Yoga

Today Elliott and I went to yoga. I started going when I was around 12 weeks pregnant and fell in love with it. I am certain that practicing yoga while pregnant was beneficial in so many ways. It was an hour and a half where I could focus all of my positive energy on the little person growing inside me. It was also a time for me to consciously relax my body and feel almost weightless as I focused on my breathing and controlling my muscles. After the Tuesday morning prenatal class, the new moms would always be waiting outside with their babies for the mommy and me class to start. I would look at them and try to imagine what it would be like to take my own baby to mommy and me yoga, what I would look like standing there with my baby. For all those weeks, it seemed so far off. And then two weeks ago, there I was. Managing a wiggly baby, my backpack and my yoga mat. It was so surreal to be there with him....and minus my big big belly. I was worried about whether he would cry the whole time. But he loved it. I know he recognized some of the music from his CD at home. He lay quietly wiggling on the end of my mat as I focused my breath and did the class. Today was our third time going and he was so amazing. He makes me proud and amazes me every day. I stared down at him and couldn't help but laugh out loud as he flashed his wide open mouth smile up at me. Now worries, no complaints. So lucky to be able to share this and so many other special moments with the amazing little boy.