New Year.... Comes New Change

First off HAPY NEW YEAR!!!

I've thought a lot about the choices I made in 2011 and the attitude I had so I wanted to give myself some really good legit resolutions for the year 2012. Everyone always says they are making resolutions, but how many times have those resolutions been meet??? I want to try extra hard this year to put my best foot forward and give change a chance. So here are a few of my resolutions for 2012.

#1- Stay Healthy 

Did I mention that I was preggers for the 3rd time?? If you are not caught up in my hectic life, yes.... I am one crazy momma who will be having 3 kiddos under the age of 3! Jax and Cam are 21 months apart and Cam will be 16 months apart from yes you guessed it.... another BOY!!! We found out in August, but have been hush hush making sure everything was going smoothly and that the baby and I were healthy and happy. I even have a photo of the alien like stud :)

I want to make sure that I am on track with eating not only the right foods or nutritious foods but eating accordingly. I tend to worry about getting the kids fed, dressed, bathed, played with and by the time I remember to eat it's hours of time that have passed and that is not very healthy for me or the baby. So I vow to stay healthy while pregnant and after. I have said this with both pregnancies before, but I want to try my very hardest to go as long as I can breast feeding. I want to make sure I focus and maintaing good eating habits and plan out well nutritious meals. The other part of staying healthy would be exercise.... since my due date is May 5th that means it should be good walking weather. I really want to get down to a weight I am comfortable with and all around happy with, I am the only person who can do this. So this brings me to my next resolution:

#2- MOTIVATION

I need the motivation and drive to keep up with everyday things. Whether it be laundry, dishes, bills, exercise, getting the kids out of the house I need to stay  motivated and positive. If I procrastinate then all my stress and energy is dedicated to these "to do's" rather than spending that time with family which I crave the most. With motivation I will be able to have more drive to exercise and more energy to play with the boys and not get so tired out. This can be hard some days, when you wake up and feel extra tired or one of the boys pooped all over the crib or one of the boys drops a glass jar of pickles all over the floor... things happen, but if I stay motivated I could get a lot more done and have that valued time that I need and want. I also want to get motivated again with some kind of side hobby, I feel like I never have down time for myself and need this oh so bad. Even if it's something little, or even once a week or month I need a motivated hobby.... any ideas would be appreciated. =)

#3- Think Positive NOT Negative

I tend to get wrapped up in anyones negativity.... this is a hard one. At work my goals for this year are to be more positive than negative. I feel the same way at home too. I can't keep expecting things to go my way and if they don't I can't beat myself up for it. For example with work: Just because after my two days off I come back to work and the project that was left is still sitting there and not done doesn't mean I have to turn into a negative nancy. I can simply ask f it was busy or if there was a reason it was left, instead of jumping to the conclusion that someone was lazy or didn't want to do it. I just have to react positively and things could go much smoother. Or with home, I have to remember that Shan is still in school and working and is a boy and thinks differently than a girl. So if I come home to a messy house it's because the boys were playing, Shaun probably had homework and it's no big deal to just pick up a few toys myself. As soon as that negativity hits it seriously brings down everyone around you so I am going to try and be more positive. =)  Last year was full of so many negatives.... a car wreck in January, back pain still continued, My insurance isn't cover Cam until 9 months when they realized they weren't processing him at all on our insurance, wind damage to the house (thank goodness not a lot) so we had to replace some shingles, dishwasher broke (or so we thought), disposal stopped working, heater was not working, camera broke, windshield wipers in our truck now don't have a motor so they stick straight up on the window, tires on both vehicles needed an update for winter, Jax had a bunch of allergic reactions and the list goes on and on and on............... here's a pic of the car wreck last January:

So with all those negatives I just want to be a little more positive and have a better outlook on life and what challenges are thrown our way. Another good reason to stay positive is that it's a great example that I am showing to Jax and Cam. If they see the positive in things, life will be so much more carefree, which it should be for them anyway.

So for now those are my main resolutions I think are most important that I work on. I'm sure I'll have more (maybe little ones) but as for now I believe I can achieve these and maybe even feel better about actually not giving up on each resolution. 

So Happy New START to you all! =)