You know, I think New Year Resolutions are jinxed. Maybe it's because when you make a "new year resolution" you're usually trying to "fix" the entire year at once, a feat which is quite impossible. After all, how can you fix something that has yet to occur?
So instead of new "year" resolutions, why not new "day" resolutions? Don't focus on what you want to accomplish this year, focus on one day at a time. What are your goals for tomorrow? When you get up, what are your goals for today? Honestly, the only day we are totally, 100% guaranteed is YESTERDAY. So don't worry about what all has to be done this day,week, month, year....just be glad you woke up today, and enjoy as much as you can. Granted, I don't enjoy waking up at 5:30am, waiting for 3 hours to see the sun, but I love having so much time to focus on Kiah. No, I don't enjoy forcing my eyes open, forcing my brain to do the 10 minute workout before the coffee/tea has taken it's full effect, but I love how awake I feel afterwards.
Today is the 2nd day of my "new day resolution", and the 3rd early morning day. And, I must say, I think Kiah and I are getting a routine figured out already. By the time I get up with Ken, make the coffee (or water for tea, like today), do my morning devotion, a quick 10min workout then a quick shower...Kiah has woken up, then it's breakfast while he watches cartoons or colors/draws. I then have literally all the daylight hours for household chores, most of which Kiah can "help" me with.
I am so grateful/lucky to have a husband who loves me enough to bug me until I get out of bed. I'll never make this a habit if I rely on myself (I'm too good at talking myself out of waking up, and making sleep sound so much better than a workout).
And it's true, my ultimate goal is over the next couple months, not just a daily goal. What I am aiming for is to get a routine in the morning so that before Kiah wakes up and while he naps I can have "free time" to use for schooling once it starts. So far everything seems to be going smoothly, and once June is here I should hopefully have all the financing in place to start my Associates.
Well, it's almost 8 and Kiah has finished his breakfast. I had better get the dishes in the kitchen and finish the leftover laundry. Then it'll be "errand time" with me and Kiah, going to give our 60 day notice today. =D
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Hezekiah's new "do"
I tried a new haircut on Hezekiah today, something "fun". Yes I plan on leaving it the way it is. Anyway here's the pictures we have so far. Enjoy!
Thursday, January 20, 2011
New Year
Wow, can you believe January is almost over already? Wasn't it just Christmas yesterday? Thanksgiving last week?
2011 has started to be a great year for us. Hezekiah is talking more and more, his favorite cartoons at the moment are SUPER WHY and WORD WORLD. They not only hold his attention for more than 5 minutes, but since they focus on the alphabet, spelling, reading, etc he has started spouting out random letters and numbers throughout the day. He'll see a piece of paper with writing and he'll start "reading" aloud...."A....E....G....I...O...M...N....N...O.....E....T....Y...Y...Y..." and he's starting saying "TWOOOO" while he holds out his thumb and index finger. He also got his own "laptop" for Christmas from Grandma Luci (my mom, for those who don't know) and he does greatly enjoy playing with it. He gets frustrated sometimes because it doesn't do what he wants because he can't understand just yet that it is asking him specific things. But if I sit with him and tell him "push this button" and he gets the cheers from the games, he smiles and claps.....but then gets bored and wants to do his own thing again.
He also loves to play with his AQUADOODLE and color and draw.....although I have to watch him and make sure he doesn't try to suck the spongey tip of the pen. I have a feeling he is going to be left handed. Every time he uses something, a utensil, his pen/crayons, etc. he uses his left hand. And if he picks something up with his right hand, he always changes to his left.
Ken has been working hard, as usual. Deployment is still scheduled for mid May-ish. He was originally going to be underway for 5 weeks starting yesterday, but now he will leave a little later and only be gone for about 3 weeks. Not much new going on.
I am slowly making the transition from "night-owl" to "early-bird". Instead of going back to sleep when Ken leaves in the morning I am aiming to get up with him, help him get ready if needed, do my devotions, do my workout, then any cleaning needed before Hezekiah wakes up (which it's almost 8:45 and he's still asleep). So far so good, but it's only been 3 days. I'm gradually "breaking in" my workout routine...pushups, situps, squats, then reverse pushups (with the aid of a chair) for an average of 20-25 minutes. My goal is to be able to do my devotion & workout before Hezekiah gets up every morning to leave me time for my "chores". Then during any naps I can use that time for whatever, if I am doing a deep cleaning I have extra time, reading, sewing, etc.
We are hoping (God willing) that I will be back in school during deployment, so around June I would be starting online classes. Another reason to get everything done super early in the day, get my homework done when the coffee is fresh in my system :) Pray that I will continue to have the energy and the "brain power" to pass my classes (whenever I start them). Ken and I are both taking multi-vitamins, ginko biloba, and CoQ-10.
