I’m so excited it’s Monday. I know that’s weird but I get to teach Group Power today and I truly missed it these past 10 days. I’m definitely going to ease back in this week and it could be my last week teaching so I guess that’s why I’m pumped for it.

This weekend was perfect. I know that’s a bold statement but that’s exactly how I felt when I woke up Sunday morning. Everything was just going smoothly and I couldn’t have been happier.

Saturday morning we woke up around 630am and I decided to head out and get us Dunkin Donuts coffees and muffins. I haven’t had a decaf coffee in a while because my stomach hasn’t been up to it, but for some reason I wanted one.

I also felt like we ate super healthy this week so why not have a chocolate chip muffin???

Saturday was Cooper’s 4th Birthday so we spent the day treating him like the King that he is.

We made bacon with our breakfast and of course my little doggie got some.

We took him to the park to run around and watch him smile. That’s honestly one of my favorite things to do. We are very good about giving him 2 walks a day so he can get his exercise but there’s something about seeing him with other dogs that is so fun.

After the park we headed to Tod’s Point Beach to enjoy the PERFECT weather.

Marc said it was kinda cool out but this pregnant lady thought the breeze and cooler air was perfect. I didn’t sweat once and I could’ve spent the whole day there.

Ava enjoyed splashing around in the water

playing with her toys and just being a kid.

She’s a goofball too.

It’s amazing how kids can play with themselves at a certain age, and I love watching her!

We had an awesome lunch together with a pretty view before heading home. Ava fell asleep within 2 minutes of the car ride. Mission accomplished haha.

I then headed to the nail salon to treat myself to a manicure and pedicure which I actually had a gift card for. I got a spa pedicure which was amazing. It came with a foot reflexology massage and also a chair massage. Umm….  PERFECT again.

I left feeling the most relaxed I have felt in WEEKS. It was very much needed. The rest of the night we spent hyping up Ava’s new big girl bed that we set up. She said bye to her crib and absolutely loved having a big bed. I couldn’t have been happier that she was so excited and pumped about it.

She also slept like a CHAMP. I for sure thought that we were gonna have a rough night but when my girls asleep and comfy she’s passed out!!

Rather then ramble on about all the things we did Sunday I’ll keep it short and sweet.

I got a prenatal massage from my friend Michelle… I told you in the title of this post (pamper the pregnant lady) it was fabulous!

Marc’s parents spent the rest of the day with us and it was a great end to the weekend.

(This is an older picture of Ava with Marc’s parents, but she loves them and I felt like I should share it!)

Now that I’m super relaxed and got everything I wanted completed on my to-do list, my little baby boy can come wheneverrrrr he wants

Do you ever feel like you have had the perfect weekend?

Do you ever treat yourself to massages??

This post is coming a little later then I had wanted today but to be honest I wasn’t feeling well this morning, I had 2 classes to teach and then Miss Ava needed all of my attention.

We had a great weekend and I thought I would share some fun pictures from some of our events.

Saturday we woke up early and I was ready to get the day started. We ate breakfast, took Cooper for a long walk and then headed to the Greenwich Library for a Toddler Music class. I have been taking Ava to other classes at the library this month and I wanted to see how she would like the music class. She likes to sing, dance, and move so I thought it would be great.

To be honest she wasn’t that into it.. she kept saying lets go get books and started walking away. Eventually Marc left with her and that was pretty much the end.

After our music class we headed to a SPRING-A-PALOOZA hosted by my former Elementary school and Ava’s soon to be elementary school They had tons of crafts, games, and bouncy castle/slides for the kids.

We ran into our cousins which was a nice surprise and Ava loved it.

Ava played a tic tac to game

She also did some sand art with her cousin Natalie.

It was a fun little event and I’m glad we went. It’s so nice to see Ava having fun.

Later in the afternoon I headed to my 2nd Cousin’s 30th birthday party.

My mom’s side of the family is LARGE and she has no joke about 30 first cousins so it’s always a fun time. The food was great and it was nice to catch up with my mom’s family.

