Papa, Nico, and Mommy News!

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Papa News:

Peter has been search for a MORE COMPLETE program that will be entertaining, help him bulk up a little, and challenge him. Both of us think that the people in Cross-fit have some sort of JUICE that they give their members...cause everyone who starts it becomes obsessed and loves it. So Peter went to an info session to see what the hype is all about....he ended up doing a 10min workout that really got to him. He is considering joining but we still have to figure out some minor details ($$...hahaha).

Last THursday Peter went to Check out a FREE CROSS-FIT endurance workout where he got to JUMP OFF THE SANTA MONICA PIER---and not get arrested. Then he had to swim to shore, do a whole bunch of push-ups, squats, burpies, run about a mile out and swim some more, run back, and then Swim back out to the Pier and climb out. It looked like fun...but also LOOKED FREEZING! I think Peter could jump on the Cross-fit band-wagon if he gets to do more of these types of workouts.

While Peter was out there Nico and I got to see 4 dolphins swimming around!!!

In Nico News: He finished his 2 week of Daycare and WE are adjusting a lot better...hahaha. Nico seems to like it more everyday. I'm so happy that he is!!

In Mommy News: I've been working hard to FILL my BOOTCAMP4MOMS classes which are Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the Morning and Monday and Wednesday Evenings at 6pm. I really enjoy helping moms get into a routine and tell me that they are feeling SORE AFTER!! The little ones love hanging out at the park too!

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But it hasn't been all work and NO PLAY for Mommy....Our mom group here in the Marina, MDR Baby Mommas, has evolved to EVENING play-dates as well. We've been going out once a week together to do things....We've gone to watch a couple chick flicks that our husbands would never go to...lol and we EVEN pulled out our heels, un-dusted our make-up kits and went CLUBBING!! I use this term in the loosest sense since we met up at 9:00pm for drinks (after getting the kids to bed and husbands fed) and were at the club by 9:45pm--while people were still eating and sitting....and were wasted and home by 12:30am. Did I mention that we also had time to stop by IN-N-Out Burger on our way home???....and were in bed by 12:30...Go ahead and laugh...cause I did. I could have sworn it was 4 is the morning, at least. But NOPE! just past midnight...haha. But it was a great time.....there was a lot of SUPPRESSED DANCING URGES in this group....that ALL got addressed! There are a lot more pictures...but i'll have to keep those for BLACK MAIL =). I had so much fun with my mommy friends!! Thanks for coming out girls.

And last but not least, I've been busy writing and Drawing. Writing articles for examiner (that I have yet to post) and working on the illustrations for my children's book.

Soon we'll share out weekend adventures....but for now, my computer literally has NO MORE SPACE for ANYTHING--so we have to address that.

Have a great week.

A Stronger Me---A stronger you!

Yesterday and today I took a CPR course. There was a pregnant mom there. She was due in 3 weeks, she had so many questions about the infant CPR and she was very nervous. It seems like it was SOOO long ago that I was there where she was a couple weeks away from delivery, with so many questions about HOW my new life would be...if I would know what to do, if I would be a good mom, if I would ever get back in shape, if I would sleep through my baby's crying, if I would be able to handle it. And there I was tonight...seemingly an all knowing being, since I have a 17 month old with so much 'wisdom' to share and so 'calm'. It reminded me of some things i've been thinking about lately.

Motherhood is such a GIFT! A gift that some women take for granted, some get surprised by it, some wait for YEARS to receive, and some never get the chance to unwrap it. It's a gift that changes you forever. That being said, after your baby is born, MOMs sometimes loose their place in the world. The new little bundle of joy becomes the center of the everyones focus...to the point where moms start blending in to the background. Moms, who gave LIFE to a new person in the world, go through body transformations, mental transformations, and all the emotional changes that come with their NEW ROLE as a FULL TIME MOM. Everyone has different suggestions on how moms can regain that sense of SELF back. BootCamp4Moms strives to build moms back up alongside their child in a supportive environment. The "circle of TRUST" built by the bootcampers and trainers helps all involved--it's as beneficial to me, as a future instructor, as it will be for the mommy bootcampers-- to regain the parts of OURSELVES, our identity, our body, our confidence that somehow got lost among diapers, laundry, dishes, play dates, and all-nighters.

A couple weeks ago I started training to be a Mommy BootCamp instructor. One of the things I LOVE about the woman who started this is that she wants to empower moms. In the time since my training began, I feel that I've noticed a change in my mood, in my confidence, my body, and self-consciousness--about "not-working" and feeling down when others suggest that I should DO MORE to support my family financially. When baby makes three, it's not always easy to make those decisions of whether or not to go back to work and whether or not it makes sense to do so considering the costs of childcare.

Throughout my bootcamp sessions I want to remind my mommy bootcampers that you are not WORTH more or LESS because of the amount of money that you make. Just because a person doesn't get a paycheck for what they do, doesn't mean that their work is not valuable nor that they don't do anything. I feel that my "work" is good, right for me, and SOMETHING very important...even now that I haven't received a single paycheck to be an instructor. I think a person's worth should be measured by QUALITY OF their LIFE, their POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS to their surrounding world, and HOW HAPPY THEY ARE. And though daily TO-DO lists often feel like an endless roman decree, MOMMY TIME TO WORKOUT should be somewhere close to the TOP--even if it's hard somedays.

Bread winner or not I want to continue to work hard at teaching others to be WINNERS in their lives whether it's being that encouraging friend or that minute counter that's helping them sculpt their bodies, and pushing them to dig deep to find that 'INNER ME'.

Nico and I are excited to start my boot camp in September here in Marina del Rey. I feel that I will be a great instructor and that the moms I meet will feel STRONGER, TOUGHER, and HAPPIER when they leave our sessions. I want to help them emerge from the shadows that they have slowly started to blend in to.

For those mommas feeling pressure to DO MORE, I will remind them that spending time with your child, watching them grow, and teaching them about the world is not NOTHING....it's actually SOMETHING very special...a gift that some moms are very fortunate to have. For those mommas that wish there were more hours in a day to work full time and hang out with their babies, I will remind them that you are great mommas and that your babyheads think of you all day--and no matter what the work day brought...one giggle, hug, or kiss from your little one will wipe all your work worries away. If you feel good about yourself, you will feel more confident your decisions: whether its working outside the home, in the home, or both!

But regardless, it's all hard work---hard work that you need to be in shape for, and that I want to help you with.