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?

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?

After work Friday, Ava was quite fussy for me. I never know if it’s her teeth or she’s not feeling well but since she had her fingers shoved in her mouth most of the day I’m guessing it was her teeth. Anyways, she was pretty unhappy most of the day!

Thank goodness for playgrounds.

Ava was smiling from ear to ear and it was the perfect late afternoon distraction! I had some fun myself too. I swear one of these days I am going to get stuck going down the kiddie slides.

At 6:15pm we went to Marc’s softball game at Bruce Park. I was able to see Marc make some pretty awesome catches in the outfield before Ava started getting fussy again and was ready for bed. I was ready for some relaxation myself so I was totally cool with her getting to bed at a normal bed time

Saturday morning I got up at my usual 6am. There’s no sleeping in anymore in our house! We made a delicious breakfast of eggs & toast and then I decided to do a quick stretching Pulse dvd from the Insanity Max 30 program.

It felt good to get some stretching in because my legs were pretty tight from all my workouts last week.

Ava pretty much got in the way of my workout so I used her as my equipment to keep her occupied!

After I finished I showered and headed to the YMCA for a Massage from our Massage Therapist Susan Horstman! If you have never had a massage before I highly recommend it. Not only did my muscles thank me but I felt so relaxed and rejuvenated after I left that I decided I need to make Massage therapy part of my wellness routine.

I am so highly active that sometimes stretching doesn’t seem to do the job. With previous hip & shoulder injuries, my muscles tighten up in those areas a lot quicker then the rest of my body. The massage relieved my soreness as well as my minor aching that I had been feeling over the past few weeks.

Susan was so informative and really educated in massage. I’m not sure if you are supposed to talk during your session but I was asking millions of questions. I felt like Susan’s knowledge about massage helped me learn more about my muscles and why certain areas were more tight then others.

I will definitely be back for another one in the near future!

Now its time for me to get to work, have a great day

Do you ever find it challenging to workout at home?

What’s a highlight from your weekend?

Wasn’t it nice to see the sun shining this weekend??? All I wanted to do was be outside and it got me so excited for our family trip to Florida this Friday. I am overly excited for some sunshine!

Well lets back up a bit so I can recap my productive weekend for you. Friday I passed my CPR for the Professional Rescuer & First Aid course. We had our hands on CPR training using dummies and the time flew by.

In the afternoon I had time to practice our Group Power workout that I will be launching today at 730am! Shortly after I practiced, I whipped up a quick Upside down Shepherd’s Pie for dinner.

The picture looks kinda messy but let me tell you this meal tasted AMAZING. We typically don’t cook on Friday nights but this was a nice change:)

The rest of our evening was pretty low key because Marc and I were both exhausted and feeling a little under the weather.

Saturday morning I woke up and I still wasn’t feeling great. I had a little sore throat and cough, but I felt short of breath. I have had sinus infections plenty of times before and this kinda felt like another one coming so I took some Mucinex and kept drinking airborne and lots of fluid.

At around 830am my friends came over and we headed to Greenwich Avenue to grab coffee at Starbucks together and go for a walk with our kids. It was such a nice idea, and a great morning to be outside! We took advantage of the 50 degree weather.

Ava had fun playing around and letting her friend chase her.

I think my friends and I enjoyed hanging out and chatting all morning 

In the afternoon I headed back to the Avenue to Lululemon because I was doing a demo Bosu Ball class in the store window!

It was fun and man was I exhausted at the end of the hour.

Can you see me in the window? I didn’t count how many pushups, quick feet, side shuffles, mountain climbers, squats & lunges that I did, but my butt was sore on Sunday!!!!

The rest of Saturday was spent outside at the dog park and hanging out on our porch until my family came over for dinner. It was another relaxing evening over here!!

Sunday morning I headed to the YMCA to support my co-worker as she taught her first class of the new Group Power APRIL release.

It’s so fun to take a class that you normally teach. It was actually easier for me to do the workout since I wasn’t yelling and instructing and you only have to focus on the exercises!

