10 on 10 | august 2016

10 Photos | 10th of August

 



Today's challenge was a 60s plank.  I look as awkward as I felt..

tasty tuesday | chipotle breakfast burrito

Happy Tuesday everyone! It's been busy here. Between traveling 9+ hours for work, a full day of training, wrangling two boys and supper prep and working out and... I joined a little health/fitness group.

 

I don't know about you guys, but a lot of my online feeds seem to show people doing mini-accountability groups for health and fitness.  After a gentle nudge from my friend Amy, I jumped on the bandwagon to give it a whirl. We are wrapping up day two and it's been a great change of pace.

 

One of the themes is "Tasty Tuesday" so I figured why not post what I prepped for breakfast on a day where I had -2 hours to get ready for work today.  I made this breakfast burrito the night before knowing that my alarm clock was going to go off at 3am and I would need to eat on the road.  This was the perfect recipe!

 

Note: I apologize for the not-so-glamour shot.  It was late.  I was tired.  You get it.  But it tasted amazing!

 

ingredients

whole wheat tortilla

2 eggs (scrambled)

1/4 c bell pepper

1 Tbs onions

1 Tbs tomatoes

1 Tsp freshly chopped cilantro

pepper, garlic powder, cumin, chipotle, oregano

avocado

Chipotle Tabasco sauce (optional)

 

Saute the bell peppers with the onions over medium heat.  As those cook down, pour in the scrambled eggs and season with pepper, garlic powder, cumin, chipotle and oregano.  Cook until eggs are done.  Place the cooked egg mixture on the tortilla and top with diced tomatoes, sliced avocado, cilantro and drizzle with Chipotle Tabasco sauce.  Wrap it up and enjoy it right away or put it in the fridge to make a fully prepped breakfast for the next.



friday vibes

I had the opportunity to hangout with my two favorite little boys this afternoon.  We spent it the best way we possibly could and nobody got naps!

 

park + splash pad + minions :)



weekend happenings | goodbye sweet july

I remember being in disbelief when June was over, but I'm in bigger disbelief that July is over aleady.  And now that it's officially August, I'm torn between wanting it stay summer for a few more months and wanting to welcome the fall with open arms.  I could take either, just let me bypass winter.

 

Anyway...This weekend was pretty fun and low key.  We finally had some decent weather sans humidity so Joe directed most of his attention on house projects while I wrangled the boys.  Which by the way, now that Linden is more than mobile, Conner views it as fair game to wrestle him.  So yeah... there's that.

 

Not a whole lot happened around here but we did manage to get the boys out on a hike (Linden's first!!).  We also hit up the TC splash pad.  It took Conner some convincing to get after it, but one run through the water and the rest was history.

 

I realized that we had other great moments this past month that I didn't mention yet! We took Conner to his first movie ever.  He did amazing! And I ran my first 5k since even having boys and placed third for my age group. Woohoo!!

 

 

 

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linden | eight months

Holy smokes we're eight months old already.  I cannot even begin to tell you how much fun we've had this last month.  Linden's personality is really coming to life these days, and I love it!  There have been so many changes in his abilities and skills this past month that my head is spinning.  But if we got to redo this past month all over again, I'd do it in a heartbeat and wouldn't change a thing!!

 

LAST MONTH: 

 

THIS MONTH:

 

EAT

World's best eater right here folks.  Linden's at a stage in his baby life where he isn't very picky about what foods go into his mouth as long as there's plenty there.  Since that's the case, I've been pushing a lot of veggies, fruits and whole grains (quinoa, farro, oats..) far more than meats and dairy.  Since eating before one year of age is mainly for fun and practice, I've been trying hard to gear his little taste buds more towards the produce with his protein from grain sources.  He'll eventually eat meat and dairy products, but I want to establish his first choice preferences to be veggies, fruit and whole grains.

 

There have been a couple of occasions where we have given him some mac n cheese, but other than that we have avoided processed foods and added sugars.  Speaking of sugar, Conner has never been allowed to have juice or soda and we will do the same for Linden. Then negative side effects of juice and soda far outweigh any of the positives so we just stay away.

 







 

SLEEP

I type this as we've come off some pretty rough nights with this little boy.  We sleep trained him at 6 1/2 months old, but some nights are just plain terrible.  We're finding that the worst of the nights are driven by teething, so I'm hoping that is the cause for the lack of sleep the last three days.

He still gets two naps a day.  His first nap is around 9am and his second is at 1:30pm (both are about 1 to 1 1/2 hours long).  We do our best to get him to bed at night between 7 and 7:30, but it's summertime, so sometimes we don't get him to bed until 8:30pm. 





PLAY

Linden is on the go!! He will not sit still especially for diaper changes.  What used to take 30 seconds now can take 5 minutes because he twists his little body and takes off.  He is starting to prefer certain toys with his favorite being his Tonka truck.  Those good ole Tonka trucks are going to take over our house!

This little boy absolutely loves his big brother and those two will laugh at each other while playing or even riding in the car.  Conner sometimes forgets that Linden is only a baby so sometimes I catch him trying to wrestle Linden, and that little brother takes it in stride (with an occasional loud protest).

 





 

Baby Misc:

Linden is crawling all over creation and will pull himself up on everything he can.

We have belly laughs people!

He learned how to play "So big!" and clap his hands.  We do this about 100 times every night at supper.

He has both of his bottom teeth now and 9 times out of 10 I forget to brush his teeth.

Swimming is no longer a scary thing.  He has a blast splashing water all over Conner when we go to the lake.

   

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