First Playdate, Vinyl and Sweet 16

Hello lovelies.  I feel so incredibly refreshed and energized this morning.  This past week we have increased the amount we feed Sophie in her bottles from 60ml to 100 ml and boy is it working!  Last night she slept from 10pm to 5am!  And then once I fed her, she went back to bed til 930am.  I'm definitely one happy momma today!

We played for a bit earlier - practiced her sitting up skills, and now she's out cold napping in her fun chair with Mr Owl.  Works out perfectly for me as now I can catch up and blog while Fleetwood Mac spins.

I have a thing for putting atleast one record on a day.  Love is the music of the soul, and vinyl is the music to my ears.  Yesterday, Sophie and I danced away to some Jazz.  I love my classic albums.

 

Sophie also had her first baby encounter!  My girlfriend Aileen has a daughter who is 3 months older than Sophie.  Kaleah and Sophie had their full on baby gaga together - you know, that 'Look Who's Talking' type of babytalk.  They are going to be best friends, they just don't know it yet.

 

 

So tonight the Sweet 16 starts!  Road to the final four baby!  I'm sure everyone's bracket is pretty messed up - but my final four is still intact as of right now with Kentucky, Xavier, Louisville and Duke.

 

So lets talk about the Sweet 16 happening tonight and tomorrow.

 

UK vs WVU.  I predicted these 2 actually, and I know a lot of people thought Maryland would be there over WVU.  Sometimes you gotta just roll with your gut, and I believe WVU has better coaching - so went with my underdog.  However, I have UK to advance with this one.

 

ND vs Wich.  I had neither of these.  I was hoping for Butler and Kansas, but that clearly failed.  Who ever passes this one will end up losing to UK next round hopefully - but if I have to pick one for this match up, Id go with Wich.  I'm just not a fan of ND.

 

NCST vs Lou.  Clearly Louisville is my choice as I have them going to the final four.  Don't let me down Pitino!  I actually thought it was going to be Villanova playing them though.

 

OKL vs MSU.  This is another matchup I predicted.  MSU always seems to pull through, and even as a major underdog - I have them taking this one and moving on to play Louisville.

 

WIS vs UNC.  I also had this one correct, but I'm sure a lot of people did as their were no Cinderella story here.  I have WIS to advance.

 

XAV vs ARIZ.  Another prediction I got correct to meet this round.  Even with the whole Baylor mess up, I had Xavier to take them out.  Xavier is one of those underdog teams I always cheer for - and I have them to take out ARIZ and meet WIS next round.

 

DUKE vs UTAH.  I thought it would be Duke playing them Hoyas, but its not.  Either way - its Duke Nation over here and Duke will clearly be taking this one.

 

UCLA vs GONZ.  I'm seriously looking forward to this game.  I honestly thought it would be SMU playing Gonzaga during bracket selection - but I'm glad its UCLA.  Clearly I didn't have enough faith in the Bruins this season.  I have Gonzaga to move forward and meet Duke next round.

 

Well there you have it 11/16 teams I got correct to make it this for.  Cant wait for a great weekend of ball.

Weekending - NCAA style

Hello Monday!  So, its like that one time of year where I will be glued to my sofa for hours at a time.  March Madness is my sports of all sports and I've been an avid Duke fan for as long as I can remember.  Shane Battier, Carlos Boozer, Grant Hill, JJ Reddick - those have always been my boys.  Well this is a new year, a new team (except with Plumlee - Duke loves their Plumlees).  Coach K is amazingly talented, and that's why I fell in love with Duke many years ago.

 

So my homie Marcus in Cali created this group to track our scores so I could seek revenge on my Superbowl loss.  If I beat him in points, Sophia is getting some goodies from Cali.  Right now my bracket is looking pretty good as I'm in 1st place as we go into the sweet 16, and I'm 80 points ahead of Marcus.  Who knew a Canadian girl has better ball steez than fellas that actually attended these schools.

 

 

Of course every good sports game needs game day food - so I've been making these bad boys on repeat.  We made these 3 mini pizzas originally on Thursday night, and then replicated them exactly again on Saturday because they were so damn good!  What I love about mini pizzas is they are more fun to make than one larger one, as it gives you a chance to switch it up and try a few different ones.

 

Kale sauce with chicken, cheddar, artichokes, capers, feta and crushed chilies.

Tomato sauce with chicken, cheddar, pineapple, sautéed red onions, hoisin sauce and crushed chilies.

Siracha & bleu cheese sauce with chicken, cheddar, corn and wilted kale.

 

All of them were amazing - and I'm sure we will have many more homemade pizza nights soon :)

 



 

So another thing that happened this weekend was my car battery died!  I'm just so glad that it was on the weekend when Nicholas was home, and not like right before a Dr appointment or something.  I had left my GPS plugged in, and also hadn't driven it in a week... but luckily Nicholas was able to jumpstart it, and now its back to normal :)

 

So I thanked him with craft beer.

 

Our local news that I sometimes watch in the mornings did a segment called "Whose fridge is it anyway" and featured my fridge :)  My fridge is actually really bare at the moment and I clearly need to go shopping - but figured Id share it on here too!  Its mostly filled with organic veggies - kale, spring mix, asparagus, brussel sprouts, zucchini, cucumber and mini tomatoes.  Sauces from around the world with the cook with or put on salads.  Sparkling waters, coffee creamer, wine and whiskey.  Organic eggs, feta, aged cheddar & margarine - cinnamon cream cheese for Nicholas bagel addiction and sea salted dark chocolate for me.  My freezer is even worse and only has frozen pineapple, cranberries and ice cubes.  I need poultry and seafood stat.

 

 

And of course what's a weekend wrap up without including Sophie - who turned 14 weeks this weekend!  Here's a shot I snapped of daddy playing Simba with her in the shower.  She just loves shower time so much :)