bye bye skinny jeans....

Well, tonight it happened. See, I have been trying to wear all my cute skinny jeans while I still can. Tonight when I was coming home after a fun evening out, while I was in the car I had to undo my belt and jeans b/c they were tight! This is a big deal! I also noticed this morning, the elastic waist band on my yoga pants felt tight and I didn't know if I should try to pull it up high onto my waist or do the below the belly thing. Lol, I AM STARTING TO SHOW! And this is very exciting b/c it means that Lulu is really growing and making himself at home in there!

I will post a 3 month pic hopefully this weekend. It isn't too big but enough to where my clothes feel tight. Isn't it like some kind of pregnancy milestone when you come home with your pants unbuttoned?

Today was great though. I am getting some of my energy back which is SO awesome. I was really down and out for months 2 and 3. I spent a lot of time just resting in bed and sleeping extra hours b/c I was so exhausted all the time. This morning I woke up and felt good, went to yoga and had a really good and energetic class.

This pic was taken after my class today and as you can see I am still quite limber! I am hoping and do think this will come in handy with the birthing process, although I must say, this is the last time I will be doing such deep stretching, in order to protect Lulu. I have also been practicing working more with the breath, the pelvic floor and the perineum muscle (root chakra) as I know that will be useful. I actually just started learning about exercising those areas in my training to teach pre-natal yoga, right before I found out I was pregnant! At work I am training with the yoga teacher to be her substitute! Although I haven't felt up for it over the past two months, I do hope to resume. Lately I can do my regular work hours and that has been it for me.

Today in yoga class was great I feel so refreshed and feel so grateful to be so connected to my body in the deep way that the practice allows. It really is a wonderful thing. I try to go easy (although you can't tell here!) I avoid doing any hand stands or anything that has a fall risk. I texted Marcelo after I took this pic saying I need to slow down for the next 6 months, b/c I think Lulu was sore after this! I was just so excited about it and it felt good to stretch.

I spent the afternoon cooking, another of my favorite pastimes. I made salad ingredients and a lemon tahini dressing. So delicious and so healthy and nutritious. I don't have the taste for salad like I used to before I got preggers, but I will make myself eat it for the health benefits, lol!