Friday night was great, I got to see my niece Emily who is a week old. She is SO cute and it was great to hold her.

Saturday morning we woke up with more snow on the ground then expected which meant my Boot Camp class was canceled. I guess it was a sign because Ava wasn’t feeling well, she was tugging on her ear, fussy, and had random spurts of crying. This wasn’t her normal self, she NEVER cries. So I ended up taking her to the Doctor.  We waited for an hour for the Doctor to tell us exactly what we expected.  She had an ear infection!! Ugh poor girl. We spent the rest of our day running errands to pick up medicine and food to keep her comfortable.

Saturday night we cooked dinner at home. I’m not too sure why I only took pictures of the veggies!

The steak we had was the best part and I only took pictures of the veggies, how did that happen?

Marc made Sirloin Tips in a red wine & balsamic sauce… it was AMAZING. Once it was on the table I gobbled it up.

Clearly my mind wasn’t focused on pictures or my blog this weekend.

But I did manage to snap a couple pictures of Ava smiling while she played with Cooper. Her medicine kicked in!!

It was so cute to see her holding the bone for Cooper to play with. Don’t worry he is EXTRA Gentle when she holds it.

Sunday we woke up, and I had a headache plus Ava was still under the weather. I kept going back and forth about bringing her to Rhode Island for a birthday party for our niece Natalie. After hours of contemplating we went.

Ava toughed it out and was such a trooper

but I might regret it today because she’s back to a fussy baby who’s got an earache.

Alright enough talk about the “lows” from my weekend.

This morning I taught Group Power and I was ready to go and super pumped up. I had a lot of energy and we had a great group of people.

I quickly ran home posted this blog and now I’m heading back to teach another class. Apparently there’s a blizzard heading our way this afternoon. The grocery stores were crazy last night, but we are all stocked up and have tons of whole milk for Ava.

We will be stuck inside for the next 2 days! I am not gonna lie, I am EXCITED for the crazy amount of snow we are supposed to get. I can’t wait to play in the backyard. I think they are saying between 1 1/2-2 feet! That’s like Ava’s height.

 I am a bit nervous for the fact that we could lose power, that would stink!! How are we going to entertain Ava in the dark??? No Mickey mouse? Suggestions are welcome.

Good luck to all of you in the Northeast that will be hit hard from the storm, stay safe!

Are you going to get hammered by the snow? Have you stocked up?

Do you ever have a bad weekend?

My morning started off with a Dunkin Donuts coffee. Marc was kind enough to head out before the snow got bad to get us both coffees. I was really craving a pumpkin coffee and I am sad to say that they officially do not sell pumpkin coffees anymore.. huge sad face My coffee was still good because I didn’t have to make it!

After we ate some breakfast.. we decided to do some house cleaning. That is my workout of the day. With one arm, I did some dusting, vacuuming, and cleaning!

Ava attempted to nap while we were cleaning but woke up a million times when her pacifier fell out! Check out that hair.. static!

Marc then went outside to shovel. I can honestly say I miss being part of all this snow action. I haven’t shoveled at all these last few snow storms. I guess I kinda miss it. Isn’t it funny when you can’t do something you REALLY want to??? Why is that? I guess I hate being told I can’t do something or being restricted because of an injury. I can wait until next year. Bring on the SPRING weather.

This is Cooper hanging outside on the back step. He absolutely LOVES the snow and refuses to come in

I couldn’t help but take a picture of the backyard. I love the way the snow looks on the branches! It is so pretty… until it melts!

Well… I am off to hang out with this beautiful little girl all day.

Cooper is LOVING the snow. He wants to run around and be outside as much as possible but I hate having to open the door with all the cold air coming in. I gotta keep Ava nice and warm!

I bought some lean ground beef the other day since I knew the storm was coming and I’m trying to come up with a new recipe to make for dinner! A chili sounds like an excellent choice on this cold snowy day. I will be sure to let you know what recipe I come up with.

NOW.. onto a workout. I am sure most of you in New England are snowed in. It isn’t really safe to travel to the gym today so let’s try an at home TRICEPS workout.

TRICEP BURNER

10 Tricep Dips

10 Tricep Pushups

Perform 10 repetitions of each exercise, take 30 seconds rest. Repeat as many rounds as possible in 12 minutes.