New Years Resolutions

Be more positive about everything and everyone.  I'm pretty positive about life in general, and some may even call it naive at times, but I feel like it can make such a difference in a person's level of happiness.  It does for me.  I'm good about being positive, but it's always something that I still need to work on.

Strive to be a better mother, wife, sister, daughter, friend, stranger, employee.  Try to reflect daily on ways that I could have been a better person each day.

Unplug more!!!  I'm so used to being infront of a computer 40+ hours a week that I find myself automatically reaching for my phone or my brand new Kindle Fire (haha) and using that screen to occupy my time.  It's a horrible habit, and I'm trying to lessen my screen time, especially on nights and weekends. 

Learn to sew.  Or learn how to sew enough so that I can make Christmas pajamas for my little family for next year's Christmas morning.  I just got my mom's old old sewing machine that I need to power up, and possibly have serviced.

Look into the possibility of getting come chicks and a chicken coop for some fine urban farming.  A co-worker of mine bought chicks for his kids for Christmas and they will soon have fresh eggs daily.  I am viewing this more as a long-term goal, but still throwing it in with my 2012 "resolutions."

Focus on reconnecting as a couple more.  We don't get a lot of opportunities for one-on-one alone time, but I want to try and resolve to really using the opportunities that we do have to reconnect.  Once in a blue moon we eat dinner at home just the two of us, once Olivia has fallen asleep, and these nights are just as good as any night out on the town.  So maybe trying to plan those times a little better.

Get pregnant.  Those that I talk to regularly know that this isn't really a secret.  I'm so ready to have a baby all over again.  I would get pregnant tomorrow if I could, but there are a ton of factors that are persuading us to wait a little bit longer.  At 13 months postpartum, I still have yet to see my AF, so planning in that respect wouldn't really be an option at this point anyways. (Sorry if that was a bit TMI, but I've been sort of expecting its arrival for months now, but nothing.  AND I'm not really complaining about this because it has been marvelous, but still strikes me as odd.)  Also, Olivia is only 13 months right now, so I would like a little more spacing if we can.  I would like to get pregnant sometime this year, but if we don't for whatever reasons, I won't be completely devastated, just a tad bit sad.  

Whew

I have so much to blog about! Olivia's first birthday party, Christmas eve, Christmas day, family visits, our New Years, and on and on.  What a whirlwind and glorious holiday season we had.  Time flew by so quickly for me, and partly because I had very few days off, and unfortunately the blogging was thrown to the back burner.

We are having such a great time with this little girl of ours.  I am trying so hard to take it all in and keep up with Olivia.  She will be 13 months on Tuesday and it blows my mind. 

Over the holidays we thought Olivia had a nasty cold, but it turns out it may have just been some effects from teething, because finally she has all top 4 chompers.  She looks like a different person.  I loved her gummy smile, and I loved that we got to enjoy it for longer than most, but I also love getting a glimpse of those precious teeth!  P.S. Teething sucks a big one.

Grandma and Grandpa Jimenez brought over the slide they had at their house because Olivia enjoys it so much when we go visit.  This slide is one of the best things ever.  She has become a pro at climbing up and going down on her own.  However, we have also noticed Olivia starting to get braver and wants to try and go down the slide standing up.  We are working on correcting this, but for now we just try and monitor her closely.



Shortly before Olivia's first birthday we introduced the potty.  I felt like her communication has been getting so much better, that I figured why not try and get this potty party started.   It's been a slow and gradual introduction, and the potty is mostly a toy before bath time, but we have had 2 successful potty trips first thing in the mornings.  We've also had one horribly disgusting poopy accident that did not quite make it to the potty.  Oh well, I would rather clean my carpets than clean an eventual 2 year old's poopy diapers.  So wish us luck in our continued potty learning journey.  I think at this point I'm the one being trained.

My bedheaded potty girl.



Hopefully, I will eventually catch up on some of the great times we had over the holiday break!  I'm working on it.