Hi everyone, I’m Lauren!

I am a proud Mama to my two babies, Dulcie (7) and Alexander (3). I’m so excited to be Mom of the Month for June, mostly because I cannot wait for summer to begin! I love having both my kids home and being able to run around San Diego taking advantage of everything the city offers!

I currently live in Coronado while my husband, Brandon is stationed in San Diego. I remember coming here for a PR conference during college and dreamed of living here, and sometimes I can’t believe it manifested. Even though we are a military family and have moved a bunch, this has been one of my favorite places to live.

I am a Midwest girl, born in Indiana. I have a big family still there that I miss a lot, but we do our best to visit each other often. I grew up dancing, acting and singing, which has come in handy as a Mama when it comes to those epic car performances of Disney music! You can usually find me trying to park near the instructor’s stroller during class to make sure I’m near the speaker, because working out to good music is just superior.

Before kids, I had many different jobs due to moving every couple years being married to my Navy man, but I usually held a position in sales. I loved it because you met new people everyday and when you worked hard with sincerity, you got rewarded for it. Now as a stay-at-home mom, my kids, especially during those times of solo parenting, keep me very busy.

I’ve learned, though, I need to find something to spark my creativity again. I started baking in 2020 (mostly sourdough and sweet treats), and my daughter wanted me to decorate her 4th birthday cake. It turned out to be so fun and rewarding to create something from scratch, and the hobby has turned into a little side gig of cake decorating. If you had a cupcake during the Mother’s Day event last month, that was one of mine! I took a chance to introduce “Dulcie Cakes” to those other than my close friends and neighbors.

That is just one of the many reasons why I love Fit4Mom. I have women wanting to see me succeed in any way possible. Whether encouraging me to show up to the next stroller strides class, to push myself harder at a Bodywell workout, or to believe in myself to show my newfound skill to our amazing community. Even just seeing other moms in the throes of it all, showing up to class despite getting zero sleep the night before, is so encouraging…knowing if they are putting themselves first, then why can’t I?

I joined the Coronado chapter over a year ago, after hearing from so many friends how wonderful it was when they had their newborn babies. Although Alex was already two when we started classes, I’m so glad I tried the classes out. It has been a blessing to have an outlet to get my body moving with my toddler in tow and meeting supportive, fun friends along the way! I’ll forever be grateful to have Fit4Mom be such an important part of this chapter of my life!