Sunday I woke up feeling tired and nauseous. It seems like that’s a trend on Sundays. I think my week catches up to me and my body tells me to slow down. It was the perfect day for relaxation. Marc’s parents came down to visit and it’s always nice having them around. Ava is always so happy and her energy is through the roof!

I was able to relax and hang out with Marc’s family the whole day.

After his parents left, Marc cooked me this delicious baked fish for dinner. Since I hadn’t felt well most of the day, I stuck to simple foods.

Marc cooked tilapia with breadcrumbs and a little lemon which was perfect for my stomach!

Ava hasn’t been cooperating much at bed time so to say it was an early night wouldn’t be the truth. She went to bed at 9 and by the time I got settled it was closer to 1030!!

I guess that’s why this post is coming in late

Did you do anything fun this weekend?

Do you have a big or small family?

Monday rolled around rather quickly and I have a busy day ahead of me. Luckily, I’m feeling well rested from the weekend and ready to tackle the day.

My weekend didn’t have too many exciting plans but here’s a quick recap for you:

Friday night was our low key night. We made dinner at home. I was in the mood for salmon so I went with it.

These pictures are blurry but Ava and Marc had a dance party. She thought it was hilarious.

Once Ava was asleep Marc and I watched Grey’s Anatomy from 2 weeks ago. I’m so behind from being sick!

I never get sick of that show.

Saturday we were up bright and early as usual. There’s no sleeping in anymore and I’m okay with it. I like getting the day started off early.

Rather then sit around and waste time I started doing some small house projects that were on my To-Do List. I cleaned out some drawers that had collected unnecessary clutter, sorted through papers and bills that have gotten pushed to the side and started organizing my life a little more.

I opted for a morning workout at home. I was feeling good but decided to keep it short & sweet and not push myself too hard. I did a cardio kickboxing workout for about 25 minutes. It’s my ultimate favorite on demand workout and it secretly gets me fired up!!!

We got a surprise visit from Marc’s parents who decided to drive down from Rhode island to see us. It was a nice surprise and I’m pretty sure Ava was jumping for joy when they arrived.

In the afternoon we went to the park and playground to let Cooper run around while Ava played on the slide.

It was fun.

Once again our night ended very low key and we made a delicious steak dinner, watched TV and relaxed!

Since Ava and I just recently got over the stomach flu relaxing was a huge part of the weekend. I didn’t want to push either of us and have one of us end up sick again!

Sunday morning was another early one for us. I drank a little coffee and ate breakfast… as tired as I was I decided to take on another project around the house. MY CLOSET & DRESSER DRAWERS... You guys, I’m not organized with my clothes and somehow I have too much! I got out some bins and put stuff away in our attic, I filled a bag for goodwill and man did it feel good to organize that part of my life.

It’s the small things that make you feel good sometimes!

In the afternoon we made another park & playground trip so that Cooper and Ava could have some fun.

The picture on the right is Cooper from a distance coming to find us at the playground once he realized we walked away from the field. He was in his GLORY.

All in all it was a productive but relaxing weekend. I couldn’t really ask for more

 Do you have a “To-Do List?”

If so, how often do you get to the things on those list?

Friday evening Marc had a work meeting and dinner event so I spent the night with Ava which was lovely and relaxing. I was in bed early which is always a plus!!

Saturday Ava decided she didn’t want to sleep in and our personal alarm clock woke us up at 5:55am. I wasn’t exactly excited but I thought to myself it could be worse!!

Lets just say Marc made a trip to Dunkin and I had 1/2 cup of coffee to get my day going. I can’t wait to be able to chug coffee when I’m not pregnant just for fun

My productivity started after a big breakfast and I headed to the YMCA to do a quick workout while Ava played in the childcare.

After I finished my taxes for 2015 which is always a HUGE accomplishment!

One of my early birthday presents to myself was a trip to the car wash to have my car vacuumed and washed! It’s always nice to have an extra clean fresh car.

Ava had been asking to go to the pool at the YMCA so we went!

She had some much fun kicking and splashing… I think Marc and I enjoyed it too. It got me excited for the summertime and being outside at the beach.