The last part of my weekend was spent at my cousins son’s Christening at Pelicci’s Restaurant in Stamford, CT.

I wasn’t feeling great and Ava was tired so we ended up heading home a little earlier to get some rest.

So this weekend was jam packed with tons of different stuff going on but it was fun!! Now I get to go workout and teach the New Group Power workout. I’m not gonna lie, I’m nervous and I hope I don’t mess up

What did you do this weekend?

Do you ever get nervous before you teach?

We got take out and watched State of Affairs so it was pretty relaxing. My mom turned me onto the show. It is kinda like Homeland and Scandal combined so if you like those shows you should definitely check it out. Throw some Katherine Heigl in the mix and I am all in.

If I wasn’t tired I am sure we would have watched a couple more episodes.

Saturday I woke up early with Ava and let Marc snooze a bit more. I made us a similar breakfast to last weekend. Paleo Pumpkin Pancakes and Omelets with spinach. YUM!

I headed to the YMCA a little before 11am to attend the launch of our new program GROUP RIDE. Talk about sweat, fun, and butt kicking it was great. I don’t do a ton of cardio besides my boot camp workouts so this was refreshing and I was happy to get in some extra cardio while supporting my co-workers.

After the workout we got some amazing samples from Green & Tonic which is an awesome health food store in Greenwich. I am all for healthy smoothies & snacks especially free ones

I quickly got home showered & changed so we could head to our first kids party of the weekend. It was a 1st Birthday party and Ava enjoyed every second.

She got to play with kids her age while we hung out with our college friends for a few hours.

It was a great first Birthday Party.

Sunday started off slow, the roads were super icy and there were weather alerts not to travel because of black ice. We didn’t rush out of the house at all which was nice, so I did some food prep and started to make some dinner for the Patriots game. Shortly after I decided I wanted to do more cardio. I did a Quick Cardio Circuit at home.

Check out that MAX Heart Rate…. 191!! Clearly I was working hard. I will share my workout with you this week. I was dripping sweat but loved it. As much as I enjoyed doing the spin class on Saturday… I would much rather be jumping around and doing fast paced cardio (burpees, pushups, X-jumps, etc.) I know I’m weird!

Around 2pm I headed to our second birthday party of the weekend. Unfortunately Ava didn’t make this party, she was a little under the weather so Marc stayed home with her.

We headed home around 4… I finished prepping some food and then watched the Patriots game. THEY ARE HEADED TO THE SUPERBOWL and we couldn’t be more excited WOOHOO

Have you ever done a choreographed spin class?

What was a highlight from your weekend?

I hope you all had a lovely weekend, mine was great but somehow flew by too fast! I accomplished a fair amount this weekend. Here is a quick recap: I got a haircut at Jose Henrique salon on Greenwich Avenue (Thank you Groupon for inspiring me to try a new place!) I loved it.

Ava fell asleep for the first time on her own downstairs in the living room. It was pretty funny to watch.

Apparently she wasn’t into Scandal!

Sunday morning we made an early morning Target Trip that resulted in $160 spent… stuff always seems to quickly add up at Target, does that happen to you?

Besides groceries, diapers, and random things…Ava got a new winter Jacket and I got a new workout headband!

In the afternoon I went to the YMCA Challenge fundraiser. Members got the opportunity to team up with the staff and participate in shortened zumba, pilates, spin & boot camp classes.

Guys believe it or not I had never tried Zumba before yesterday. My co-worker Dana was awesome at teaching the Zumba class and we had a blast. I don’t think my moves were that great, but I could’ve Zumba’d for dayssss  

I also had fun taking a sledgehammer to the big ol tire.

After I showered and entertained Ava for a bit, we cooked up some delicious Filet Mignon, Sweet potatoes, & Kale for dinner and watched the Patriots sunday night football game to end our weekend.

Now I am off to teach Group Power…

What did you do this weekend?

What are your target trips like?