Time Flies.....

well, here it is seven weeks until this next baby arrives. seriously??? i feel like it was just yesterday that i found out i was pregnant...okay so not yesterday, but not that long ago. it is hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that i am both completely ready to not be pregnant and have the baby here, and also at the same exact time terrified of how i am going to handle having two under two. i know people do it all the time and are just fine, but i am pretty sure they are tired. VERY TIRED. and the thing of it is, i was just getting used to not being tired anymore. i am also stuck between thinking that if it is a boy then i will be done having kids and thinking i could have about 20 more. stupid duggar family. if they didn't look so happy and well adjusted i might not have this problem. seriously though, i don't think i can be done at two...maybe three. three seems to work well for other people i know. what would happen if i had three under three? would that make me totally crazy? would it make jason totally crazy?? isabelle isn't helping the situation much. she has started giving me hugs, which is like the most adorable thing EVER. she wraps her arms around my neck, squeezes and makes the cutest little noise ever. the hugs alone make me want at least 2 more if not 20 more. so who knows. i guess it is a good thing i don't have to make up my mind today!

goals for the 0-1-0. (oh-one-oh)

so i hate new years resolutions. i forget about half of them and don't keep the other half. so this year i decided to set goals instead. as if changing the name from resolutions to goals will somehow make a difference...but you never know. of course writing them down online for anyone to see them will of course mean that i will have to at least ATTEMPT to accomplish what i set out to do! so here goes!

Goal #1. finish a book. any book. not that i am not reading, mind you. in fact right now i am about half way finished with three books and about two chapters into a fourth. what am i reading you might ask??? first is what the Bible says about child training, second is renewing your mind, third is a book called boundaries and lastly a book about homeopathy. all very good, all very relevant to my life right now and that is the problem. i need all of the information in all of the books RIGHT NOW. however, as i have come to realize, finishing just one might be more useful than getting 1/2 way done with all four!

Goal #2. learn how to prepare healthy meals for a one year old. strike that. learn how to prepare healthy, inexpensive meals that my one year old will actually eat, that don't contain lots of obscure ingredients or involve frying vegetables. i have no idea if this is even possible, but i am confident that cream cheese covered raisin bread, bananas and milk cannot sustain her forever.

Goal #3. finish isabelle's first year scrapbook. she is almost 15 months after all. and in two months there will be a new baby who i will want to do a scrapbook for.

Goal #4. build my mk business. mary kay has been such a blessing for our family. i have been able to set my own hours, work from home, take vacation any time i wanted and make some extra money. the great thing about mk is that the potential to be successful, make tons of money, win lots of prizes including trips around the world, diamonds, and free cars is there. turns out, however, that those things don't just fall into your lap without actual work. now it is easier, and more within reach than any other type of business or work from home opportunity, but the thing of it is, all things in life require work. and i am certain i have not been working enough. not to mention that while i used to consider myself outgoing, i am pretty sure i need to be more outgoing and more confident in order to start really seeing BIG profits. so part of building my business means being more bold, more confident, more outgoing and putting in more effort!

Goal #5. grow in my walk with the Lord. pretty self explanatory! i would like to also be reading my Bible daily and committing more scripture to memory.

Goal #6. and my last goal....learn something new. not sure what this might be. i have considered some serious in-depth study of homeopathy, photography (since i love photos but suck at taking them), cooking (beyond tacos, spag and sandwiches!), or actually finishing learning how to knit (i can do a scarf...that's it). who knows what i will actually decide. probably whatever i can do while taking care of two children under two! after all, baby #2 will be here in april. which is why, of course, that losing weight is not on the list of goals. i am screwed for swimsuit season any way....so maybe it will be on a revised mid-year goal list, but maybe not.

if i accomplish even half of these i am pretty sure i will consider the year a success. i will probably consider it a success if i make it through the year having been able to figure out things like grocery shopping with two kids. (where do you put them both and keep your groceries???) i am also sure it will be an adventure that will be both fun and scary. i can't wait!

snow days

So this past weekend, we got six inches of snow. Last time it snowed, we tried to take Isabelle out, but she wanted no part of it! This time was a little better, not great, but at least she didn't cry. I don't think she knew exactly what was going on. I think part of the reason she was okay to be outside was the fact she was wearing her pink boots which for the past two weeks she has refused to take off. First thing in the morning she wants them on (she will wear them over her footed pj's) and she does not want to take them off for bed. Luckily for us, she feels the same way about her new shoes we just bought so we should be okay when she outgrows the boots!

Jason and I took advantage of the weather by working on her new big girl bedroom. We still have a lot of work to do, but still have 8 weeks left to do it, so I am not worried (yet). We also were able to fix a delicious meal on Saturday, which we don't usually do because of church, and had the Williams' over to eat. Sadly, the guys beat the girls at canasta, ending the girls winning streak.

Overall, we had a nice weekend. Sad that church was cancelled, but glad we had the extra time to spend together. Now I am ready for the snow to melt and for it to be a bit warmer outside!

my first blog!!!

after much deliberation, and much thought about whether or not a person should have a blog....i have decided to give it a try! i like blogs. as in i like reading what other people write, but never considered the fact that someone might read a blog of mine. i also never considered that by keeping a blog, i might be able to record some of the great moments (and not so great moments) of being a mom and staying home with my kiddos. so hopefully i will be able to record some of the hilarious things my isabelle does on a regular basis, keep my family updated on the arrival of baby #2, and be interesting enough for someone else to read and then decide to start one of their very own!