Friday, December 30, 2011

Goodbye to the best year if our life.....

How do you say goodbye to the best year of your life?!? I love that a new year is about to approach us and that we can start off "fresh", but I have to say that I am a little bit sad to say goodbye to 2011.

Luke was born March 17, 2011. It was by far the very best day of our lives!! He is the biggest blessing God could ever give us! It has been a wonderful year seeing our sweet baby grow and grow. I guess I can't be that sad for the new year. I look forward to all the new things 2012 will bring!

I am never very good at making "resolutions". I think that any time can be a good time to better yourself. But no time is a better time than the beginning of a new year! So here are a few things that I plan on doing to begin a "healthier lifestyle".

1. Working out.....I have a love/hate relationship with working out. I absolutely LOVE the feeling right after you are done working out. There really isn't any feeling much better (other than the obvious things) than when you have completed a workout. The problem I have.....getting my butt moving and actually working out! Since I had Luke I have not stepped into the gym. Awful I know!! I have gone on walks with him, but nothing enough to give me that "endorphin releasing, sweaty, feel good feeling" that a good, hard workout can do for you. I have a weird phobia of taking Luke to the gym childcare. I am not "one" of those moms that needs to keep her child germ free from everything, but I have worked in a gym childcare ( a really good one in fact) but I have a hard time trusting that they really keep it as clean as they say they do! Okay...all this talk may need to lead into another "resolution"...stop being a germ freak and take your son to the gym with you!" anywhoo..... the point is I need to get moving...and I just need to find a way that works best for me, because this jiggly tummy and legs/butt need to go!!!

2. Healthier eating habits. Plain and simple... I need to eat better and make better choices. This will not happen unless I take the time to change my habits. I want Luke to grow up in a healthy home, and food is one of the many things I want/need to do better with in order to make a healthier lifestyle for my entire family!

3. Worry less. My goodness do I worry. Half of the time I don't even know what I am worried about. Someone once told me to write down all of the things I am worried about and look back on it and see how many actually came true. More than likely very few would come true. I think I am going to do this. It is not healthy how much I worry... which brings me to my number 4.

4. Trust God more! He knows the desires of my heart and I need to give my worries to him. I don't know why I have such a hard time with this. I always feel like my beliefs are strong, but then why do I worry so much? Giving it all to him, and letting myself know that no matter what, everything will be okay, is something I need to remind myself and actually start believing.

5. Smile more and just be happy!! This will help me in so many aspects of my life. I have a wonderful life. It is not perfect, but I was never promised a perfect life. It has its ups and downs, but it is my life and I wouldn't want it any other way! I need to put more effort into being the best mom I can be, the best wife I can be, and the best teacher I can be! Unless I start putting more of my energy into these things, I am just going to end up not enjoying them to their fullest! (as you can see, my job comes last, not that I don't think it is important or that I don't enjoy it, but my heart (and energy) will always be somewhere else).

Well....That is what I am going to start my new year focusing on! I am sure I will find new things that I need to "better" but right now, I think my list is a good one! I think it is unrealistic to have 5 million "goals" to achieve in a new year. So starting off simple I think will work for me.

So with a little hesitation....goodbye 2011, you have been wonderful....and Hello 2012...I look forward to your many possibilities!!

Let me leave you with a cute little video of my little big boy walking across the living room with his new walker! ( and don't mind my annoying voice :)



LOVE him!!!! :)

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