Late Resolutions

So I know it's WAY late for New Year's Resolutions, but I have had a lot of recent desire to do so. Last night I was sitting with my baby boy in my arms. I couldn't help myself and rocked him to sleep. As I sat there watching him, I was just thinking and thinking. He will be two next week. 2!! And how fast that has gone. How long will he let me hold him and cuddle him? Until he is 4? 5? It just all hit me so hard. This wont last. And it will be gone so quickly. No wonder Heavenly Father and Mother have billions of children. How could you stop? So I realized that I need to treasure this all now. Thus, my resolutions. First the ones centered around Dozer.

1. Spend more time just playing letters with him.

2. Take more pictures and random videos. I just want to remember how his voice sounds when he says his alphabet. And how he skips :)

3. Try to do something new once or twice a week. I know it will be hard in winter, but it is possible! I want it ALL to be special.

4. Get mad at nothing. Even when he colors on the couches with pen. Over. And over.

5. Sing more songs.

6. Go exploring outside more.

7. Read more books.

8. Try to get him to eat healthier foods.

Somehow I think this will be the hardest thing on the list :)

9. Get out of jammies every day.

10. Write in his journal at least every week. And make sure he know just how much I love him.

And resolutions for me :)

1. Eat my fruits and veges every day.

2. Continue with only whole wheat bread, and switch my rice and pasta to whole grain as well.

No empty calories!!

3. Decrease my sweets consumption. I do NOT need a treat every day. Twice a day. Or more.

4. Learn to cook something healthy and YUMMY a couple times a month.

(p.s. LOVE food.com)

5. Cook one meal a day.

6. Watch less TV

7. Keep practicing the piano every day.

8. Get back into an exercise routine. Even if it is just a walk or stretching. Do something!

9. Be more grateful. And express it more.

10. All the others listed above :)

A lot of these I have been working on for a couple months. I am good at getting into a routine, and keeping it for a while. But then life throws curves, and I have to establish it ALL over again! But that is how life goes. :) It is an entire process of improvement and setbacks. So, here we go again! On to 2011!

Christmas!!!!!!!

I have really been slacking on the blogging area, and I guess it's because I am either busy, or just don't have anything to report. But this time I do have something! CHRISTMAS FINALLY CAME!!!!!! I have been just waiting for Christmas for SOOO long! Partly because I was really excited about my presents. (we are AWFUL at keeping secrets from each other. We always end up spilling the beans way before christmas.) Here is my Christmas tree!!

Christmas morning! The dollar store slinky was a HUGE hit! haha!

My mom hid Dozer's letters to try to get him to play with his Christmas toys, but he did eventually get a letter toy (not from us!) and that trumped everything after that! haha! This kid is OBSESSED with letters!

Here is one of my presents! I just LOVE bunnies! And I love him! *squeeeeel!!* I got some clothes and dishes too that I was really really excited about.

Here is an innocent looking piece of styrofoam. Just a piece of trash that needed to go out after the Christmas hub-bub.

And Dozer turned it into this!

This was a few days after Christmas. Just beautiful! I LOVE the view of my yard!

The day after Christmas it snowed, and so we sent Dozer and T out to play! They had so much fun until they got cold!

T was just strolling around like this. It was so cute! Dozer on the other hand was running around crazy :)

This is why he just isn't allowed to be in nothing but a diaper haha!
He has been putting some letters together lately. Mostly it is random letters all pressed together, but sometimes he actually gets words! We got a laugh out of this one haha!
Can you believe I made these? Well I did! ha!
Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Fabulous New Year!