You've all heard of the huge craze called the "Harlem Shake" right? If you haven't...SERIOUSLY??? Here's an insight to what it is as per Wikipedia:

The videos last between 30 and 32 seconds and feature part of the song "Harlem Shake" by electronic musician Baauer. Usually, a video begins with one person (often helmeted or masked) dancing to the song alone for 15 seconds, surrounded by other people not paying attention or unaware of the dancing individual. When the bass drops, the video cuts to the entire crowd doing a crazy convulsive dance for the next 15 seconds. The dancing style should not be confused with the original Harlem Shake dance.Additionally, in the second half of the video, people often wear a minimum of clothes or crazy outfits or costumes while wielding strange props.

The company I work for decided to take part in this mania and I can honestly say that I work with the coolest cats! I just wish I wasn't on maternity leave so I could've been a part of it :(

A reader of mine asked me how I still manage to wear my regular sized jeans throughout my pregnancy. I thought it would be fun to show you all my secret.

People have been asking me if everything is ok, why haven't I been blogging, where have I been...??? I'm doing fine, Liam's doing fine, the whole family is great. The reasons behind my absence:

• I have had the most terrible cough and cold that I've ever had in my life. It's been a week now and it's still not completely gone. I'm od'ing on Benylin. Liam has also been sick and his molars are coming in..not fun!
• Last week was the end of my mat leave and my first week back at work which means...no time, no TIME, NO TIME!!!! By the time I get home and finish everything I have to do, I'm beat. Especially worse now, seeing as my cold has taken over my entire body.
• It's way too cold outside to take pictures and I get home when the sun has already set making it impossible to take well lit photos. 

Thought I'd show you guys what Liam's been up to :)

I just came across this post on a blog fave of mine, Because Im Addicted. Thought I'd share. The effortless bun is how my hair is at least 4 times a week.

So here's a quick next day edit recap of my sister's wedding this past Saturday. The amazing videographer was Marrone Video. Anyone getting married? I highly recommend them. I want to renew my vows just so I can hire them to film it.


Sarah & Domenico {next-day-edit} by Marrone from Marrone Video on Vimeo.

So yesterday marked the end of my ballet summer session. I learned so much and I gotta admit that despite doing classes only once a week for 90 minutes, my legs feel and look leaner. I enjoyed myself so much that I enrolled myself in the fall/winter session which begins Sept. 12th :) Not only that, my teacher said that I was ready for pointe therefore I will also be taking private pointe lessons aside from my regular classical ballet classes.
You are never too old to follow your dreams!!!

I leave you with a beautiful video from Sting which features Alessandra Ferri. A ballerina with a set of the best feet I've ever seen.

Which shoes came home with me?



Find out in a soon to come post!

Andrew's back! Yup, I'm cheesy like that :)

Untitled from Lena Antonacci on Vimeo.

Get your minds out of the gutter...my title refers to my shoes :) This is the first time I wear these babies out. Let me tell you, there's no way I'm wearing these on a night out dancing. OUCH!!! I really need to practice and master the art of walking in 5 inch heels. How do other people do it? Well, I found a funny video on youtube showing you two ways on how to walk in extremely high heels. Check it out at the end of this post.
In the meantime, here's my outfit on the 1st day of Spring.

I came across this fringe crop top from Topshop and immediately fell in love. But why spend $30 when you can so easily make this yourself. Which is what I did and I spent only $1.99!
Newborn, husband away on business...where do you find the time you ask? When baby sleeps, you sleep...not me...I DIY!!!!

My very first attempt at making a stop motion movie.
For some reason, the music only works (i find the video is cuter with the music) if you click on the 360p at bottom left of screen and put it to 240p and back. Stupid youtube or stupid me?

How cool is that...Arcade Fire, an indie rock band based in Montreal, just won Album of the Year at the Grammy's!!!! Montreal rocks!!!

I saw this episode of Fresh Prince of Bel Air today and it made me crack up. I laugh every time I hear this part below so I thought I'd maybe bring a smile to some of you.


P.S. To follow up on my obgyn's appointment yesterday. I'm healing very well and can carry on with my normal lifestyle. I can start training again but need to hold off on the ab work for now until I feel that I've healed completely. My weight...5lbs left to lose before I'm back to where I started before pregnancy...YEAH!!!

Untitled from Lena Antonacci on Vimeo.

I finally got around to doing a make-up tutorial. I decided to show you guys my daily make-up which is
simple and done in under 10 minutes.
My tip: The trick to wearing make-up is to make it seem like you're not wearing any!