One armed workouts and "Almost a Hippy Mom" adventures

It's been two weeks since my surgery and it hasn't been so bad! Vic and Ryker went with me to my post operation appointment with my surgeon yesterday. They took my stitches out, which were healing great. Of the three, the one in the middle, at the top of my shoulder, could have maybe used an extra couple of days because it didn't stay all the way shut (sorry if that's gross) but I think it will be ok. The surgeon checked everything out, did some moving of my arm that I wasn't so prepared for and said everything looks good! Apparently, the first physical therapy appointment (which I was supposed to start this week after my appointment with him) is supposed to be done via walk in at the hospital in Portsmouth. This is a giant pain in the ass because its only during certain hours in the morning and you have to go through a tunnel with a toll to get there. So, instead of risking sitting there all morning without an appointment, I decided to wait a few days to start and make and appointment for SIX-THIRTY IN THE MORNING on Monday. Why so early?! Oh well, at least I'll be up to get an early workout in afterwards!

I've felt a little lost at the gym with just one arm. I just feel so unbalanced with everything, so I've just done a lot of legs, abs and back. I finally went to Lululemon with Vic and got some new swag with my gift card that my in laws had gotten me for my birthday. Can you believe it took almost two months for me to use it? I got some great tank tops and a pair of grey Wunder Unders that are definitely going back. I don't know why I could get light grey, my butt is just too large and in charge for those, and quite frankly...I'm a sweaty girl when I work out. So, they're going back and I'll find some that I feel safer in!

So, ever since I got my super cute mason jars from Target I've basically had one attached to my hand at all times. My most recent obsession? Filling one up with coffee and ice and a scoop of my Vanilla whey protein isolate. I think it tastes EXACTLY like those bottled frappuccinos. Delicious! 

So...I wanted to go to Diaper Junction here in Virginia Beach for some leg warmers for Ryker. Don't laugh yet, they're pretty manly! They're really helpful for his little baby knees while he's crawling around and they're way easier than pants when it comes time to change him. Silly, yes, but with a wiggly 11 month old, anything that makes getting him on and off the changing table faster is a friend of mine. 

Well, I knew they had them at Diaper Junction, the local cloth diaper place. Well, two pairs of leg warmers and a cloth diaper demonstration later led to my Friday night being spent researching cloth diapers and Saturday we went and bought two trial packs. We love the GroVia ones! It's not so bad and I think they last longer than normal diapers, absorbency wise. No word yet on if Vic wants to give the go ahead to completely make the switch, but that's ok, we get 30 days to try it out!

Nothing else too interesting going on over here. I'm absolutely dreading having to go back to work in 16 days. I love the time with my boys and being able to focus on school and my workouts. Damn responsibilities. Oh well, just gotta soak up this time for now! I hear my little guy on the monitor, time for some good snuggles...

Back in the sling of things!

Oh, hello there! I'm back in my sling, this time post surgery. I got a super fancy one this time, it is way more comfortable than the one I got last November when I dislocated my shoulder. My surgery was last Wednesday and I have to say it hasn't been too horrible. I had gotten pretty worked up hearing some horror stories, but at a week out the only thing that really hurts about it is my elbow and my forearm from sitting in the stupid sling all day. Next week I get to take a break from it, either at night or during the day, either way I'm looking forward to not wearing it 24/7. 

So, of course I haven't been taking it as easy as my doctor would probably like but I'm feeling great, especially after getting in a little workout action. We had bought a recumbent bike last month for me to be able to use here at home while I'm off work recovering (I get 30 days!). I try to get in ten miles on there and then I started a 30 day squat challenge. Here's the problem with the squat challenge, I can't manage to remember to do it more than one day in a row. Well, shit. So, its more like I do a good number of squats every other day or so, haha. I've been making it back into Flex VA Beach every other day to get on the elliptical and do some leg work and light upper body lifting with my left side. I can't jostle my shoulder around, so I set the elliptical to the highest resistance and do intervals on there, I really work up a sweat and my legs are sore! It's annoying having to have the guys there help me rack weights to do leg/chest work, but they've all been pretty helpful. 

