Well as many people do, I often set goals for myself each year. I would say my overall goal for this year is to get into a routine that is good for myself, Nadia, and Paul. In the last 6 months just about everything in our lives changed. We became parents(!), moved to a new house, switched to a new church, Paul started a PhD program, etc. Life needs to settle into a new sense of "normal."
1. I still haven't lost all my pgcy/ IVF weight.
2. I want to get caught up on my scrapbooking.
3. I want to get in a good routine in terms of my duties as "housewife." So far there is no rhyme or reason as to how often I vacuum, dust, clean the bathrooms, etc. I also would like to try a new recipe at least once a month. It's easy for me to get in a rut with cooking the same things.
4. I also want my routine to include my daily devotions & prayer. Lately many days that has just consisted of reading 6 devotionals I receive by email each day.
5. I want to continue to do my best at work, but I want to cut the hours I work in half since my pay has been cut in half. This will mean saying "no" more often. Why is that little word so hard to say?
6. I want to get involved at the new church. Specifically I want to join a Sunday School class and the choir. I also want to really make an effort to be friendly so that I can make at least one new friend. Making new friends (as in someone I talk with and do things with outside of church) does NOT come easily to me, but this is important to me.
7. I would like to spend more quality time with Paul and Nadia each week - time when I am 100% focused on Paul and/or Nadia and not also trying to do schoolwork or housework or something on the computer. Multitasking has it's place, but so does giving someone 100% of your attention for a period of time. Mostly this will mean closing the lid on my laptop more often. I can't remember the last time I actually just watched a movie for example. Paul & I watching a movie means Ruth half watching it while she also emails students or grades paper or writes a blog post. It would be much nicer to say snuggle with my hubby while we watch the movie. :-)
So those are my goals for the year! I know I won't succeed at all of them all of the time, but with the Lord's help hopefully I will achieve many of them most of the time! I hope 2009 is a great year for you and your family. It's definitely a year I am looking forward to unlike those years when I kept wondering WHEN would I finally become a Mommy. I know Nadia is going to change and grow SO much this year, and I want to savor as many moments as possible as I know this time with her will just fly by faster than I want it to.
Getting that shot in my arm yesterday made me even more empathetic with Nadia. If I rolled onto my left side last night, it hurt!!! My arm is still very sore in that area. It also reminded me of what my butt will feel like when we do ivf again. Not Fun. It's funny how now that Nadia is in my arms most of the pain of IVF has been forgotten. The part I haven't forgotten is the day of the egg retrieval. Well if doing ivf again leads to another sweet baby in our arms, it will totally be worth it all.
Yesterday Nadia slept more than usual and was fussier than usual during the times she was awake. As she was getting ready for bed around 7pm her mood got much better so I am hoping today she is feeling back to normal. She went down at 7:30, nursed once at 2:30, and then got up at 6:15. If she is back into her normal nap routine today then tomorrow we're going to start working on getting her wake up time to 7:00 or later. Then next week I want to start weaning her off of the one night time feeding as I know she doesn't need it any more as sometimes she skips it.
Other than a trip to the grocery store, I plan to stay home all day. Yesterday I made some more progress on my new course. Something else I need to get working on ASAP is a conference proposal that is due by Jan 16 for a conference I'd like to present at in DC in November. That's the only conference I plan to attend during the 2009-10 school year (usually I've done 2-3 conferences a year the past few years) so I'll have a long break before I need to write another proposal.
If any of you want to see a video of Nadia taking the rings off her new toy, here it is. It's not the most exciting video compared to watching her "talk," but I am sure at least my mom will want to see it. :-)
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Did you get your Project 365 kit and if so, did you have any problems getting it? There was quite a bit of drama when the demand far exceeded expectations and the website crashed! I spent an hour trying to order mine before finally getting one. And now, they're apparently sold out already.
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