We all showered and got ready for the party we had Saturday night.

My best friend Megan has an annual party to raise money in memory of her dear Aunt for a Memorial Scholarship which will be awarded to one Greenwich High School Student.

Megan is such a caring person and is always looking to help others. I couldn’t have been more happy to attend and donate for this scholarship.

The party was great and everyone was smiling and having fun. It was a lovely celebration and was great to be with my friends.

Sunday I trained a client in the morning and then did some relaxing. I got a manicure and a massage which was quite the treat. I needed some time to myself and it was perfect.

The rest of the night was spent at home with the family!

It was a great weekend and I’m looking forward to the warm weather that is in store this week

Did you do anything fun this weekend?

Are you a fan of indoor pools?

2 weeks ago I got a silly head cold that wiped me out, then Ava got it and then we had a little accident at our house where Ava hit her head on the corner of a wall which resulted in stitches… it was a rough 2 weeks and before that it was a rough few months of being nauseous while pregnant. SOOO when we had a stress free and healthy weekend I couldn’t help but laugh and smile.

You need the bad days to appreciate the good ones right?

Friday night we had a low key night at home and watched the new episode of Grey’s Anatomy. UM that was a tear jerker. Pregnancy hormones are no joke and I shed a few tears.

We went to bed early in anticipation for an early morning trip to Rhode Island. We got up at 630am and were out of the house at 8am. Once we arrived in RI Ava ran around and played with her cousins while Marc and I chatted with his mom, sister, and dad.

I can’t tell you how happy it makes me to see Ava having a blast with her cousin Natalie. The two of them played, ran around, chased each other, played hide and seek, ate lunch, frosted cupcakes and even enjoyed a lollipop with supervision.

It was relaxing for me because Ava had someone to play with all day and I didn’t need to worry about her being entertained.

I really wish Marc’s family lived closer but I am super fortunate that we get to spend these long days together without interruptions. When we go to RI we are there to spend quality time and it always makes us sad when we leave but we couldn’t have enjoyed ourselves any more.

SUNDAY was Valentine’s Day.. which meant I needed to think of some special things to do for my loved ones.

I promised Marc I would make breakfast and as soon as I woke up I made my way to the kitchen. I started some coffee, drank some water and got to my food prep. I made us a huge bowl of fruit salad to nibble on.

We also had scrambled eggs with red peppers, hash brown potatoes, and bacon!

It was so delicious and we agreed that we loved it.

Rather then buy Ava tons of candy I opted to purchase a couple puzzles that she could play with. I did allow her to eat a few M&M’s that I wrapped in a bag for her but she did enjoy those puzzles.

The temperature this weekend was FRIGID and the windchill was below zero so we spent most of the day doing stuff around the house.

We cleaned out our guest room which is soon to be Baby G’s nursery. We really only had to take out some stuff in the closet and relocate it, but it still took time to do.

Before lunch I did a quick workout. I was going to do a Hammer & Chisel dvd but I wanted to do some bodyweight cardio so I popped in an Insanity Max30 dvd. I know… insanity max.. pregnancy??? What are you thinking Kelly?

Well I followed the modifier in the video the entire time and my heart rate never went about 140. It was actually the PERFECT at home cardio workout and I got a little sweat in. Win.

When I finished I felt amazing and I will definitely be doing that dvd more on the weekends!

My evening finished off with a delicious dinner made by Marc. My request was steak… 1. because I feel like steak is an appropriate date night meal 2. Baby wanted it 3. We had been craving it!

When Marc cooks meals, it always tastes better I swear. I gobbled up my plate in no time.

I rented the movie Trainwreck from Red Box and we laughed as Amy Schumer amused us with her humor.

Midway through we indulged in a delicious HEALTHY brownie sundae. These brownies were 1/2 the fat because we used some applesauce in place of the large quantity of oil that usually is required for brownies. They are moist & fudgy and I had to hold myself back from eating more.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

What did you do for Valentine’s day?

Does your family live close by?

I hope you are all doing well after a crazy storm weekend.

