January 17, 2011 Nicholas took his first steps today. At nine months he can walk the entire kitchen and climb stairs. He smiles all the time. He loves baths. He craves affection and loves playing with his brother. He looks for me now too. For the last couple weeks he’s been crawling to my bedroom whenever I’m absent for long periods of time. As soon as he arrives he searches above to see if he can see my figure, then…
Mommy Fitness Blog: booty training!
January 11, 2011Yes, I am SOOOOO concentrating on developing my “derry air” right now. (I am so lazy I don’t have time to figure out how to spell that! LOL) To give you a little bit of history…I’ve always had a pretty good butt. Ever since I can remember it’s been round, shapely and toned. Even when I was little heavier, my butt was still fairly nice. However, since I was practically pregnant for two years in a row, I feel like…
Seeking a profound existence.
January 7, 2011January 7, 2011 I’m not feeling too hot today I’ve been waking up every day this week early to cover my fitness program at the Middle School. I’m in the process of looking for a new coordinator, but in the meantime, I felt that it would be important for me to be there every day so I can get re-acquainted with the students, the program and the progress. After another cold morning at the school, I drove to the gym…
Mommy Fitness Blog: No Cardio equipment Available.
January 3, 2011YES. It is officially the New Year and it was evident when I went to go workout this morning. I was planning on training at 5am but my youngest son was up most of the night and it made me VERY sleepy the next morning. In fact, I was deciding whether or not I should also cancel my fitness program with the kids at 7am…but I ended up getting up instead. My ultimate favorite moments with the boys is when…
Life Investments.
December 31, 2010
December 30, 2010 Lately I’ve been figuring out my focus for the next year. When we rang in 2010 I was focused on giving birth to a healthy son in April, profiting as a new business owner, succeeding in a 50k grant for Fitness without Borders, planning a meaningful wedding and getting in the best shape of my life at 30 years old. In 2011 I am creating a new list of professional, personal and physical goals. However, I’ve been…
Mommy Fitness Blog: I’m feeling skinny.
December 29, 2010At least that’s what my clothes tell me. I had to shop for new workout pants today because I only wear two – one is already getting too loose and the other is almost there. This tells you that I’ve lost quite a bit of weight as you can imagine, I have TONS of workout clothes. Now, I’ve become more selective on the tops and bottoms that I wear. For example, after I give birth I always wear ribbed tank…
Where I belong…
December 23, 2010December 22, 2010 In the last four days I hosted a Gingerbread House-making party, organized an employee Christmas party and attended my niece’s Birthday party. Between my family and friends, my care home, my nonprofit and my Mom-me group, I am literally either planning (sometimes attending) a field trip, a seasonal party or a yearly celebration. While I was driving around running last minute errands for the Gingerbread party on Saturday I began my usual regrets of mentally saying, This…
Mommy Fitness Blog: REST DAYS.
December 21, 2010“rest day” – that’s what I put on my calendar whenever I fail to workout that day…either I failed or I planned it, but if it shows up more than two times a week, it was definitely unplanned. Unfortunately, last week I saw four of those REST Days on my calendar. I have just been incredibly busy. I know, I know…it’s the holiday season and I should be the exception when it comes to making excuses, but besides being busy,…
Mommy Fitness Blog: parties! parties! parties!
December 16, 2010I woke up at 4am today. When my son Nicholas woke up at 3:58pm (as he usually does) I couldn’t go back to sleep. And so I read for a while, then I did some browsing on the internet…then at 5:30am I got up to workout. It is Thursday and this is only second workout this week! I’ve been training an average of 3-4 times a week since the wedding. I’ve been so busy that it’s been hard to get…
Our wedding day.
December 15, 2010December 6, 2010 On November 27, 2010 at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, David and I exchanged vows to be life partners, spiritual soul mates and unconditional friends for the rest of our lives. As silly as that sounds in the 21st century, it’s the biggest goal of my lifetime a daily commitment we will work towards forever through good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, for as long as we both shall live… Those words…