I seem to lack the motivation, resolve and spare time to tackle any of my New's Years resolutions. I haven't started boot camp again yet. This is partly due to short funds to buy more than the most basic food, and the time to just sit down and go over everything to get started. Everytime I try to write a page, a baby wakes up, or my sleep deprived mind refuses to cough up the necessary words. And the smoking... What can I say? I am so stressed out that half the time, the very idea of quitting makes my whole body clench with panic. These short breaks to poison myself are usually the only me time I can squeeze out of my day. I am really going to have to work on this. What a crummy way to start the year.
There are lots of big events coming up for us! Derick will be 30 years old in a couple of weeks, and just a couple of weeks after that, the twins will turn 1. I am so excited for both. I want to do BIG birthday parties, but of course this is requiring an amount of time to plan that I just can't seem to find.
Ariana got a new tooth this morning. This is number 5. She is slowly catching up to Gabriel, although he will have 2 more coming in soon. Gabriel also started saying his sister's name. He calls her "Ana". It's so cute too watch. They are often so mean to each other, but they can be very sweet to each other too.
Nate is off track now, so we will see what happens over the next three weeks. We tend to get on each other's nerves after a little while, but we do lots of fun things together too. He is done with his country report now, so that will ease a lot of family stress that we've been dealing with for the last three months. He did a very good job on it.
Life otherwise is much like always. The babies aren't sleeping, despite our every effort to get them to realize that they really aren't THAT hungry. They are both over 20 lbs. now!
TTFN!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Our Life in a Box
Well we moved all of the furniture, and most of the house on Saturday and Sunday. We had lots of help! Thank you so much to everybody that showed up. There was no way we would've gotten that far otherwise.
It has been interesting trying to unpack and organize everything while taking care of the babies all day. Those kids give me a run for my money. At least their room is done. That was first priority for me.
I'm still making trips back to the house. We didn't get everything packed, and it seems like I keep running across things that I need. Of course some stuff is in boxes, and I just can't find it. This weekend will probably be spent packing up more stuff at the house, and starting to clean.
The kids have adjusted well to moving. Nate walked home from school and did his homework like always which was very nice. The babies seem to be having fun exploring the new environment. They are taking turns being rotten and happy just like always.
Gabriel took his first tumble out of the crib this morning. Derick was really freaked out. Gabriel seemed more startled than hurt, so I figure it's just water under the bridge. Nate was a big time climber and made a sport of getting out of his crib, so I thought it was only a matter of time until one of the babies started to try.
I put off starting boot camp. I'm getting enough exercise lugging boxes around and unpacking them, and I am too busy to focus on what I'm eating right now. I'll start in a couple of weeks when everything settles down.
TTFN!
It has been interesting trying to unpack and organize everything while taking care of the babies all day. Those kids give me a run for my money. At least their room is done. That was first priority for me.
I'm still making trips back to the house. We didn't get everything packed, and it seems like I keep running across things that I need. Of course some stuff is in boxes, and I just can't find it. This weekend will probably be spent packing up more stuff at the house, and starting to clean.
The kids have adjusted well to moving. Nate walked home from school and did his homework like always which was very nice. The babies seem to be having fun exploring the new environment. They are taking turns being rotten and happy just like always.
Gabriel took his first tumble out of the crib this morning. Derick was really freaked out. Gabriel seemed more startled than hurt, so I figure it's just water under the bridge. Nate was a big time climber and made a sport of getting out of his crib, so I thought it was only a matter of time until one of the babies started to try.
I put off starting boot camp. I'm getting enough exercise lugging boxes around and unpacking them, and I am too busy to focus on what I'm eating right now. I'll start in a couple of weeks when everything settles down.
TTFN!
Friday, January 1, 2010
And So We Begin
Well, the new year is here. It just seems like 2009 went by so fast, and there was so many changes. With two new additions to our family, life has definitely had its ups and downs. I lost my job, and have been struggling to be a stay-at-home mom again. It's been about 6 years since I've found myself in this role, and wow can it be hard.
Tomorrow we start to move out of the house. This has been a very daunting process. It causes a lot of stress sometimes, knowing that we will be trying to cram a whole house into three rooms. But we feel that we're making this decision for the right reasons, and that it will give us a chance to come out ten times better in the end.
Making this change with the house makes me feel like I can let go of who I was and move on to who I am going to be. I can leave the things behind that I no longer need to carry with me, and hopefully come out of this a better mom, a better wife, a better daughter, a better sister, and a better friend. I can lay down the load that I have always chosen to carry and take a deep breath.
It being New Years Day, I have been puzzling over resolutions all day long. My first resolution is easy, because it is one I have been planning and preparing for since October. Starting on Monday, January 4th, I am going to begin my boot camp program again. I lost almost 20 lbs. doing this program a couple of years ago, and I am determined to finish losing all of my pregnany weight. I also want to provide a good example for my family, and have the energy to play with my kids. They'll be keeping my hands full for the next few years, and I need to be able to keep up.
My second resolution is to work on my writing. I am aiming to write at least one page a day. It doesn't matter if it's journaling, poems, stories, or whatever, but I want to work on this again. It has always helped me feel very peaceful when I can write, and I need activities that soothe me.
My third resolution is to quit smoking. This one I think is going to take the most work. I really need to examine all my reasoning behind my addiction and take this one step at a time. But once again, I will do it to feel better, and to be a better example to my family.
I am hoping that the new year brings happiness to all my friends and family. Although I am not good at telling any of you, I am extrememly grateful for the parts each of you have in our lives. This last year has tested our entire family to the limits and I know that we could not have done this alone. Each and every one of you mean the world to me, and I am glad that each of you is in my life.
Happy New Year!
Tomorrow we start to move out of the house. This has been a very daunting process. It causes a lot of stress sometimes, knowing that we will be trying to cram a whole house into three rooms. But we feel that we're making this decision for the right reasons, and that it will give us a chance to come out ten times better in the end.
Making this change with the house makes me feel like I can let go of who I was and move on to who I am going to be. I can leave the things behind that I no longer need to carry with me, and hopefully come out of this a better mom, a better wife, a better daughter, a better sister, and a better friend. I can lay down the load that I have always chosen to carry and take a deep breath.
It being New Years Day, I have been puzzling over resolutions all day long. My first resolution is easy, because it is one I have been planning and preparing for since October. Starting on Monday, January 4th, I am going to begin my boot camp program again. I lost almost 20 lbs. doing this program a couple of years ago, and I am determined to finish losing all of my pregnany weight. I also want to provide a good example for my family, and have the energy to play with my kids. They'll be keeping my hands full for the next few years, and I need to be able to keep up.
My second resolution is to work on my writing. I am aiming to write at least one page a day. It doesn't matter if it's journaling, poems, stories, or whatever, but I want to work on this again. It has always helped me feel very peaceful when I can write, and I need activities that soothe me.
My third resolution is to quit smoking. This one I think is going to take the most work. I really need to examine all my reasoning behind my addiction and take this one step at a time. But once again, I will do it to feel better, and to be a better example to my family.
I am hoping that the new year brings happiness to all my friends and family. Although I am not good at telling any of you, I am extrememly grateful for the parts each of you have in our lives. This last year has tested our entire family to the limits and I know that we could not have done this alone. Each and every one of you mean the world to me, and I am glad that each of you is in my life.
Happy New Year!
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