Ryker is getting huge and he is into EVERYTHING! We finally had to semi baby proof, we just got those outlet covers and popped those suckers in. I can't believe he's almost a year old. That's nuts. He eats like a big boy now. His daily menu includes variations of the following:

Oat bran with bananas

Egg yolks fried up

Apple sauce

Yogurt with flax seed

Dr. Praeger's Little Fishies

Dr. Praeger's Spinach Littles

Green beans

Chicken meatloaf

I make as much at home as I can with organic, free range or grass fed sources. The Dr. Praeger's stuff is organic, I think, and all the ingredients are something I can pronounce, they are nice for something quick! I'm not planning on starting him on milk next month when he hits one year, which is when it is generally suggested that you give them whole milk. There really is no need for it as long as he is getting the needed fat and vitamins from his diet, so there you go! Everything is cleared by our pediatrician except the applesauce, which he had said might be too much for his little system but at that point I had already been feeding it to him and he loves it with no bad reactions. 

Recently we've had his first Easter, I ran the ODU Big Blue 5k with him (first time I pushed the BOB in a race), took him for a day at the beach and Uncle Aren and Grandma Cindy came to visit! He's just so much fun and every day I'm thankful for my beautiful little boy. 

He's a crawling maniac and now he's started to pull himself up and stand at a right angle. He's got two little teeth on the bottom and chews on everything, but loves my cell phone most I think. The other day we got him to repeat "Hi" but thats pretty much it besides "Dada". When I try to get him to say "Momma" or "Mommy" he just smiles like "yea right, Mom". Someday. Well, Vic just got home and its Friday Funday. Off to go enjoy my little family before some crazy storms roll into Virginia. Have a great weekend!

The best start of 27 a girl could ask for!

Geez, I'm the worst ever! For the record, I fall off the face of the Earth with my family all the time, and not on purpose! I'm just the worst about remember to call people back, send emails or apparently, writing blogs. The good news is, I've been horrible with blogging because life has been FABULOUS lately! My birthday was Sunday, March 9. A couple of days before hand, my in laws came in from Colorado. We always have a ton of fun when they are here, and of course this trip was no different. 

We went out to a great dinner at Tapped Gastro Pub in Virginia Beach, if you're in the area, I highly recommend it! We had cute little flights of beer and Vic and Misty had conspired to get me birthday cake. It only had 19 candles on it and thank God, because even that looked like too many! The place would have been smoked out with all 27, obviously. 

Us Kassels really enjoy a good night of drinks and live music at Keagan's, so we went there afterwards for more drinks and our own version of the Oscar selfie. Ours is way better, don't you agree? We had an awesome time and drank a tad too much, which Ryker didn't care about in the least the next morning. But, I got the cutest "Happy birthday, Mom!" smile the next morning:

That morning I discovered that my little baby boy could pull up on things to standing and he officially had a tooth. Now, almost three weeks later, he has two! His happy little face was the best birthday present! We left that week for our trip to Middleton Place in Charleston, SC. GORGEOUS. That's all I have to say about that! We stopped for family selfies in a cute little historic town in North Carolina...

Woke up to a crawling Ryker in our bed and some beautiful views outside of our floor to ceiling windows...

The first day we went on this amazing walk to the Middleton Place Gardens, it was absolutely breathtaking. 

The baby got to crawl around and have fun in the grass and we saw tons of sheep that were just running around the grounds! It was awesome, just the most amazing time spent outdoors, enjoying awesome views as a family. We even saw alligators! We got super close and then they would run away, which made us feel pretty bad ass, but really I was just glad they didn't try to eat us, haha!

Two days after we got back, Misty and I ran our Shamrock Half Marathon. Holy shit, that was rough, but in a great way! We were able to do so well and we kept an awesome pace for the whole thing. We finished in 2 hours and 26 minutes. The best part was that when I woke up the next day, I actually felt great! The day of I felt like my knees and ankles were broken, but after a bath with epsom salts, my nifty roller guy and some ice I felt like I was 27 and not 87. 

We didn't have any good weather for a while, so I haven't been running outside at all. But we finally got some good weather this week and Ryker and I made it outside for a two mile run. I was a little nervous about running after the race, my feet were the only thing that were bugging me all week. Sometimes my arch in my right foot gets a little messed up when I'm running a lot, but it actually did pretty well. 

I just signed up for an online coach and personal trainer, with Kyra over at theGetInShapeGirl.com. I'm pretty excited about it. Lots of checking in online and having a tailored program for workouts and nutrition. I feel like the thing I need most is the accountability and a little shaking up of my program. I'm getting pretty frustrated with this baby pooch of mine. So, time to try this out! I'll definitely be keeping you guys posted on how this goes. 

