Jimmy was knee deep in the water throwing balls and sticks. Oh yea! Before we went to the park I got to meet one of my blogging buddies! Jeannie from Points and Pounds was in Annapolis on vacation at her girlfriends family’s and she came to meet us before we went into the park. She and her girlfriend were kind enough to let me borrow their bike trainer so I can get some of my bike workouts in while Charley is in bed or napping. They were so nice as to drive it up here all the way from Charlotte!! I can’t thank them enough. Jeannie and I are going to try and meet up for lunch tomorrow too. Hopefully if the weather is nice.

Here are some pictures from the dog beach…


Then yesterday we took Charley to the pool for her first time. Our friends belong to a really neat pool by our house and it was “free guest day” yesterday so we went. We are definitely going to sign up for the pool next year when Charley is old enough to walk around and play in the baby pool. She loved it!! We stuck her feet in the water (which was a tad bit cold) and she didn’t cry or even complain! She liked it J We only stayed for about 2 hours, because we were worried about her getting burnt – we had her lathered up in sunscreen – but we were still worried, because it was hot out!


So once we got home, she took a good long nap, then we went for a walk with the dogs and then I was so tired, so we took another nap! Then we went to the grocery store, while Jimmy showered and took care of some things at the house. Then last night Charley slept ALL NIGHT LONG!! She went to sleep around 9ish (a little late, but with the 2 long naps she was a little thrown off) and didn’t wake up to eat until 5:45 this morning!! The bad part about it is, that I think I got my worst night of sleep last night…waking up every few hours wondering why she hadn’t woken up!! I hope this is a pattern…I am doubting it…but it would be nice!! I can’t complain though, she is a great sleeper usually, she will go to bed around 7:30-8 wake up around midnight, eat and go back to sleep until 6am or so. I am sure last night just had to do with all of the excitement of the weekend and being out in the sun for 2 hours!

Here are some pictures of her from the pool...


Today my parents are here watching Charley and it is my first week on my new work schedule…only working Tuesday’s and Thursday’s. If the rain holds off we will be going to my brothers baseball game after work – well I will be meeting my parents and Charley at the game. Then tomorrow night I have my first softball game of the season. I can’t wait to get back out there and play!!

Alright…I better get back to work!!

Adios

Misc...

Well…weigh in on Monday went ok. Not at good as expected, but I had a few obstacles against me. Down .6. Not what I had hoped for, but not too bad either…still in the right direction! I did go to a comedy show on Sunday night a present for Jimmy’s brothers birthday and had 2 beers and I am sure that had to do with the result on the scale. But oh well they were within my points and I had them and they were good. I am still on track with the challenge this week and with my points so things are going great.

This week I got a confirmation of some exciting news! I had asked to go part time at work – only working Tuesdays and Thursdays – and they said YES!! I am so excited! Now we don’t have to pay for day care. It is going to be great! My parents are going to watch her on Tuesdays and Jimmy will be home on Thursdays and I will be home MWF! I am so lucky to have a work where I am valued and they are flexible enough to help me out. This week I was at work ½ day Monday and all day Wednesday and Thursday because we have a final in a class I teach in, and they needed me for it. So my parents were here Monday and Wednesday. This also explains why I have time to post! I just wish I was allowed on blogger from here so I could comment on some of your sites! I am still reading, but haven’t had the time to comment. Sorry!! As we speak I am typing this post in an email to email to myself at home so I can just go on and post it.

Jimmy and I are on the lookout for a beach house for a week in the summer. We were looking to take the dogs with us this time and it is proving to be a challenge. We want to go to Bethany Beach or Rehoboth, and have found some nice places, but most of them don’t allow dogs. It is tough to convince someone else that you have 3 well behaved labs. So hopefully we will find a place soon!

I can’t think of any more news to share…I have been incredibly busy here at work and will be tomorrow. They definitely needed me there which is good, I’d have been mad if they took away some of my last full week of maternity leave and didn’t really have anything for me to do!!

