Meet our little girl, Eva Florence!
Now that our birth announcement has made it's way around the world, it's time to share it with everyone online.
Meet our little girl, Eva Florence!
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Ahh maternity photos! I spent hours drooling over beach belly photos on Pintrest and wanted to created something special to remember my pregnancy in Spain. So what better location then the beautiful Playa de las Catedrales! My mom, the talented photographer, took the photos while I pranced around the beach during a low tide. We were lucky to arrive just in time as the sun was setting, as well as to a completely empty beach (much less editing in Photoshop!)
Here are a couple of my favorite shots from our little session. Enjoy! Woohoo, to my first ever pregnancy post! When I first became pregnant I had all of these grand ideas about blogging about a health pregnancy, giving food advice, and sharing pre-natal yoga poses. I wanted to document my journey into motherhood and thought a blog would be a great idea. Well, my grand plan quickly got thrown out the window because those first three months of pregnancy were miserable! I was beyond tired, going to bed at 7 pm. I was constantly nauseated and had awful food aversions. Nothing looked good enough to eat and all my healthy eating habits quickly got replaced by eating only bread with butter. My regular favorite foods, including most veggies, made me gag, and the smell of other food made me dash to the bathroom right away! I was loosing weight, feeling tired and praying that the next 7 months would be smoother. I had a very hard time connecting to our baby girl. The only time I would feel great about pregnancy, would be after leaving the doctor's office, where I was able to see her move and hear her heart beat. I had a little baby growing inside me and all I wanted to do was hide underneath the covers and sleep all day. Needless to say, I felt beyond guilty. So, not the greatest beginning to my pregnancy journey... On January 6th (Three Kings Day), I finally started to get back into my yoga routine. I put on a pregnancy yoga dvd and slowly started to dive into poses, which was refreshing to finally be able to move with my breath and not worry that inverting my head would make me nauseous. During the final pose, shavasana, the best thing ever happened! While laying on the floor completely relaxed, I felt our baby move for the first time! At first I thought it was just a muscle spasm but then it happened again and again all over my stomach. Our little girl was stretching and kicking! The feeling so was magical. I laid on the floor, with my hands on my stomach, crying. I couldn't stop! The tears just kept flowing out. I hated being pregnant those first three to four months, I hated the nausea, the food aversions, constantly feeling tired and not being able to connect to our baby. I felt guilty for not embracing my pregnancy. But those little January movements changed everything...it made everything worth it! I finally felt connected and didn't even care if I spent the next couple of months praying to the porcelain gods! For the first time my pregnancy felt real. Nothing has ever felt more right than just laying on the floor in our Spanish apartment, crying, smiling, laughing and feeling her kick!!! Since January 6th, she has been moving and kicking like crazy. I swear, we will have one active child on our hands! On certain days anytime I sit down, she gives me playful kick to remind me she is in there. I absolutely love putting my hands on my belly to feel her move and kick. I am so in love with those little kicks! Dan loves them as well and constantly puts his hands on my belly and talks to her. She responds by stretching out and doing what feels like pirouettes in my stomach. It's such a magical time and we are truly thankful to be taking it all in, one moment at a time! |
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