Time to get dinner prepped and get everything together for this week. Sunday is always prep day, I think tonight I'll make some taco meat for lunches. Have I shared that recipe before? Super easy, poor measuring on my part, like always, but it's amazing and makes easy salad toppings, great with plantain chips, however you want to get that delicious protein in your body to help with those gains!

Flex, Chicks and Mustaches

The Livefit trainer program with Jamie Eason has been kicking my ass! The good news is, I've been getting into Flex twice a week and I'm starting to feel like a regular, which I think is pretty cool because I'm the random in there amongst the old buff guys and super intense young buff guys. I've been using the Bodyspace App for the iPhone and I'm absolutely in love with it. When you put in your sets it has a one rep max calculator right there, along with tips and videos. I try to challenge myself to beat my one rep max, even if its only by .1 of a pound each time. 

I've got a little under two weeks until the Shamrock Half and guess how many times I've ran since the VA is for Lovers 14k two weeks ago? Zero, a big fat goose egg. We'll see how that goes. I don't even know how that happened, all of a sudden the race is in two weeks and I haven't ran for two weeks. So...time to get started back on that! 

Vic and I have an awesome vacation planned for the week of my birthday and our anniversary, which also happens to be the week before the big race. Luckily, the hotel that I found in South Carolina is super outdoorsy so I'm really excited to hike with the boys and be outside a lot. Hopefully, I can get in a few long runs while we are there too. Vic and I have already checked out the nearby gyms so that we can try and still get some workouts in while we are down there. There's that fit life, gotta find gyms ten miles away while you're on vacation!

We're still loving our eMeals Paleo plan, but after many pleading requests from Vic, I've started adding in some more carbs. I've been tracking my calorie intake and macros, and I've discovered that I have a nut addiction, mainly in the form of LaraBars. So, that obviously had to change. My fat intake was turning out to be around 50% of my calories, that's ridiculous! I've got things under control now though, I just have to really work on my protein intake. Ever since I got pregnant with Ryker, my ability to scarf down meat just hasn't been the same. For instance, tonight I made a pretty delicious Hot, Asian Chicken Thigh meal, the sauce was great, and I just couldn't do it. I forced down a decent serving and moved on. It's really just chicken, now that I think about it. I can chow down on a burger any day! Always something to improve on, right?

I promised last time that I'd try to get some evidence of Ryker crawling. He's way too slick for video taping, but here is a picture of him trying! Aren't my concrete floors awesome? Allegedly, the contractor will have the floors we ordered to us by the end of the week. I can't wait! We decided to put them down ourselves, so that should be interesting. 

It's snowing here tonight. Again. It was 73 yesterday! It was my friend Janae's birthday yesterday, so we all surprised her at Chick's Oyster Bar and enjoyed the awesome weather. It was flip flop and shorts weather, and now we're back in blankets and fires, with the heat turned up. Crazy talk. 

Jade had brought some awesome party favors, Ryker really appreciated getting to try out Daddy's facial hair. 

I'll leave you with some yummy broccoli! This might be my new favorite side dish. You can do the same thing with asparagus, trust me, it's SUPER delicious and outrageously simple. Lay down some foil and it's like the easiest clean up ever. 

Easiest, tastiest broccoli to go with any protein! Two pounds of broccoli (lots for lunches, too!), drizzled with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and sprinkled with lemon pepper. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes, or until toasty. Yum!

Muddy wheels, bare feet and pretty trees

This has been one of those perfect weekends where we did absolutely nothing special, but I'd love to just stay frozen in these few days forever! Friday, Vic and I met up with our friend Misty for dinner at Lubo. That place never fails to please. They've got these gorgonzola nachos that are to die for and a goat cheese burger that make me equally happy. Needless to say, it was a cheat dinner, but all that cheese and some Cooper's beers were well worth it!

