The Good:
-Phoenix's birth! All 15 inches of head- I am pretty sure I deserve a medal.
- Apollo turned four, became a superhero, learned how to read, and pretty much knocked my socks off each day with his giant encyclopedia brain. We made an epic cake. I'm still proud.
- Sunshine turned two, learned how to climb EVERYTHING, caused a few gray (white?) hairs, tried to pick Phoenix up by his head about a bajillion times, and continues to be the pinnacle of adorable when she isn't being Gozer the Gozarian.
- I watched my friend Erik and Justice's baby be born. It was such a cool experience!!!
- Cameron and I and some of our friends trained and ran the Hell Run- hopefully the first of many fun races where we can pretend to be jocks and fling mud.
The Bad:
- Our furnace broke. instead of a shiny new mini-van we spent $12,000 on a shiny new heat pump. But, I am grateful for the fancy, warm, ionically filtered air I can now breath.
- Apollo broke his nose. I'm surprised it took four years for this to happen.
- I had Functional Sinus surgery after months of sinus infections, a mystery asthma diagnosis, etc. It was gross and painful, but I am grateful for modern medicine and skilled physicians. I currently have a sinus infection and am back on antibiotics and prednisone... really hoping to kick butt this year and not be sick. I'll find out this week if it is a food allergy causing all of this crap. Hoping for some answers.
Looking hot!
The Ugly:
- I posted a picture of my mangled stomach on my blog and it is the most popular post I have ever written- it's had thousands of hits according to the stats on my blog. :) Just trying to keep it real.
- Cameron got a vasectomy. With two thirds of our pregnancies resulting from failed birth control and after many prayers about what was right for us, we decided it was a good time to say goodbye to our childbearing years. It's bittersweet. I don't think my back could survive another pregnancy, though.
2012 Goals
- Get healthy!!! with my fancy air filter and allergy tests, I can hopefully get to the root of this sinus garbage that is plaguing me, get off the steroids and get to feeling normal again.
- Make my kids wash their hands more. They keep getting sick, and I'm tired of it. Simple, right?
- Exercise. Rachel the fitness nazi and I will be resuming our weight training and cardio... I'm excited. Cam has plans to start working out in the mornings and will be playing basketball again this season. Apollo is doing soccer.
- Cameron plans to go the entire year without eating a single cookie. I scoff at this goal. It seems impossible. I plan to only eat dessert on Sundays.
- Organization: Our family of five shares a home that is a mere 1,040 square feet. We could be buried in toys if I didn't make this an annual goal.
- Survivor mud run! We're training for another run in July... I'm excited.
- Create more, consume less. I spend a lot of time reading things, listening to things, watching movies, consuming technology and information like a ravenous pig... but I feel restless when I don't create. I hope I can spend more time creating things, be it writing, baking or painting something...
- Become more spiritual. Pray more. Forgive more. Love more. Serve more. Ask for less. Be grateful.
- Yell less. If you know me well, you know that I yell.. a lot.
What is your resolution for 2012?
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4 comments:
We share MANY of the same 2012 resolutions: having kids wash hands more so we are sick less often, figuring out my allergy causes, yell less (I wonder if I yell more than speak in a normal voice to my kids .... scary thought?!), become more Christlike, exercise more, eat less sweets, and consume less ... especially on the computer. We should keep each other in check throughout the year :) !!
Happy New Year ... and soon to be happiest of birthdays to you :) !!
What a year! We had some random unexpected expenses too, but I could go for a nose job and some failed birth control ;) j/k
I'm with you on workout and create more consume less. Man oh man I pin like crazy but never make a thing.
Happy new year to you and your beautiful family!
Hi Rory:
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Methods
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Thanks mom. You're funny :) Next time you can send me an email if you want.
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