5.2 Friday Faves

May 2, 2025

Hi friends! Happy Friday! Whatโ€™s going on this weekend? Liv has a dance competition, so weโ€™re headed up to Phoenix, P has a basketball game, and weโ€™re meeting up with friends for gelato. I hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend ahead! A highlight of the week: it was Maiseyโ€™s 4th birthday! ย We celebrated…

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Baby #2 is a….

GIRL! (We had pink macarons to celebrate) Looks like from the poll, many of you had a feeling. 59% guessed correctly! For our first genetic ultrasound test, the tech sound pretty sure that it was a girl, but after our last time (you know when they told us Liv was a boy haha), we wanted…

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Homemade raw pitaya cheesecake

Homemade Raw Pitaya Cheesecake

Time for an afternoon sweet treatโ€ฆ. ๐Ÿ™‚ Iโ€™m on a pitaya kick and I canโ€™t.be.stopped. Itโ€™s been a way to switch it up from acai (though donโ€™t get me wrong, I still love my acai). Pitaya is lower in sugar and higher in antioxidants. Oh, and itโ€™s this gorgeous bright pink color, so thatโ€™s always…

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“Work It” Walking Workout

Hi friends! Happy humpday! Hope your morning is off to a great start. I’m excited to bring you a treadmill walking workout today.  Some adventures from lately, as told from my iPhone: Glowing in the spin room under the backlights. Class on Monday was a blast, as usual, and I added some new songs to…

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Working out with North Face

This post brought to you by The North Face. The content and opinions expressed below are that of The Fitnessista. Iโ€™m always on the prowl for new and fun at-home workout options. Iโ€™m thankful to have memberships at a couple of studios where I teach, but when I want to get in a quick naptime…

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Family: Meet the Midwives

This past weekend, we had the opportunity to tour the hospital where the baby will be born, and also attend a Q&A session with the midwifery group that weโ€™ve been seeing. The group is very similar to our care in Tucson while I was pregnant with Liv. There are multiple midwives in the practice, and…

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