passing time

We've concluded our baby's determined to teach us the art of patience. In that spirit (and since we've been acting incredibly goofy these last few days; anything gives us the most unstoppable giggles), we thought we'd make a dedicated effort to act calmly and serenely today. I began by doing some prenatal yoga this morning. When everything else hurts--standing, sitting, lying down, walking--yoga still feels good. (Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that I practice it every day.) Somehow, my belly feels less cumbersome when I practice yoga; it even looks more modest, I think. Wouldn't you agree, if you were to compare the picture Leighton took of me doing a warrior pose with the post-yoga belly pictures?!



After yoga, we walked downtown and had lunch at Hogan Brothers. Here's my lovely husband enjoying his soup, sandwich, and cherry coke.

After lunch, we went window shopping. It was a beautiful sunny day, which got Leighton thinking he ought to get a cap (since he doesn't wear sun glasses). Doesn't he look handsome in this one?

Before supper, we went over to the Japanese Garden at Carleton College and sat there in stillness for a while. Then after supper, we went downtown again for some ice cream and to people watch. We've been going kind of overboard on the ice cream lately, but since we've had two days off, and since we're still waiting for baby, it felt like an indulgence we could make room for within the parameters of a calm and serene day...