I am one of those types of people that I have to have a list for everything that I do. I love to see things being marked off. I love to see things being accomplished. So in order to make my 2010 resolutions work, I decided that I needed to make a list. So that is what I have been working on today.
My first resolution was to start staying caught up on my housework. So I got on the computer and made a calendar for my household chores. I assigned certain things to certain days, and that will make it easy for me to go through and do those few things on the list. With doing these few things everyday, my housework should stay caught up.
The second thing on my list is losing weight. And I am working on that. Slowly but surely, this weight is going to come off.
The third thing on my list was getting these boys on a schedule. Clay is doing really well about going to bed at night. He still doesn't go to bed at 9 pm on the dot, but he is in bed before 9:15 every night. And even if he doesn't go to sleep, I am okay with that. He isn't getting out of bed and fighting with us to keep playing with toys. So every night we put him in bed with a book, and we let him "read" until he is tired and falls asleep. And it has worked for us! Now with Colt, I was going to start trying to make a schedule with him this past week, but he is sick with a head cold, and it just isn't working right now. So maybe this week or next week I can get that started.
My fourth goal was to get Clay potty trained. We are still working with him, but not forcing it. I will ask him a few times a day if he needs to go potty. If he says "No", then I will leave it alone. If he says "yes", then I take him and let him sit on the potty. But I don't get mad if he doesn't go. I let him sit there and try for a reasonable amount of time (about a minute or 2), and then I get him down. We wash his hands, and he goes about his business. He is getting to where he tells us that he needs to pee or poop, but when we sit him on the potty, he doesn't go. So maybe he is starting to learn that that is where it goes, but it just hasn't clicked yet. He is getting to where at night if he needs to go potty, instead of telling us (because we keep his bedroom door open, so he can come out if he needs to) that he needs to go, he takes his diaper off and pees or poops on the floor. Now we don't scold him for peeing/pooping in his diaper, but when he goes on my floor intentionally, I definitely get on to him. So now if we can just get him to put it in the potty, I will be happy. But it looks like we are getting somewhere.
So back on to my list making. I have so many projects that I want to do around the house. Cleaning, organizing, trashing, etc. So instead of making it into a huge project that I won't ever want to do, I am breaking it down into several different things. So every month, I am going to make a to-do list and try to have everything done by the end of that month. Then the next month, I will make a new list. And with it being a few big projects that I want done, I am being specific with my lists. That way it breaks it down and makes it less overwhelming for me.
I am excited about my lists! I can't wait to see things getting accomplished around here!!!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
What a difference a year makes!
There is so much that can change in a year's time. When I was growing up, I always felt like every year seemed to drag by. Especially the school year. The summer went by fast though. Now that I am grown (somewhat), and I have a family, I see exactly how fast a year goes by and how much can actually change in just a short year. 2009 proves that for sure. But taking a look back at pictures from 2008, it is just unbelievable.
This was Clay this year on Christmas 2009. Here he is 2 1/2 yrs old, and no longer looks like a baby. He has lost most of his baby look, and now he looks like a little boy. He has such a huge vocabulary now compared to last year. He is able to really get in there and play with his cousins and not be the one holding back because he is too little. He is able to do so much that he couldn't do in 2008.
Not only did Clay change, but Robbie and I expanded the family of 3 that we had to a family of 4. This was us on Christmas 2008. The funny thing is that we actually had already expanded our family to 4, but we didn't know it yet. We were trying in December 2008 for another baby, but we didn't know that we were already pregnant on Christmas until NYE!
And then here we are Christmas 2009 with Colt Emerson added to our family!!!
It just amazes me how much can change in 1 year. I hope to be able to post about a lot more changes in 2010! I have a lot of goals set for this year, and I hope to accomplish most, if not all, of them!
Here is Clay on Christmas 2008. He looks like a baby. He was 18 months old.
This was Clay this year on Christmas 2009. Here he is 2 1/2 yrs old, and no longer looks like a baby. He has lost most of his baby look, and now he looks like a little boy. He has such a huge vocabulary now compared to last year. He is able to really get in there and play with his cousins and not be the one holding back because he is too little. He is able to do so much that he couldn't do in 2008.
Not only did Clay change, but Robbie and I expanded the family of 3 that we had to a family of 4. This was us on Christmas 2008. The funny thing is that we actually had already expanded our family to 4, but we didn't know it yet. We were trying in December 2008 for another baby, but we didn't know that we were already pregnant on Christmas until NYE!