Friday I had a fairly busy day and also had to get a mole removed off of my hamstring which needed a couple of stitches. The mole was small but right in the middle of my leg so I tried to be  cautious with my activity for the remainder of the day. I didn’t get to exercise which was fine, my body needed a rest day and that was the perfect day to do it! I ended up doing a Cardio Workout Saturday morning and my body was rested and ready to go.

In anticipation of the winter storm Marc and I decided to stay in Friday night and do laundry, housework, you know the not so fun stuff. Clothes are becoming an issue for me with my growing belly so I only have a select number of workout pants and lounge pants I’m comfortable in so I needed clean laundry especially if we were to lose power.

Saturday morning I woke up rather early. My plans were to sleep until 7am but Cooper barked at 5:00am and then I couldn’t go back to sleep.

(This is just the start of the storm at 6am, Cooper was still loving that there was 2 inches of snow)

Part of me was awake, excited for the snow, and then my belly started rumbling. That’s a perk to being pregnant, NOT. I tried to go back to bed and lay down a little longer but when I saw 6:30 on the clock I realized I shouldn’t push my stomach any longer.

I got up drank some water and had a 1/2 caffeinated coffee to get going. I wanted to enjoy this Saturday with my family as much as possible so I needed the boost I ate my breakfast and headed outside to see what this storm was bringing.

The day involved a lot of shoveling (Marc refused to let me do anything after my morning shovel with the light snow!)

I also ate these delicious 3-ingredient banana pancakes.

Cooper LOVES the snow so he wanted to go outside ALL day long. I actually didn’t mind letting him out it was fun watching him roll around, shove his face in the snow and gallop through the yard.

When I was little the first big snow fall of the season brought me so much joy, you can even ask my parents. I would bundle up no matter how cold, windy and snowy it was to run outside make snow angels, build snowmen, throw snowballs at my brothers, and just hang out until my toes and hands became numb. Then of course it was hot chocolate time

I still love the snow but it lost that “special feeling “ up until this year when I got to see Ava’s face when she looked out the window to see the snow coming down and the ground covered in white.

Last year she was too little to know what was going on so to see her face light up when she looked outside made my day. She did NOT want to put snow boots or a snow suit on. She cried and cried. So finally we gave up and let her “enjoy the view instead.” It was rather windy out so it probably wasn’t a bad idea to stay inside anyways.

On Sunday we took Cooper & Ava to Bruce Park. Cooper had a blast running around and Ava was excited to be with him.

She didn’t exactly want to go sledding or play around in the snow but she enjoyed being outside.

I expected Ava to be just like her mom and want to roll around in the snow and play outside until she was too tired to move but that wasn’t the case.

I know she was tired from lack of sleep so I’m sure that was part of the issue. I’m hoping this week we can get outside and really do all the fun things we had planned!!!

Sunday night Marc made a huge Chili and we ate while we watched the Patriots game.

We were not happy with the outcome, but I’ll stay positive and say there’s always next year.

did you get hit with a lot of snow from the blizzard this weekend?

Did you get to play outside and enjoy the crazy weather?

My productivity was through the roof this weekend and I have ZERO complaints about anything I did over the past days.

I can’t help but smile when I think about all the things I accomplished. I guess when the past 3 months involved only thinking about being pregnant and the nausea that came with that, and the fatigue that laid me up on the couch after work I am grateful for feeling NORMAL!!!

Here’s a quick low-down on what I did this weekend:

Friday involved dinner with Marc at our favorite local spot Barcelona. My dad offered to watch Ava so I didn’t hesitate to get a quick dinner with Marc.

I would’ve taken more pictures but the pregnant lady was hungry which means, eat quick and forget the blog pics. Marc and I enjoyed our night out together.

Saturday morning we woke up ready to tackle the day. Marc ran some errands and I did a quick workout at home. The Hammer & Chisel Cardio workout is awesome. It reminds me of my boot camp class.

I loved that I didn’t have to talk, yell or teach. I just worked on getting a good workout in for myself.

