Heaters are over-rated

Today was probably the coldest day of the year thus far and tomorrow is supposed to snow and we don't have a heater. You know, the moment I spoke the words, "honey, we don't need a heater. We live in Texas!", I had to know it would probably be a cold one. Weren't we wearing wearing flip flops and tank tops last December? Oh, well at least we are saving money.


So, tomorrow I will layer up the child, put a log in the fireplace, and turn on the oven. We will try to enjoy whatever substance falls on the ground and be happy! We love snuggle weather! Right? With no heater, right? ha! This is going to be fun.

Also, today marks 17 days before we leave to California! I am so excited and want the day to be here but I also want to really soak in the holiday season. All we have to do is get the tree and decorate the house. FUN, FUN!

Happy Holidays!!

Mueller Woman :)

New Food.....New Poop

So last Wednesday Brayden had his first solid food other than rice cereal. He tried sweet potatoes and applesauce. His face was priceless but quickly grew to love them. He did really well, no reactions and no diarrhea. Thank God!

So after trying him on a few organic varieties, I decided that it will be easy enough for me to make my own baby food. I can cook and this way will be much cheaper. We can stand to save a couple of bucks or a hundred.

So last night, I roasted bananas and butternut squash. Jason helped me realize that I should have covered them with foil so they steamed...note taken because we had a little burnage. The bananas are a little different but hopefully he will grow to love them. I want to try apples and sweet potatoes next.

So, with new added food to his diet comes new.....how should I say it.....poo. :) I feel like I am changing a grown man's diaper now. Oh well, he'll be doing it for me when I am 80! I never realized what a topic it is for Mom's. I had a play date the other day and all we first time Moms could talk about was who pooed, what color it was, where it ended up, and how cute/funny it was. Horrible. Something single, non-kid having folk should never hear about. It's a wonderful sister-hood mother's have and I feel lucky to be a part of it.

Another lesson learned this week and it's only Tuesday, dress your child in an additional layer then you think they should wear because you can take off clothing need be. Yes, I was that momma that under dressed her kid on the coldest day of the year so far. I felt like a total ass. I was cold and the wind was whipping through the trails we were walking and all I had on my beautiful baby was a long sleeved, thank God it was long sleeved, shirt and thin pants. At least I had socks on him and I did have a blanket. Half-way through the walk I just couldn't subject him to anymore abuse so I hauled my behind back to the car and promised him I would never do that to him again. I was so embarrassed but everyone was so sweet. I am sure I have many more mistakes to commit.....one down, a thousand to go.

Oh, and the hugest of news!!! Brayden is crawling!!! He is a crazy maniac and I feel so proud to be his Mommy! He is so smart and ready to take on the world. He has cracked his head on the tile a couple times and my heart literally jumped out of my chest and landed on the floor. I am a mess. I feel like I live in constant fear..always worrying about that boy, checking if he's breathing, feeling his head for temperatures, and checking to see what color his poop is. I repeat...I AM A MESS!

Love this crazy thing we called life!

Love,

Cecilia xoxox

Brayden....almost all grown up.

I am having a very hard time remembering all this stuff that I am supposed to do as a first time mother. The keeping of the baby book, video taping everything, taking pictures of everything, and writing every movement Brayden makes on his calendar. Its all fun but if you know me, I am not good at it, hence the large gap in my blog. :)



So right now I am waiting on my adorable husband to shower so we can go have $.49 wings. I am telling you right now I will not have a beer but I am easily peer pressured. Brayden is at his Meme's house and we are free to eat. We are lucky to have Jason's family here. The next goal is to move the Nunez clan here!



Anyways, so I busted Brayden standing in his crib today when I was trying to get him to go down for a nap. My word, this kid is going crazy! Then, as I was walking from the office to the kitchen I saw Brayden trying to take a nose dive onto the tile from his Excersaucer (sp?). Basically, I am going to have my hands full. He should be crawling any day now and he his happier than ever... I am so lucky! He is quite the handsome little man. :)

Till next time.....

With lots of love,

Cecilia

Sunday fun day....

It's sunny outside, the sky is clear and it looks hot. I wouldn't really know because we haven't been outside today. Well, right now Jason is loading up the baby in the Baby Bjorn to go water things. You should see him, he is amazing.

We are still recovering from Friday night. Jason surprised me by having my Mom come down to watch the baby so we could go on a date. It was wonderful, we watched The Hangover, ate Sushi, and had lots of drinks. We even stayed out till 2 AM! Can you believe it!

Well, we payed for it let me tell you. We slept all day yesterday in shifts and never saw the light of day after going to have breakfast. We laid in bed with all our dogs, AC blasting, covered to our heads and I have never felt happier. It was truly a wonderful day where you realize how important family is. 

