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When my husband and I thought about having kids we always thought “either way we will be happy”.  If we got pregnant we knew we would love our little baby, but if we didn’t we knew we would continue on with the life as we […]

  It’s funny when you have a vision in your head of how things are “supposed” to go and it turns out the complete opposite.  Or you make a plan for a big event only to have it go completely sideways.  It’s moments like that […]

How many times do you find yourself saying “I wish I looked like I did when ……”, or “I will fit into my “skinny” jeans again”.  I feel like a lot of people make comments about the bodies they once had and how they want […]

  [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he past months for me have been eye opening.  As most of you know I am nine plus months pregnant right now.  My due date has passed.  Also for those of you that personally know me, you know that I don’t have a “rest” […]

  Every year as the year closes out I think a lot of people reflect back on the year and their accomplishments (or lack of sometimes!) and think about what the new year has in store.  People make up resolutions to hold themselves accountable.  Last […]

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ince I was in high school I have always had a fitness routine of some kind.  It has changed over the years as to what activities I did whether it was cheerleading in high school, step aerobics in college, lifting weights, training for half marathons, […]

  [dropcap]I [/dropcap]have been thinking a lot lately about thought patterns and the words we speak.  After I found out I was pregnant I had a few thoughts immediately go through my head.  The first one was “OMG!  We did it” followed by “holy $#%^” […]

  There is the old saying “you are what you eat”.  I am not in the medical field.  I have zero formal education on health and wellness.  However, I have a strong passion (and for those of you who personally know me, a large soap […]

  [dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter being in Europe for two weeks and eating croissants for breakfast, pasta for lunch, pasta for dinner, cheese on everything or by itself and drinking wine we needed a reboot.  While these meals sound great (and taste fabulous) this “lifestyle” probably isn’t great […]

  Last year when we returned from our Europe trip we thought that one might have been our last trip for awhile.  We are not getting any younger so we figured that if I got pregnant we probably wouldn’t be taking Eurotrip 2017.  So we […]