The Pilot’s retirement ceremony and festivities

February 18, 2025

Sharing a recap of the Pilotโ€™s retirement festivities. After just under 22 years in the Air Force, heโ€™s done!ย  Iโ€™ve started this post a few times and have so much to say, so I ended up splitting it into two posts: a recap of the Pilotโ€™s amazing military career and everything we did to celebrate…

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Trying something new

Efforts to help the baby flip from posterior position to LOA (facing my right side, how she was until a week ago) have gone from pretty simple: (using my stability ball as a chair and to bounce and rotate my hips whenever possible) to a little crazy: I spent 10 minutes the other night with…

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How to do a Tabata workout

What is Tabata Training?

I’ve received quite a few questions about Tabata training, so I created this post to answer them all in one place. It’s one of my favorite formats to teach because Tabata is such a quick and effective form of exercise. Scroll down to find out: What is Tabata? Get all your questions answered! A Grilled…

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Mental health day

I think itโ€™s pretty apparent from reading the blog that the Pilot works a lot, and works extremely hard. Even when heโ€™s home on the weekends, heโ€™s been working on house stuff (lots of master bedroom, office and nursery furniture assembly lately) since we moved in. He had a couple of extra days off work…

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10 days before my due date

my pregnancy gave to meโ€ฆ 10 pairs of lululemon pants that are suddenly all too snug 9 days of wondering 8 days of walking 7 fierce contractions 6 warm baths to take 5 unexplained cravings (anchovies!) 4 hospital outfits 3 cups of daily tea 2 acupuncture appointments and 1 precious sunny-side up babbbyyyyyyyy. Success! Check…

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Inspiration time

To cap off an incredible weekend of festivities, –Christmas Eve dinner at my dadooโ€™s house –Christmas brunch at our house we all took naps and relaxed yesterday afternoon โ€“I watched Christmas Story twice. Once with my eyes open, and once with them closed- and then went over to my momโ€™s house for Christmas dinner and…

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