Friday was pretty soggy, so I was extra happy when we woke up on Saturday to some of the most beautiful weather that we've seen in a while. The cutest thing happened that morning with Ryker, ok, one of the cutest things. A little back story....When Vic and I were dating, we'd be sitting at dinner or something and I'd look over to him just staring at me. I'm the worst with extended eye contact, so I'd look at his goofy little grin and just ask "what?". He'd always reply with a simple "just looking'" and keep on smiling at me. Saturday morning, I was holding Ryker while he drank his morning bottle, and after he finished we started watching Keeping Up with the Kardashians (don't judge). I look down at Ryker and he's just grinning at me and I asked him "whatcha lookin' at?" and he mumbled at me and kept on grinning. Like father, like son? It was so cute it almost had me in tears. He is just so much fun these days, he loves to cuddle and try to climb us, thinks my hair is extremely fascinating to play with and has just started crawling! He's extra sneaky about it, so if I ever manage to catch a video I'll let you know, but for now he seems to want to keep the whole crawling thing on the D.L. 

As I mentioned before, Saturday was some pretty fantastic weather, so we looked up a new state park and made our way down to Chesapeake to check out Otter Point Trail. I apparently didn't check it out very well, because we tried to brave the trail with the BOB and the pups and it was still way to muddy and full of soggy leaves for that to work. So, we took to the slightly less exciting, but still gorgeous, paved trail and had an awesome time! 

Sunday turned out to be an even more beautiful day, but we were super lazy and just opened up all the windows and did laundry, watched a million episodes of the Sopranos and watched Ryker try to crawl around. As always, I'm super stoked to get my training back on tomorrow, Sundays are always lazy and Mondays are always hit it hard days! I think I might try to start mixing up muscle groups this week and train everything more often, I also think Vic and I might do some measurements and photos tonight. I met with my surgeon this week and, while I'm probably getting worried for nothing, I'm starting to get stressed about the downtime after my surgery so I think I'm just going to do my best to train extra hard and eat as clean as possible leading up to it so that I feel well prepared for some healing!

Time to get some meal prep done and get the house picked up. Ryker likes to chill in his Bumbo chair outside with us, so we might even grill tonight's dinner and throw around the football. Ugh, I am just SO excited for this beautiful, sunny weather! It's officially "time to show off my pedicure" weather. I love it, makes me feel like I'm back in CA. I hope you had as special of a weekend as we did and that you're pumped up to get back into the game on Monday. Have a nice, relaxing, calm before the storm kind of Sunday night, I know we will!

Snow....again?

It's snowing...AGAIN! The first few days it was fun, but today I was so cold just getting from my car into work. I'm officially ready for summer! I can't wait to be able to load Ryker up in the stroller and go out for a run and not have to worry about his blanket covering him and his poor little nose being runny and red. In the spirit of being ready for warmer temps and less clothing, I've been kicking ass at the gym.

The beginning of our latest snow dump. Boo to that. 

Tuesday: Chest and Triceps

I went to Flex all by my lonesome for the first time. I definitely like the morning people more than the late afternoon people, but I'm sure I'll win them all over soon enough. I'm just so used to people at Rife walking up and introducing themselves to Newbies, so the semi-cold reception I got was a new thing for me. I did sign up for a three month membership though, so I need to go at least 14 times in three months to break even with the day passes I could have gotten. Shouldn't be too bad right? Here's the workout I did yesterday:

Dumbbell Incline Press: 3 sets of 7x20lbs

Chest Flies: 10x50lbs, 10x60lbs, 10x60lbs

Cable Tricep Pushdown: 3 sets of 10x80lbs

Incline Chest Press: 7x50lbs, 2 sets of 7x60lbs

Dumbbell Bench Press: 3 sets of 10x15lb DB's

Single Arm Tricep Pushdown: 10x30lbs 8x40lbs

1 mile on the treadmill at home

My chest is definitely one of the harder muscle areas for me to work on. For one, I hate working on it, and secondly- it kind of hurts my shoulder. So, I take it kind of easy, especially when I'm working out alone and don't have someone help me when I get to a shaky spot. I love working triceps though! I could do them all day. 

Wednesday: Back and Biceps, and a WOD too!

Today, like a crazy person, I got up at 4:30 am to be at Rife by 5:00 to do the following:

21-15-9

14lb Wall Balls

GHD Pushups

65# Front Squats

Box Jumps

15lb Kettle Bell Swings

It took me 13:25 and it was horribly awesome. I left there and went to the base gym to do my lifting workout. That was...

