10.14.2010

buy one get one free

pure bliss.
spent the morning with my husband- a walk to our fav coffee shop, ugly mugs, with our very own ugly mugs, georgia and annie :) we then drove to franklin to get the remaining pieces of our nursery, the glider, mattress and changing table pad. i think we might have gone overboard a bit with the glider, but we figure it will last us forever...fingers crossed :)
finished our date with a yummy lunch at one of our favorite franklin destinations- pucketts. got to sit outside in the crisp fall weather, leaves changing and falling all around. stunning. and the cherry on top was my company :) oh! and the fact that i learned sweet cece's has a buy one get one free deal for preggo's- i was pretty much in heaven. pumpkin yogurt- yum yum yum!

to top off my amazing morning and early afternoon, i spent the rest of the day at my new store, with my amazing team. they are the most amazing women and i am so ecstatic to be opening our doors tomorrow morning together!

my mantra these days is- i have the choice. no matter what happens, i have the choice. i create the result. so, i choose to be happy. blissful.

xo

10.11.2010

week 23

here is wee watson at week 23 :)

starting to grow, more and more each day! he/she is also getting more and more active, turning and kicking all the time. since i am so busy (physically) each day, i look forward to the evening when i finally put my feet up and lay down on the couch because wee goes crazy! he/she starts doing gymnastics in my belly and it just makes me smile from ear to ear.

i really do love being pregnant :)

oh, and hank and his brother denny painted the nursery this weekend! it is amazing, the crib is put together...ahh, it is getting so real! i almost cried when hank sent me a photo of the room with the crib (he put it together while i was at work). if i wasn't surrounded by a bunch of people, i know i would have cried. pure happiness.

been reading an amazing book called beautiful, bountiful, blissful that i can't recommend enough to anyone who is pregnant or hoping to be. here is an excerpt that has really resonated with me...

"the teaching of kundalini yoga is that a woman comes to know and love herself, radiance shines through to the outside, and we call her beautiful. as she grows to be more compassionate not only of others but of herself, we call her bountiful. finally, as she comes to experience the vastness of who she is and of what she is capable, we call her blissful."

some days, all three exist. others, its struggle to connect with any. but there is nothing more important then being present with each moment to recognize where you are and honor it.

xo

10.04.2010

22 weeks

i have been thinking a lot lately about new beginnings. i have recently discovered numerous new feelings on my mat and not from new poses, but from a new awareness in each pose. sometimes, it is a literal feeling- a kick, a somersault or fleeting hand. other times, a spiritual feeling of gratefulness, joy, love, vulnerability, strength...

in the moments i am most present with myself, those are the moments of spontaneous smiles and sometimes tears. emotions that come from a place of really digging into the pure joy that is growing and moving inside of me each day. the emotions that remind me, i am a mother. :)

loving this ride called pregnancy :)

xo