Adios!!

I've Been Tagged...

Margie at The Paper Treehouse tagged me today...so here it goes...and I will hopefully be back with a real post tomorrow!!

What were you doing 5 years ago?

Wow, 5 years ago my life was very different. I was living in Reston, Virginia and still working at my first job out of college. I was a lucky girl at this time...I was living with a guy that I went to college with, an acquaintance in college, yes we were friends, but mostly because we were in a class (a class from hell I might add) called Comparative European Government together. And he never (well rarely...very rarely) went to class, and I went to every class, and took copious amounts of notes and had very good handwriting, so we became better friends. Well all of my friends and I referred to him as "Hottie Ben" well I had the pleasure of living with Hottie Ben for almost 2 years. Oh and it was wonderful. He was nice to look at, fun, funny, hot...um... :) And we got to hang out, I got to be seen with him and his hot friends. It was great. Oh and it seemed that year that a lot of my girlfriends from college came to visit me...and stay the weekend...hmmm...

Oh and 5 years ago, I got my dog Mack. This is what he looked like when I got him...

Now he is all grown up.

What are/were 5 things on your to-do list today?

Since I do make lists all the time, this will be a piece of cake.

1. Get up and chat with Charley - in the mornings she is all smiley and cooing, I love just sitting and talking to her.
2. Go to the grocery store to get a few things
3. Vacuum before my parents come over to watch Charley
4. Empty the dishwasher
5. Get dressed and get my butt to work for the afternoon

and there are a bunch more...though I think I am on my last one that was added at the last minute...answering this meme -- then TO BED!

What 5 snacks do you enjoy?

1. Chocolate (those new bliss things with the meltaway center...to die for!)
2. 100 calorie packs of Hostess Muffins
3. Pringles Stix in Honey Butter
4. Strawberries
5. String Cheese

What 5 things would you do if you were a billionaire?

1. Open a doggie day care so that I could take Charley and the dogs to work
2. Buy Jimmy his dream car
3. Pay for my cousins college education
4. Invest most of it
5. Take a trip with a bunch of friends and family to Australia

What are 5 of your bad habits?

1. Making piles. Lets just leave it at that, Jimmy could elaborate.
2. Not flossing...enough.
3. Snoring (or so I am told)
4. Back seat driving (or so I am told)
5. Driving my car until the last drop of gas gets me to the gas station...

What are 5 places you have lived?

1. Wilmington, Delaware
2. Salisbury, Maryland
3. Reston, Virginia
4. Arlington, Virginia
5. Baltimore, Maryland

What are 5 jobs you have had?

1. Front Desk at the YMCA
2. Summer Camp Supervisor
3. Lifeguard
4. Systems Engineer
5. Customer Trainer

What 5 people do you want to tag?

Hmmm...Jeannie at Points and Pounds and anyone else who reads this blog!! Please leave me a comment if you do this meme so I can come and read all about you.

Good night!!!

Lots to say...

Where do I begin...hows about that I LOST 3.6 POUNDS last week!! :) So things are going great on the bye bye baby weight front. I'd have to say it is really easy to stay on plan when I have to eat so much food!

Now for the summer challenge...my first week went great, got my workouts in. This week, not so much, Monday was not a good day for one reason. See when I wash dishes or am making lunch, I put Charley in her bouncy seat on the kitchen floor so that she can still see me. Well I was washing dishes and then turned around to go and grab something and kicked her chair...in my bare feet...and BROKE MY TOE. Yep, my first broken bone ever, if you can call it that and it didn't happen in any kind of exciting fashion.

Needless to say, there was no working out on Monday night, I could barely walk. I felt like such a baby, but IT HURT! Tuesday morning it felt better, I was still walking funny because I couldn't put any pressure on my toe. Today it was A LOT better, so I am back at it. I went for a long walk with Charley and the dogs tonight, so there is one workout in. Tomorrow I will do the same since Jimmy picked up a shift at the bar and I will be back to the gym for a run on Friday.