And then here we are Christmas 2009 with Colt Emerson added to our family!!!It just amazes me how much can change in 1 year. I hope to be able to post about a lot more changes in 2010! I have a lot of goals set for this year, and I hope to accomplish most, if not all, of them!Saturday, January 9, 2010
New Year's Resolutions
So many of our New Year's resolutions come and go. We make a resolution on New Year's Eve, and then by the time that February 1st hits, it is gone. And some people don't even make it past NYE with their resolution.
That is me almost every year albeit I actually get to at least the 8th or 9th of January before giving up on them. I am bad about making a resolution and not sticking with it. So this year, I have vowed to make a change. Crazy that my first NY's resolution is to stick with my NY resolutions. Right? I usually have 2 or 3 major things that I want to make happen, and then I make little ones.
2009 was such a hectic year with Robbie's layoff, the birth of our 2nd son Colt Emerson, and much much more. There are still many things that are hectic in our lives right now, but for the most part, it has calmed down. For now. After the layoff, Robbie started a new job at Target DC. But in November, he quit there and started another new job. Ever since we have lived together (since 2005), we have always had good jobs, good insurance, and a pretty steady life. 2009 was all over the place. When Robbie got laid off in April, he lost his insurance. We had to be put on Cobra which was $265.00 a month. The good thing was that Robbie got the job with Target within a week of being laid off, and so we only had to pay that for a few months. Then he got new insurance THREE days before I gave birth to Colt. Luckily pregnancy is NOT considered a pre-existing condition, or we would be out thousands of dollars for the hospital. Then in November when Robbie took this new job, we lost our insurance again. So we have had a roller coaster of a year. We are still without insurance, but only til March 1st. Thank goodness. So yeah...2009. Not our best year. Actually, other than Colt being born, it sucked!
So I definitely want 2010 to be a much better year!
So I have made several NY resolutions, and I think that they will be easy to achieve if I set my mind to it.
Okay, so my 2 big things are:
1.) Last year when everything seemed to be falling apart, and when I was pregnant and couldn't do everything I was doing, my housework seemed to start falling apart. I got out of the habit of cooking dinner. I got out of the habit of keeping the laundry caught up. And so on and so forth. So I would like to change that this year. I would like to start getting back in the groove of things and have it like it was when I first started staying home in May 2008. So far so good. Now my laundry did get backed up this past week a little, and I had 8 loads of laundry yesterday. But in my defense, I did wash sheets and stuff too. Not just clothes.
2.) I think there has only been like 2 years that this hasn't been on my list, but this year, it has to be. Losing weight. I want to get these pregnancy pounds off of me once and for all. I still have weight on me from my pregnancy with Clay, and that has to go. I haven't really started too much yet because I keep going back and forth with what plan I want to use. In 2004 I lost a bunch of weight with counting calories. I have also lost weight with Weight Watchers. But my big dilemma is that I know I won't count for the rest of my life. So I have to find something that works for me. And also get back into my exercise routine that I used to do in 2004 when I lost that weight.
And now my little resolutions:
1.) With Robbie's new job, he is back to working both days and nights. And when he was on nights, I got into a bad routine with Clay. I would get bored at night, so I would keep him up later than usual. He would fight me for so long with taking a nap, that come 9 pm for bedtime, he wasn't tired anyway. So now we put him to bed at 9pm, and he fights us until 11 pm. Used to he would be asleep by 9:30. And so this is just not going to fly anymore. I can't stand fighting with him to stay in bed every night. Colt is pretty much on a schedule now. He goes down about 8:30 every night, and then he is back up at 11:30 to eat. After he eats, he sits up for about an hour, and then he is back in bed. But even that, I would like to get it changed to 1 hour difference. So I want him eating around 10 or 10:30, and then back asleep by 11 or 11:30. Then I can be in bed before midnight. So I am working on getting us into a good, set routine.
2.) Potty Training. The 2 words that I despise the most. I would like to have Clay out of diapers by May 30th. His 3rd birthday. But I would settle just having him out of diapers by December 31, 2010. That gives him until he is 3 1/2 which according to most, that is good for a boy. Clay has gone potty a few times, but it just hasn't clicked yet. We are still working with him, but that is all I can do. I can't do it for him. And I can't force him. We don't use discipline when it comes to potty training either. We look at it as "he has gone potty in his diaper for 2 1/2 years without getting in trouble. So it isn't right to get onto him for going in his diaper." The only thing that we do is tell him that he is a big boy and he should be going potty in the big boy potty. Not his diaper. But it still hasn't clicked yet.