In the afternoon we headed to my niece Emily’s First Birthday party at Dinosaur BBQ in Stamford. The party room was amazing and the perfect spot for all occasions, I highly recommend it.  Ava played the entire time! We enjoyed delicious BBQ food and I got to see some friends I haven’t seen in a while. It was FUN.

Sunday involved a trip to the YMCA to play with Ava. Ava played in the tumble room.

She smiled and laughed the whole time and she ran around like a crazy women.

After an hour we were all wiped!!!!!

My afternoon involved computer work & a long walk with Cooper (it was cold out and my legs went numb). Besides that we relaxed cooked some dinner and got ready for the week ahead!!

I’m sad to see the weekend go but I’m so happy to be feeling like myself again. I won’t repeat it again because I don’t want to jinx it!!! Fingers crossed..

What fun things did you do this weekend?

Do you try to accomplish a million and one things on the weekend?

I’m sorry for my lack of posts last Thursday/Friday. Life got crazy and I didn’t have that free hour to sit down and blog.

I’ve had tons of stuff I wanted to share and talk to you about but that will have to wait until later this week.

I will do a quick recap for you:

Saturday Marc’s parents came down to spend time with him for his birthday. Ava and I went to her 2nd cousins first birthday party in the afternoon.

She had a lot of fun and they had tons of kids activities.

Please excuse her blank stare. I think she was confused with the random lady that took our picture.

Our night was spent visiting our town’s light show from Paul Tudor Jones. I will share some pictures later this week, they are on Marc’s camera!

The rest of the night was relaxing, as you can see Ava and Cooper are laying together!

Sunday was Marc’s birthday. I woke up, made him and I some breakfast and then I trained one of my clients.

In the evening my parents came over for dinner. We had some burgers, salad and baked potatoes. Followed by some delicious cake!

I hope it was a special day for Marc, he deserves it!

How was your weekend?

Did you do anything fun?

I figured I would do a quick photo recap for you since I think you all know what we did… we ate a lot and we ate some more

Thursday morning we headed up to Rhode Island around 1030am.

Miss Ava napped! We we were lucky with no traffic and a smooth ride.

Our Rhode Island Thanksgiving was so much fun. We got to see all of Marc’s family and we couldn’t have asked for a better celebration.

Ava had fun playing and running around with her cousins.

and getting into trouble!

It was a fun day!

On Friday we celebrated back in Greenwich with my family for Thanksgiving #2.

The food was AMAZING, thanks mom!

Ava had so much fun seeing her other cousin Emily.

The holiday was all about spending time with family (and eating food). The rest of our long weekend looked like this….

Hanging around the house, snuggling, watching movies, and getting ready for Christmas. I did make it to the mall to do a few hours of shopping which was great!

How was your Thanksgiving?
Did you eat a lot?

Wow, what a weekend it was. I’m not going to get too many details about my weekend because all of my daytime hours were spent teaching Ava how to use the potty.

Ava is currently 23 months and she has shown signs of potty training for several months now. With a busy weekend schedule the past few months we were waiting for an appropriate weekend to put some training time in.

We used this 3 Day Potty Training Method by Lora Jensen. I will write a separate post about it soon to give you more details, but lets just say Friday we had about 15 accidents, Saturday we had about 10 and Sunday we had about 5.

I doubted the “method” numerous times, but we never gave up. I’m a very consistent person and Marc is very persistent so we were able to help each other out all weekend. It was a team effort and I think we are winning.

Ava is making SERIOUS progress and I’m so proud of her. By Sunday night Marc and I both agreed that it seemed like Ava aged about 5 years over the weekend. I always thought she was on the mature side, but she showed us even more how she is a quick learner by picking up on her potty training in such a short amount of time.

Speaking of Sunday night, I actually got to watch the Patriots game. (not every second) But it felt amazing. I know that sounds silly but I really enjoy football and it seems like this season I haven’t been able to catch the whole game.

It’s either on WAY past my bedtime, we are out of town, or we don’t get the game. It almost felt like a playoff football game because it was such a nail-biter and I’m so happy the Patriots pulled out a win.

We were all happy campers and this hug from Ava completed my weekend

What was something fun you did this weekend?

Who is your favorite football team?