Going Left Instead of Right

Sometimes, in our life, we feel as though everything is going right. We are heading in the right direction and we get into a routine. Most married women's routine may have something to do with laundry, cooking, picking up the house, and all the chores. The severity of these things can vary depending on culture.

Then motherhood happens. Motherhood causes us to change our routine. Just as my life was heading in the right direction my entire household gets sick, including my animals. Now let me tell you, I have come to realize (excluding pets) there are FOUR people in my immediate family. If you know me well you are thinking.. "Four?????". Yes, that's right, FOUR. My wonderful and sexy husband, my wonderful, healthy and very smart toddler, myself and the common cold. Yes, I count the common cold as a family member. He just wont go away. Lately, he has taken up the guest bedroom in my house- and he doesn't even pay rent. SHEEESH.

That pretty much sums up motherhood right there. Forget about laundry, the cooking, the picking up, and the chores. Besides, I don't have time anyway- I have to take care of my baby. I have to put cool wash rags on his forehead and keep giving him fluids (thank you Green Machine, you are AWESOME), hug and cuddle him, and feel so extremely bad that I can not snap my fingers and take the illness myself, which I would do a thousand times over if I could. Wait, it appears I am sick one now and he is all better- maybe it worked :-)

But the utter clarity that at any given moment, you'd remove any harmful microbe from their body and inject it into yours... that's when you know your a mama!

New Year, New Me!

Every Sunday, after church, I go visit my Grandmother. I have been doing this for years, and I will continue to do it. I know that she looks forward to my visits, because she has told me so! I love her so much.

I have been thinking a lot lately about doing a complete and total make-over with my life. Starting with how I look at life, in general. Since it is a new year, I decided... why not start now? So, cheers to a new year, new me!

By writing down the steps I am going to take to start my "new me" make-over it helps me to hold myself responsible. I have been doing a lot of research on what steps I can take do accomplish my new make-over. So, here it is:

1. Make God first- this goes without explanation.
2. De-clutter, de-clutter, de-clutter...

• De-clutter my home- clear up my cluttered rooms, give away what I don't need (found my inspiration here), keep my rooms tidy- CLUTTER CREATES STRESS.
• De-clutter my mind- meditate 10 minutes every day, start a journal and write down all my pending tasks for that day.
• GIVE UP ENERGY DRAINS- This one is huge for me... stop watching TV indiscriminately, stop spending time with people who drain my energy (no more emotional junk)!
• Slow down- Do one thing at a time
• Take time out- I mean... after all- I give my two year old time-outs, why cant I have them too? Spend time with people I love, take time out to be in touch with nature, take time out to enjoy MYSELF.

3. Style make-over- Hair, makeup, wardrobe etc. I need to feel better about myself!

Have I told you how much I love this kid? He is so smart. He already knows his ABC's, he can sing Jingle Bells, and Happy Birthday, and he LOVES to talk! He is my world!
  

Its All Over

The Christmas and New Year season for 2010 is long gone. We had a wonderful time spending it with family. Liam lucked out for Christmas, he got a lot of cool things. I have mentioned before how Liam LOVES to vacuum. Every time Donovan pulls out the vacuum Liam gets his lawn mower that Aunti Dawnelle bought him and pretends to vacuum. Well, we bought him a real play vacuum for Christmas and he loves it. See!

When it came time to open presents he was happy passing them out. He was in present heaven.

Sorry this pictures are not the best- they are from my phone. I have much better ones on my camera that I will upload later.

We had a wonderful Christmas, spent lots of time with family and friends!

Now for 2011- all you pregnant mama's out there need to have your baby's!