And boy do I need to get to working out...because...I signed up for the SheRox Triathlon! It is in Philly on August 3rd. A little less then 3 months from now. Am I nuts...yes. I have to get my butt into gear and my black and blue toe is not cooperating. Jeannie from Points and Pounds is doing the Tri too. I also just found out she is double nuts and signed up for the one in Charlotte where she lives. I myself have never been to Charlotte...so am contemplating doing the same...we'll see, since they are kind of pricey to sign up for.

Hmmm, what else. Oh my first Mother's Day!!! It was GREAT definitely one I will never forget. Jimmy and Charley surprised me and took me to the beach for the weekend!! Just the 3 of us, it was wonderful. He rented a place within walking distance to everything, the beach, the shops etc. We got to take Charley to the beach...we put her feet in the water, she felt the sand, it was wonderful. We thought she would scream when the cold water hit her feet, but nope! She loved it!! And it was COLD!! The weather could have been better, it was cold and rainy most of the time, but we were all together so that was all that mattered to me.

Here are a few pictures from Mother's Day weekend at the beach :)

Day Two...

Day one went really well. I managed to eat all 36 points, went for a long walk as my workout. Today I am only at 18 so far...but Charley and I are going to the bar to see Jimmy and meet up with my friend Megs for dinner, so I need a bunch of points for that, I think I am going to get sushi, so hopefully I can find those points online somewhere. (if not Jeannie I will be taking you up on your offer!)

I have already taken the 3 pups and Charley for our walk. I have decided that going around 2 in the afternoon is easier, because everyone is still at work and we don't have any run ins with other dogs :) Which aren't bad, but my dogs want to pull and try and go and play with the other dogs.

Until tomorrow...

Adios!

Day One...

Ok, so after my good friend Lisa's bachelorette party this weekend...where multiple photos were taken, which arrived in my email box late last night...and I saw to my horror how big and terrible I am still looking after having our wonderful daughter. I am back on Weight Watchers. I am doing it myself here at home (no meetings, no money for meetings) with Jimmy to keep me on track.

Since they have a plan for nursing mothers I thought this would be the safest bet to losing weight and still being able to breast feed. So today is DAY ONE. I get 36 points a day, which to me seems insane, especially since it is 3pm and I have only had 10 of them. But maybe this is why the last 20ish pounds is still here, I am not eating enough? Only time will tell.

The working out is helping, but is not enough alone...so here I go...

People Must Think I am Crazy...

Ok, so I am working my week from Sunday to Saturday and so going to the gym today will give me my 5 days this week! Check! I hopped on the scale today and it is down 2.4lbs, though my official weigh in isn't until Monday morning...but that is a good sign!

Now for the title of my post...Jimmy works at the bar on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, he goes there straight from the office. So I am here with Charley all day and then all night, no biggie as I wouldn't give up my time with her for the world. But it does present a challenge when the dogs need their daily walk after dinner. See we have 3 labs (one is a mix) and the smallest one weighs 65lbs...and the largest 85lbs, so on average totaling about 250lbs of dog. So I have found out...well I attempted it twice last week, that I can walk all 3 dogs while pushing Charley in her stroller. YES I CAN :) Though everyone driving through our neighborhood that sees me doing this must think I am absolutely out of my mind.

Ok, yes I could take one or two at a time and leave the others home, but truthfully, they all like walking together, walk better together in my opinion and I don't have the heart to leave any of them at home...my husband also thinks I am nuts because of this, but so be it. Yes it takes us a lot longer then usual, but we have fun. And I get an extra 40 min of walking in on those days too.

Jimmy wants a picture of this ordeal, if I ever get one I will post it, but being that I don't do it when he is home (to take a picture) I doubt I will!

Ok, Jimmy took Charley to run some errands, so that I could clean up around here since my parents and brother and SIL are coming tomorrow for an early Mother's Day cookout...and here I am blogging. I need to get to cleaning so I don't get caught when they come home!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Adios!!