Dumbbell Curls: 3 sets of 10x20lbs

Single Arm DB Row: 3 sets of 12x20lbs

Seated Row: 7x 80lbs, 3 sets of 8x80 lbs, 7x70lbs

Cable Bicep Curls: 7x60lbs, 7x50lbs, 8x50lbs

Lat Pulldown: 10x60lbs, 9x70lbs, 10x70lbs

10 minutes on the elliptical

1 mile on the treadmill

I was pretty much dead by the time I was done. Pumped...but my arms are pretty blasted! I think tomorrow is shoulders....ugh. We'll see how that goes. It might be my first trip to Flex at 5:30 in the morning if we don't have a snow day. Cross your fingers for the snow day!!

Back to the Grind

Can you believe it is already February 10? How does time fly so fast these days? I blame it on the kid, something about desperately wanting him to be a baby as long as possible makes time speed up. We're officially at the phase where he is just more and more fun each day. He babbles all day, he doesn't crawl but he's an expert at scooting backwards and rolling in the direction he wants to go, he cracks up at eskimo kisses and he reaches for his Daddy when I'm holding him. 

Seeing his little personality come out is awesome and while on one hand I can't wait to hear that little voice say real words and I think seeing his funny bobble head walking around would be the cutest thing, it completely terrifies me to think that in four months he'll be a year old. That's by far the thing I hate most about being a working mother. While I love the time with adults and feeling responsible and needed, I get nervous about all the wasted time away from him while he's so little! I guess this is why people end up having more, right? Even that idea terrifies me, mostly for the fact that I would be afraid that a new baby would take away from our experience with Ryker. Ugh, parenthood....shit's rough!

We had an epic parenting win yesterday. We have this recliner that is OLD, my mom sent it out to us with a couch when we first bought the house and we've since gotten rid of the couch, it was hell on my back while I was breastfeeding, but we kept the dirty old recliner because it really is comfy and we don't freak out if Ryker spits up on it. Well, ever since Ryker has mastered the ability to hold his bottle himself, we've let him lay in the crease of that chair and feed himself. Sometimes, when he finishes he ends up rolling around a little, but with the angle that the seat is at, he never really had much of chance of going anywhere. That all changed yesterday. I was sitting cross legged tucked in with a blanket and my computer, with Vic to my left when I saw Ryker gearing up to roll towards the end of the cushion. I gasped loudly, Vic looked up and in slow motion, Ryker made his way off the chair. I almost fell over trying to untangle myself and the blanket. Vic, being our hero, dove across the floor and saved Ryker from slamming into the laminate floors. Our dilemma about wanting concrete floors is now over. Ryker cried for a minute but I think he was more scared than hurt. Vic's elbow, on the other hand, is a swollen mess. Needless to say, we learned our couch lesson and Ryker is now banished to his playmat on the ground. 

I ran the Virginia Beach Polar Plunge 5k this weekend with my friends Misty, Kristy and girls from Rife ! 

Misty and I dragged our hubby's and Ryker down to the beach at 7 am, so of course we found the boys a spot at the hotel bar/restaurant, Mahi Mah's, so that they could entertain themselves over Bloody Mary's while we ran in the 35 degree weather. I anticipated the run being way busier, so we got there much too early. A pre-race cocktail sounded like a good idea, makes sense, right? Two screwdrivers for me and two Bloody Mary's for Misty later, we actually wound up running a 5k PR! We finished under 28 minutes. The boys were so surprised and we were so proud of ourselves, which meant more cocktails for everyone! Luckily, I had a built in cheat day for my Whole 30, for an early Valentine's Day celebration. We chased our morning drinks with some fish tacos and had a pretty awesome day. I guess this #amileaday challenge is really paying off!

On the workout note, I've made the executive decision to put Crossfit on the back burner for a while. With  my bum shoulder, I haven't been able to really do any of the WOD's to the intensity that I would like, even with the amount of healing that I've already done. So, I'm going to start following more of a bodybuilder weightlifting style routine and focus on improving my speed and distance running. As soon as my surgery is done, whenever that is, and I've healed up from that, I want to hit CrossFit WODS hard and set the goal of signing up for the Open next year. For now, it's going to be all about building up muscle and strength and really getting beach ready. I'm excited to switch it up a little! I'm going to keep an eye on Rife's WODs and keep going to the ones that I can actually do, mostly because I want to hang out with my friends. Don't get me wrong, the coaches have been amazing at helping me out with modifying everything, but I'm kind of sick of modifying the workouts.  

