Weekend Update

On Friday I made the Pork Chops with Dijon Herb Sauce and it was AMAZING. I started my pan hotter than it should have been, so my sauce ended up being more brown, than yellow...but it tasted so so so good! We both loved it. Hubby tried to get every bit of meat off of the bones. It was very easy to make, and pretty quick. My chops were a little thicker than the inch suggested in her recipe...so I just cooked them a little longer on each side. The sauce was really amazing, I can't stress that enough. I served it with red garlic mashed potatoes, and a green salad. We then followed up with lime margaritas! It was a really nice night. Little boy got two bottles of formula, because I do not breastfeed him if I have had any alcohol until I am sure the proper amount of time has passed and it is safe for him. I am very very careful about that.

Saturday I did not make one of my dinners. We had strawberry margaritas this night...and neither of us felt like eating much. I made a little mac n cheese...he ate most of it, and I had a salad. It was another great night that we spent just hanging out, watching movies, playing with our little lovebug, and having a lot of fun. I also got BEAUTIFUL flowers from my amazing cousin. They are the prettiest flowers I have every gotten!




Today was my first Mother's Day! It was such a wonderful day. The morning was pretty low-key, and while I was taking a shower my boys put gifts for me on the dining room table! but my husband took me out to lunch for sushi...it is my favorite, but he isn't in to sushi so we have never gone! It was a real treat getting to go with him. They have a box lunch there that he really likes with sweet and sour chicken. Baby boy did great, didn't make a sound. He is so good in public!

 So I just have to show off all of my Mother's Day pictures. I love these flowers, they looked amazing from every angle.

I also love this vase! It is so beautiful! I am loving the collection of vases I have now, after getting flowers when I had little boy...I have like 7 vases now. We only had 1 before and it was tiny...It's nice to have a place to put my flowers.


Here is my handsome man, fast asleep when we got home from lunch. He is in his little overalls that he ended up destroying shortly after with a diaper explosion.







These are the frames hubby got me for Mother's Day! I love them, and I am so excited to have places to put more pictures! It also shows off little man, and my flowers again!

This is the note that "The Baby" wrote for me. My husband is so sweet sometimes!

After the diaper incident, we had some snuggles together on the couch. We were both exhausted from the whole thing!

We both fell asleep for a 5 minute catnap.












Speaking of exhaustion...I am going to go get in bed! I hope all of you mother's had a wonderful Mother's Day. And I hope everyone else told their mother how much they love them, and had a great Sunday!!!

Tomorrow I will update you all on tonight's dinner...We had the Chicken Rollatini with Prosciutto and Cheese!


 
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Lime Shrimp Avocado Salad

Happy Belated Cinco de Mayo! We had a good night. I made Lime Shrimp and Avocado Salad. It super delicious! Once again I made a couple substitutes. Hubby still doesn't like tomato chunks, and doesn't like raw onion...so instead of that and oil I just added a little bit of salsa. He thought the jalapenos made it a little too spicy for him...but he is just being a sissy, it was perfect. I used about 10 ounces of shrimp, and two small avocados.

I served it with a few tortilla chips (more for my husband) and it was great putting the salad on the chips and eating it that way, or just by itself with a fork. My husband had to go back into work around 8:30 for an hour and a half, then he came home and I had already gotten the baby to sleep, so I made our mango margaritas. The recipe called for a bit too much sugar and sour mix. I thought they were pretty decent though. I put two fresh mangoes in the blender (for two drinks-so if nothing else we both got a nice fruit serving), 4 shots of tequila (maybe a little more), 3 shots of triple sec, and about 2 shots of sour mix, and 1/4 cup of sugar, and a little ice. Hubby thought it was too pulpy, not icy enough, and too sugary, with too much sour mix. So he wasn't a huge fan, but still drank 3/4 of it, so he obviously didn't totally hate it.

I almost had a total meltdown last night. I plugged my iPhone into my computer to charge, which I rarely do. I had finally updated my iTunes last week from like a two year old version. It asked me to upgrade the software on my phone so I said okay. Then it said it failed, and my phone was in recovery mode and had to be factory restored. I lost EVERYTHING. Contacts, Apps, Pictures (all 467 of them-mostly of baby boy). I was FURIOUS...luckily, it had synced my phone right before all that. So I got my contacts and media back...but no apps. I hadn't paid for any of them though except for Oregon Trail, so that's not a huge deal. I don't know what I would have done if I would have lost all of my contacts though. Some of those numbers I have no way of getting again.

Anyway, it is beautiful out today. I am going to do some pilates in the house, do some cleaning, and then go for a run. Still on C25K week 1. I don't think I am ready to move on yet. My body is just nowhere near where it was before having my little boy, it needs some time to build up a little strength again. I think the pilates will be really good for that. I love how it stretches me out, and I am always surprised at how my muscles feel sore and worked after, but it didn't seem that hard while doing it. I always feel refreshed afterwards, not exhausted, which is really really nice. It's a great workout, and I strongly suggest it for anyone who has not tried it! All you need is a pilates dvd and some floor space. Maybe a soft mat if you have hard floors.