Some of you know that J and I have been trying to treat our bodies a bit better. A little exercise and eating just a bit healthier. Well, we had a salad today for lunch that was awesome! A little spicy a little sweet and a lot GOOD! It is from our P90X nutrition guide. If you aren’t really into salads – the pork is great! J said he’d even have it with some rice and veggies. Here it is:

Island Pork Tenderloin Salad This is considered ONE serving – we doubled it.
3/4 of one orange, peeled and cut
1 1/2 cups fresh spinach
3/4 of one red bell pepper, cut lengthwise into thin strips
1/8 cup golden raisins
1 1/2 cups Napa cabbage
8 oz. Island pork tenderloin, sliced thin (see recipe)
3 Tablespoons cumin vinargrette (see recipe)

Island Pork Tenderloin We had a 32 oz. pork loin – double ingredients and cooking time
16 oz. pork tenderloin, lean
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1/2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
2 tsp. olive oil
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 Tbsp. fresh garlic, finely chopped
1/2 Tbsp. Tabasco sauce

1. Preheat oven to 325
2. Stir together salt, pepper, cumin, chili powder, and cinnamon, then coat pork with rub.
3. Heat oil in skillet and brown pork (about 4 min)
4. Stir together brown sugar, garlic and Tabasco and pat on top of tenderloin.
5. Place pork in roasting pan and bake for 20-25 min.

Cumin Vinaigrette This makes 4 Tbsp. – We doubled.
2 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
1/2 Tbsp. Orange juice
1/2 Tbsp. Dijon mustard
1/2 tsp. Cumin powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. black pepper
1 Tbsp. olive oil

Whisk together until emulsified.

I think it was Wednesday that Abby told us she didn’t want to sleep in a diaper anymore. She didn’t really have accidents at night so we guessed this would be okay. Then, Friday night on our way out to Fiesta Friday, she informed us that she is now 3 – which makes her a big girl – and she would like a big girl bed. Well then! Okay! Jamey and I had been discussing this. Even though she is 3 she has never even tried to climb out of her crib. This has always provided us about 15 minutes of ramp up time in the morning. She’d wake up… then just hang out and play with her “friends” (animals in her crib) for a while while we got up and moving.

Long story short, Abby’s crib converts to a headboard for a full size bed. Jamey went out to get mattresses. Hannah and I stayed home. Abby went swimming with Gma and Gpa Feger at the hotel. It took J a very long time (not his fault) to get the mattresses. So Hannah and I took the crib apart while we waited for him. Jamey stopped in to deliver the goods – but he had to run back out. Sooo, Hannah and I then unwrapped the mattresses and put the new bed together. I bought Abby some cute butterfly sheets while I was at WalMart – but I still need to get her a nice comforter and stuff. So, she slept her first night in a big girl bed under a quilt that Gma Mac and Gma Hemmer made I thought that was nice Oh! The blue bed rails. :/ That is all we could find in STL. Soo, if you need double rails and want a color other than blue order it online early!

Her new bed!

Her chair (now in the opposite corner)

And, a short video of Abby walking into her room for the first time to see her new bed

Hannah didn’t nap so well the other day — so we went down to play in the basement while Abby finished her nap.

But it was CRAZY cold out. We were just there for a few minutes.