Also on that note, I bought this amazing roller for my legs. I've been getting the same old runner's injuries that I used to get when I was putting in 50 miles a week lately, so it was time to do something. I have a foam roller, but that thing is just frustrating sometimes. This roller is basically just a steel pipe with handles and rolly things on it, but it's a God send. You can find it here! Since Vic and I are totally impatient, we celebrated Valentine's Day a week early...and he got me a 6 Pack Bag! It's also amazing. I felt a little silly walking into work today in my uniform and a GIANT pink bag that is basically the size of a small cooler, but I was able to fit my breakfast, lunch, snacks, multivitamins, protein shake (shh, don't tell the Whole 30 that we added in protein) and even a jar of almond butter and my lint roller for my uniform! Uh, I'm in love! 

So far, here is a look at today. I went to the base gym around 5:30 and worked out until a little shy of 8 am. I'm super bummed that yesterday was the first day in my #amileaday challenge that I just didn't bother to cover any ground...unless Sam's Club counts, which it doesn't. So, today I just lifted until I couldn't squat or leg press anymore, and then I did a few miles on the elliptical. I might try and get another workout tonight and actually run. We'll see! 

LEG DAY

15 min elliptical warm up

10x90 hack squat

10x160 hack squat 

12x150 leg press

12x160 leg press

12x170 leg press

12x200 leg press

8x250 leg press

7x260 leg press 

10x90 leg curl

12x90 leg extension

12x95 leg curl

12x100 leg extension

12x100 leg curl

12x110 leg extension

10x55 glute press (each)

10x70 glute press (each)

12x90 calf press

20x80 dumbbell calf raises

10x30 plié squat 

20 min elliptical

Ab work

And....

Breakfast:

3 eggs scrambled, Whole Foods chorizo, 1 cup of spinach

1 gala apple with 2 tbs almond butter

Lunch:

2 cilantro chicken sausages, 1 cup of spinach

.5 cup sliced carrots, .5 cup sliced radishes, 2 tbs apple cider vinegar

Nibbled on some raw, unsalted cashews with unsweetened cranberries and blueberries

Snacks:

Lemon LaraBar 

EAS Lean Protein Shake

I forgot to pull anything out for dinner, so Lord knows what we'll end up eating. I don't know how many times I have to try and learn my lesson, but we are eating extra clean this week. It takes me FOREVER to recover from a shitty eating weekend, and this weekend was no different. Lots of veggies for this girl! 

Snowmageddon Day 3!

It's Day 3 of this crazy response to snow in Hampton Roads, and I'm loving it! I had ran a leave chit to stay home with Ryker until we figured out our nanny situation and I wound up with way more extra time off because of this crazy snow! Luckily, Vic got time off from school too, so it's been a great week of snow and fun! 

When I was a kid, I stayed with my grandparents and aunt in New Jersey for a portion of the school year, that was the first time I got to see snow at the beach. For this California girl that was pretty amazing! So, of course, as soon as the snow fell here and I got my mountain man to agree to man the Armada on the crappy roads, we headed out to the beach! 

We got Ryker that adorable puppy suit while I was pregnant, and luckily we found the perfect time to use it! 

The beach was actually the one place that didn't have a ton of snow, if you could see closer to the boardwalk there was about ten inches of snow. 

We went to one of our favorite restaurants in Virginia Beach, Catch 31, for a snow day lunch. My friend, Jade, and I recently started a Whole 30. I was horrible and on day two at Catch I cheated and had a glass of wine. I'm back on track though at started over and have been perfectly clean since. Here's the link to the Whole 30 site if you're interested! It's just what I needed to clean up a bit. 

The #amileaday challenge is going great! The snow makes things a little messy, but luckily I have a treadmill for those days where I just don't want to go outside. 

Day 7

I love the way that this challenge and taking the pictures have gotten me to pay more attention to my surroundings. I'm tempted to start running with my camera to get better pictures than the ones my phone can take. 

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Well, it's finally Super Bowl Weekend! I think we've got some chili and paleo buffalo tenders in our future (shhh, don't tell Vic I'm thinking of trying the paleo version for him!). Go Broncos!

On a quick Ryker note, that little guy has started trying to talk more! He's got yayayaya down, I'm just hoping he throws in a mamma soon :)

The ServPro guys are supposed to be back this weekend, we still haven't had any progress on our kitchen. Hopefully we have a sink for this weekend, otherwise the Super Bowl cooking will be way more difficult. Hopefully, I have some news on that soon! Have a great weekend everyone, get out there and get moving!