It’s
been a while since I sat down and really written a blog. Many well-meaning blogs were written on my
phone, never to be transferred onto Blogger.
It’s sad really. I used to love
blogging. Two things happened after I
had Liam three years ago. First of all
it seemed that someone was ALWAYS sick.
The second – I had zero time to myself.
It wasn’t as easy to pull up a chair to a computer and write anymore. I
always had someone needing me or something had to be done. Even in the time it took to write this
paragraph, I’ve already been up three times to help Liam and my dog. I can’t complain though. Life has been good to me.
I
think for the sake of time, I will post a copy of our Christmas letter of what
happened last year. I think this will
help get you up to speed on what’s going on in our family, and can help me pick
up on newer topics.
In
my personal life, this year has been a year of hope and positive changes. Around Christmas I received a FitBit Charge
HR with the goal to lose 40 pounds before summer. I’m not sure if I will lose the full 40 by
the end of May, but I have lost around 21 since Christmas and still going
strong. The closer I get to my goal
weight, the more motivated I feel to finish what I began. With the warm weather settling back in, I am
hopeful to put my weight loss on the fast track by exercising more often;
walks, bikes rides, and maybe take up running.
It feels good to make myself more of a priority and get healthy while
I’m at it.
Liam
just turned three years old. I will be
honest that I feel myself approaching a curve in my life I hoped I would be
more ready for; the end of having babies.
Honestly, I thought I would be more ok with it than I have been.
Everyone seems to think this should be an exciting time of my life, when I’m
missing the baby days already. I
absolutely LOVE being a Mom. It pains me
to think they are growing up and in a blink of an eye, I won’t have any
toddlers or preschoolers running around anymore. In just a month, I could be done with diapers
in my house forever. I am trying to
focus on all the positive things though about being done and hopefully I’ll
make peace with the ache eventually.
For
one thing, having older children can be very enjoyable. We are going to the movies more often,
planning trips, and starting to eat out.
I almost always get a full eight hours of sleep at night. I have two
kids in school, and in a few short months all three will be in school at some
point during the day. I long for hours
of freedom and silence – time to get whatever I want to done. I haven’t had this in longer than I can
remember. We are planning bigger trips,
and even not having kids napping during the day offers more flexibility to our
schedule. We’ve been taking overnights away from the kids, and I even spent
five wonderful days in Texas without my kids with me. I’m sure once I taste the wonderfulness that
“being done” means, I will feel much better about this transition in life.
That
being said, I’m not getting rid of any of my big baby things YET. Nothing is permanent YET. We aren’t past point
of no return. Only time will tell. Shayne
might be more secure in his decision, but I can’t promise anything.
The
other thing on my mind lately is finding that one special place to call
HOME. We’ve been in our neighborhood so
long that almost everyone on our street is new.
Usually, we’re the ones to move before we get this far. Several new families have moved in my
area. It feels like a whole new Somerset
Village. I’ve never lived anywhere long
enough to be considered one of the older families in the ward. We’ve been here five years and counting. It’s been cramped. It’s cluttered. We never have enough closet
space. We’ve sure had some great
memories here though. I’ve been talking
to relators and financial departments about getting a loan and finding a home
of our own though. We’re jumping through hoops and getting into a home hasn’t
been as easy as signing the paperwork. We’d love to finally be able to give our
kids the gift of a home of their own. Part
of the reason we’ve stayed here so long is to offer them some stability. We all look forward to the change though and
are looking forward to the day we can take our picture in front of a SOLD sign
in our yard. Fingers crossed.
So
that’s about it right now. I hope to
find more time to fill in my blog in the future, and maybe pull out a few old
blogs of last year or even older to help full in the gaps a bit. Overall, I am
in a great place in my life. I have
learned what it means to do without and am thankful for everything I am blessed
with, taking nothing for granted. As they say, “enjoy the little things in life
for one day you will look back and realize they were the big things.” - Kurt Vonnegut
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