Crafts, Workouts, and Pregnancy...lately

I know it's been a while, but I've been super busy working my full-time job, teaching Pilates, being the wife of a nursing student and the mother of a toddler with an attitude. Add to my list of job duties carrying our family's next baby and that all equals one tired lady!  Whew!  For those of you don't already know, I'm pregnant with our second child and am due May 7th, 2013.  We are so excited be expanding our family and Lila is already being a great big sister.  She tells me all the time how much she is going to help when the baby finally gets here.  :)  I have no doubt that she will be a great deal of help.

Moving on, I've been trying to get more and more crafts and work done around the house.  When Neil goes to work, I get all gung-ho about doing stuff.  About a month ago, I moved some things around the house to try to make room in our third bedroom for the new baby.  I installed a ceiling fan (that I'm quite shocked still works LOL).  I moved my sewing/craft desk into our bedroom.

I made a floor mat for the utility room out of river rocks that I wanted to repurpose.  I don't have a picture of mine, but this is where I got the idea!

http://pinterest.com/pin/220606081717746162/

I made Monster juice drinks for Lila's Halloween party at school!

I found this pattern for crocheting flowers that I'm going to stitch on to the headband ear muffs that I made.  My co-worker Sandy helped teach me how to do the stitches correctly.  I have made several now.  I hope they will turn out as cute as I want them to.  :)  I'll be sure to post a pic of the complete finished product.

As far as workouts go, I've been trying to keep running and stay active as much as possible during this first part of pregnancy.  On Friday, I'll officially be in my second trimester.  WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!!! I've been doing much better this time as far as the exhaustion goes.  At this point with Lila, I was still in hibernation.  LOL  I'm still teaching Pilates and I'm wanting to try to start running more, but between that and personal training, I don't think I'd EVER see my family.  I'll continue to try to get my run on during my lunch hour.  Any advice on this would be great!  Thanks!

Pilates

I know, I know...it has been about a month since I last updated.  Things have been crazy in my life for the past several weeks.  I'm hoping that I'm getting back in line and ready to keep truckin'.  I am about 8 or 9 weeks into my Pilates class that I have been teaching at my local gym.  I knew that this was something I really wanted to do, but I have to admit, I was a little nervous about how time consuming it would be with a toddler and an husband in school. It has all worked out tremendously.  Neil has helped so much and Lila loves spending time with Daddy.

In this post I'd just like to share with you some of my most favorite Pilates moves.  I LOVE the moves that really work you abs too.  Pilates is a great way to work your core as well as improving flexibility allowing your muscles to do so much more!

Top 10 Favorite Pilates moves:
10 - Swimming
  9 - Shoulder Bridge with Leg Raises
  8 - Single Straight Leg Stretch
  7 - Double Straight Leg Stretch
  6 - Rolling Like a Ball
  5 - The Rollup
  4 - Plank
  3 - Side Kick Series
  2 - The Hundred
  1 - The Teaser

Try them and see which ones are your favorites!!!