Zen and Fit Mama

If you know me well you know I like onions on everything, and now I have a reason to love them even more!

While I can still wear most of my pants, my belly hangs over the top and I look like I have a muffin top instead of a baby belly. Trust me, it's not an attractive look. And there are only so many places I can wear my yoga pants, maternity pants here I come! Now only if I can find them long enough. Apparently the makers of maternity pants feel tall people don't have babies. FYI, labeling a pair of pants with a 32 inseam a long is not funny.

I continue to have frequent headaches and heartburn but overall I feel good. I started doing prenatal yoga and fit workouts and so far so good. Yesterday marked 17 weeks. I'm hoping to feel the baby move soon and really looking forward to the big ultrasound in 3 weeks. I will be 5 months at that point, that's the half way point! Crazy!

I've always had dreams but they've become more vivid since I got pregnant. Sometimes it's good and sometimes it sucks. A couple days ago I woke up really, really mad at Chris for something he did in my dream! Oh, and last week I had 2 dreams where the baby was a girl, though I've had no awake feelings or inclinations that the baby is a boy or a girl.

Chris and I have been quite busy over the last few weeks. I have one more week with my full-time job and then I move into a more flexible and hopefully relaxed schedule. Who am I kidding....the change is likely to be a bit chaotic at first! Chris has been attending on wards (let's just say a busy rotation) for the last two weeks, and he's also been actively looking for a job. He currently has 4 leads, including 1 interview. Very exciting times around the Hayes household!

And now for an updated belly pic...
*note the lines on my stomach are NOT stretch marks, they are scratch marks!
*note my red face, unfortunate side effect of the hormones I suppose