I really have no idea why we haven't done a thing today,  just pure laziness I guess. Or, maybe I am really just trying to soak up the time with Brayden before I have to back to work. This is my last week of a 9-5 for hopefully, praying, FOREVER. I am excited to be leaving but I am ready to move with the cheese, if you've never read "who moved my cheese", I suggest you go buy it now. I am ready to dedicate as much time to him and my new flexible career. Life is good and God is better. I can't complain! I sound like Rev Run...hahaha

Maybe I'll start cleaning now. I'll get us ready for the week and make some yummy dinner. Oh, and I have lost 8 lbs (probably put on 10 this weekend) but it's a start! I'm waiting on the p90x!!  lol! :)

love, Me

Work Shmerk

So, today is Friday...9 days before I am due to return to work. This is a scary time for a new mom. Brayden is almost 11 weeks old and he will be staying with a wonderful woman named Miss Jenni. Miss Jenni lives right down the street from us and has 4 children of her own. Brayden has been going to her house for 3 hours the last 2 days so he can get aquainted and it has been hard but nice to have a break. I am afraid however of the long days when when I will be without him. It has been so nice spending quality time together. We have such a wonderful routine together, no routine. :)

So, what no one knows until now is that I will not be returning to my 9-5....surprised? Probably, especially from reading the above paragraph. I wasn't sure if I was ready to say it out loud yet. Here I go.....Jason and I have decided that I will quit the job that I have with the wonderful company that I have been employed with for 4 years! I am a wreck....What am I doing? Well, I am doing what I think is best for my child and for future children. I am quitting my job to pursue a career in real estate. I have begun real estate classes online and I will locate apartments. I want to work, I want to have an identity, I want to contribute financially to my family, I just don't want to do it full-time. I don't want my huband to carry our financial well being on his shoulders alone. I think this new career will open up a lot of doors for us as well as give me the freedom to be the parent that I want to be. 

I am very excited. I am also very nervous but I am a believer that we can do whatever we want in life and I am taking this by the balls. Yup, i said it....I am taking MY career by the balls. So, here I go...wish me luck!!

UPDATE: 3/20/2009 11:30pm

She thinks it might be time.  The contractions are 10 min apart lasting 30 seconds.  So we are not close enough to go to the hospital yet.  (looking for 5 min apart lasting 1 min for an hour).  But it was the first time we timed it, which was a bit of a reality check for me.  

BTW she is doing great and will be a great mom.  

Just the two of us.....

A couple of pictures of times I can remember when I wasn't scared out of my mind about being responsible for another person's life.

How Jason and I met:
Jason and I met about 6 years ago in Austin, Texas. I was waiting tables with his best friend Jordan and Jordan's now Wife, Melissa. We were working at Bennigan's and having nothing but good times when I casually met Jason. It also seems to be meant to be because my great friend Nicole and I ended up moving into the building right across the parking lot from Jason and Jordan. That fateful apartment was called the Cunningham and we could literally look into each other's balconies...but we never did.... ;). We saw each other a handful of times over the years but life took us in opposite directions until Jordan and Melissa's wedding night. Jason had too much whiskey, beer, shots or all of the above and was offering to give me a bid on work I needed done on my pathetic excuse for a vehicle. I offered up my phone number and Nicole and I left to pursue a crazy night in downtown Austin. About a week later as I was walking from a class to my car and I got a phone call and it was Jason, he had an ridiculous amount that he wanted to charge me to have my brakes done and I felt it should have been done for free...Jason was no sucker! I liked that! Casually about 2-3 weeks later St. Patty's day was before us and after feeling really low that day, Nicole convinced me to go out and make a good night of it. I decided to call Jason to see if he was going to be there and he casually told me yes, he would make an appearance. After a fun whirlwind of a night, Jason finally asked me to go out to dinner with him and I sweetly told him to sure and to call me. Well, after 2 weeks of texting and inviting, we finally set a date to meet. Jason and I met for Dinner/movie/drinks at the Alamo Drafthouse to watch Stay Alive (now, you know why I always pick the movies) on April 1st, 2006. The night was amazing, we drank Dos Equis Amber....lots of it and laughed until the weeee hours in the morning. We had our first kiss as I dropped him off at his truck and I smiled the whole way home. I had never had a first date like that and I had no idea that would be my last first date.



6 months later Jason and I moved in together. We lived in my tiny 400 and something square foot apartment and we had a blast. We were needing more space, as you can imagine, so that's when we moved to the duplex. Oh, the duplex, so many memories of fun times!! We got Ali, our love child, at the end of January before we moved into the duplex. So, we had Kiaya and Ali and they were loving all the new space. Ali had her big backyard and Kiaya and plently of places to sneak off and pee. It was great....



We moved into our very own home October 16th, 2009 and were engaged on September 19th, 2009. It was a dream come true and during the whole process we found out that God had blessed us with a baby. They say things happen in 3's and it was true for us. We were so excited but nervous and had no idea that all of this would happen so quickly! One day we were out looking at houses and the next we were pregnant, engaged, and homeowners.



So, here we are 25 and about to have a baby....hopefully I can keep up with this so you can keep up with us! Baby Brayden will be here soon and we can't wait to share everything with you.



Love,



The Mueller's

Going back in time.

This was when I thought I looked big. 16 weeks and I had no idea how bad it was going to get. Eeeesh!

32 Weeks.......

It has taken me 32 weeks to start this but this is for friends and family that may want to know what's going on while we embark on this crazy journey called "Becoming Parents".

I thought about starting a blog about 25 weeks ago so I could show baby Brayden what his mom looked like and things that happened as he was growing. Well, if you know me, you know I am a procrastinator. I have even proven to be a bad mommy-to-be by forgetting weeks worth of information on his baby books. What kind of Mom am I going to be? Will I forget to feed him or worse will I leave the house and 5 hours remember that he is home? Oh my, all these new things to worry about. I was worried about Jason and I being ready but I guess you can never be "ready" for these kind of things.

So, I am going to start to write and share my feelings and thoughts with all the people who want to listen.

Thanks for reading!!

Cecilia