Mommy and Baby Yoga

Ommmmm...Ommmmmm... Simply bend your front leg to a 90 degree angle, place your 20 pound baby on your hip, extend your left arm out in front of you and relaaaahhaaaxxxx... (Go ahead Brian Reagan fans, you can laugh now). Christopher and I embarked on a new journey this morning at a little yoga studio not far from our humble abode. We joined six other mommies and babies for our very first "Mommy and Baby" yoga class. The ages of the babies ranged from 7 weeks to 8 months and it was very laid back and relaxing. You kind of just do some poses around your baby and then include them in other poses. So I did down dog right over Chris and then he got to do a "swinging baby" triangle pose. He really enjoyed this one! My favorite pose was the "happy baby" pose--picture Christopher lying on his back with his feet in the air, grabbing his toes--and then picture me doing it. Now I understand why he lays this way all the time! The best part for everyone was relaxation pose where we leaned back against a big cushy pillow, elevated our legs, held our babies and just, well, relaxed. I still feel pretty mellow from that one. Aahhhh... I do have to apologize for slacking off in the blogging department for the last couple days. Perhaps it is my old age kicking in, but more likely it was the gigantic pile of clothes on the floor waiting to be washed from our trip. We are currently preparing for our big New Years night out at Matt and Jaime's house tonight which, if we're lucky, Christopher will sleep through. (CJ's new year's resolution: "Learn to sleep when it's dark outside.") We are looking forward to this evening's soiree and wish everyone (especially those of you on the snowy east coast) a very happy and safe new year... Oh and here is a new picture of our two best buds...