So there you have it folks. 4 things that I want to get taken care of this year. And I am hoping that with me posting it, I will be able to stick with it.
So here's to a better 2010!!!
That is me almost every year albeit I actually get to at least the 8th or 9th of January before giving up on them. I am bad about making a resolution and not sticking with it. So this year, I have vowed to make a change. Crazy that my first NY's resolution is to stick with my NY resolutions. Right? I usually have 2 or 3 major things that I want to make happen, and then I make little ones.
2009 was such a hectic year with Robbie's layoff, the birth of our 2nd son Colt Emerson, and much much more. There are still many things that are hectic in our lives right now, but for the most part, it has calmed down. For now. After the layoff, Robbie started a new job at Target DC. But in November, he quit there and started another new job. Ever since we have lived together (since 2005), we have always had good jobs, good insurance, and a pretty steady life. 2009 was all over the place. When Robbie got laid off in April, he lost his insurance. We had to be put on Cobra which was $265.00 a month. The good thing was that Robbie got the job with Target within a week of being laid off, and so we only had to pay that for a few months. Then he got new insurance THREE days before I gave birth to Colt. Luckily pregnancy is NOT considered a pre-existing condition, or we would be out thousands of dollars for the hospital. Then in November when Robbie took this new job, we lost our insurance again. So we have had a roller coaster of a year. We are still without insurance, but only til March 1st. Thank goodness. So yeah...2009. Not our best year. Actually, other than Colt being born, it sucked!
So I definitely want 2010 to be a much better year!
So I have made several NY resolutions, and I think that they will be easy to achieve if I set my mind to it.
Okay, so my 2 big things are:
1.) Last year when everything seemed to be falling apart, and when I was pregnant and couldn't do everything I was doing, my housework seemed to start falling apart. I got out of the habit of cooking dinner. I got out of the habit of keeping the laundry caught up. And so on and so forth. So I would like to change that this year. I would like to start getting back in the groove of things and have it like it was when I first started staying home in May 2008. So far so good. Now my laundry did get backed up this past week a little, and I had 8 loads of laundry yesterday. But in my defense, I did wash sheets and stuff too. Not just clothes.
2.) I think there has only been like 2 years that this hasn't been on my list, but this year, it has to be. Losing weight. I want to get these pregnancy pounds off of me once and for all. I still have weight on me from my pregnancy with Clay, and that has to go. I haven't really started too much yet because I keep going back and forth with what plan I want to use. In 2004 I lost a bunch of weight with counting calories. I have also lost weight with Weight Watchers. But my big dilemma is that I know I won't count for the rest of my life. So I have to find something that works for me. And also get back into my exercise routine that I used to do in 2004 when I lost that weight.
And now my little resolutions:
1.) With Robbie's new job, he is back to working both days and nights. And when he was on nights, I got into a bad routine with Clay. I would get bored at night, so I would keep him up later than usual. He would fight me for so long with taking a nap, that come 9 pm for bedtime, he wasn't tired anyway. So now we put him to bed at 9pm, and he fights us until 11 pm. Used to he would be asleep by 9:30. And so this is just not going to fly anymore. I can't stand fighting with him to stay in bed every night. Colt is pretty much on a schedule now. He goes down about 8:30 every night, and then he is back up at 11:30 to eat. After he eats, he sits up for about an hour, and then he is back in bed. But even that, I would like to get it changed to 1 hour difference. So I want him eating around 10 or 10:30, and then back asleep by 11 or 11:30. Then I can be in bed before midnight. So I am working on getting us into a good, set routine.
2.) Potty Training. The 2 words that I despise the most. I would like to have Clay out of diapers by May 30th. His 3rd birthday. But I would settle just having him out of diapers by December 31, 2010. That gives him until he is 3 1/2 which according to most, that is good for a boy. Clay has gone potty a few times, but it just hasn't clicked yet. We are still working with him, but that is all I can do. I can't do it for him. And I can't force him. We don't use discipline when it comes to potty training either. We look at it as "he has gone potty in his diaper for 2 1/2 years without getting in trouble. So it isn't right to get onto him for going in his diaper." The only thing that we do is tell him that he is a big boy and he should be going potty in the big boy potty. Not his diaper. But it still hasn't clicked yet.
So there you have it folks. 4 things that I want to get taken care of this year. And I am hoping that with me posting it, I will be able to stick with it.
So here's to a better 2010!!!