Well, it sounds as though my laundry is done, my child is STILL sleeping, so I will get off for now and continue my "chores".....maybe rearrange/organize some more. Until next time,
Blessings
2011 has started to be a great year for us. Hezekiah is talking more and more, his favorite cartoons at the moment are SUPER WHY and WORD WORLD. They not only hold his attention for more than 5 minutes, but since they focus on the alphabet, spelling, reading, etc he has started spouting out random letters and numbers throughout the day. He'll see a piece of paper with writing and he'll start "reading" aloud...."A....E....G....I...O...M...N....N...O.....E....T....Y...Y...Y..." and he's starting saying "TWOOOO" while he holds out his thumb and index finger. He also got his own "laptop" for Christmas from Grandma Luci (my mom, for those who don't know) and he does greatly enjoy playing with it. He gets frustrated sometimes because it doesn't do what he wants because he can't understand just yet that it is asking him specific things. But if I sit with him and tell him "push this button" and he gets the cheers from the games, he smiles and claps.....but then gets bored and wants to do his own thing again.
He also loves to play with his AQUADOODLE and color and draw.....although I have to watch him and make sure he doesn't try to suck the spongey tip of the pen. I have a feeling he is going to be left handed. Every time he uses something, a utensil, his pen/crayons, etc. he uses his left hand. And if he picks something up with his right hand, he always changes to his left.
Ken has been working hard, as usual. Deployment is still scheduled for mid May-ish. He was originally going to be underway for 5 weeks starting yesterday, but now he will leave a little later and only be gone for about 3 weeks. Not much new going on.
I am slowly making the transition from "night-owl" to "early-bird". Instead of going back to sleep when Ken leaves in the morning I am aiming to get up with him, help him get ready if needed, do my devotions, do my workout, then any cleaning needed before Hezekiah wakes up (which it's almost 8:45 and he's still asleep). So far so good, but it's only been 3 days. I'm gradually "breaking in" my workout routine...pushups, situps, squats, then reverse pushups (with the aid of a chair) for an average of 20-25 minutes. My goal is to be able to do my devotion & workout before Hezekiah gets up every morning to leave me time for my "chores". Then during any naps I can use that time for whatever, if I am doing a deep cleaning I have extra time, reading, sewing, etc.
We are hoping (God willing) that I will be back in school during deployment, so around June I would be starting online classes. Another reason to get everything done super early in the day, get my homework done when the coffee is fresh in my system :) Pray that I will continue to have the energy and the "brain power" to pass my classes (whenever I start them). Ken and I are both taking multi-vitamins, ginko biloba, and CoQ-10.
Well, it sounds as though my laundry is done, my child is STILL sleeping, so I will get off for now and continue my "chores".....maybe rearrange/organize some more. Until next time,
Blessings
Monday, December 27, 2010
Christmas 2010
Well, what an adventure we had this Christmas vacation.
We left the 22nd at 5:00am, headed for Tennessee. Along the way we only had one major hiccup....angry drivers. Someone tailgating us with their high beams on...Ken returning the favor after they passed us.....a semi running us off the road.....Ken blaring the horn to tell the trucker how he felt about his driving......A polite, but firm, letter is ready to be sent to the company regarding that incident.
Tennessee was wonderful. It was so much fun to see family, especially that side. Been much too long since I had a Gentry reunion....even longer for the Tennessee Gentry's (25 years, I think?).
Hezekiah and his cousins loved each other....when they weren't trying to all play with the same thing at the same time of course :) He made a killing with presents this year. His favorites at the moment are the "Glow-worm" and the "AQUAdoodle"...the "AQUAdoodle" was the first thing he ran to this morning when he got up.
Christmas dinner was a typical Gentry meal......HUGE! Turkey, ham (half with honey glaze, half without), corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, rolls, stuffing, and more that I can't remember at the moment. Desert was just as wonderful....Pineapple upside-down cake, pumpkin pies, cheesecake and home-made chocolate cream pies (with cocoa). As we were leaving Ed blessed us with 2 boxes of canned food and 1 box of potatoes. I think I've got meals for a week or more with everything he sent us. And Bonnie sent home an overflowing coffee can of flavored coffees.
We left with so much more than we came with (A Gentry tradition I think) we had to leave Hezekiah's "inch worm bike" at his cousins, to be picked up at a later date.
Coming back was pretty uneventful for the most part. There was snow pretty much all the way, but not too bad of roads.....until Virginia. I think the snow was following us. It seemed the closer we got to our area, the more cars were sliding off the roads into the ditch/shoulder.
Now it's back to life as normal......well, normal-ish. Ken has duty today, so it's just me and Kiah for dinner tonight. I think for my "me time" I am going to watch my 3D version of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. Ken and I were able to have a semi-spontaneous date night and saw NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER in 3D, so I saved my glasses for this very reason =D
Been a very adventurous year, filled with many blessings indeed.
We left the 22nd at 5:00am, headed for Tennessee. Along the way we only had one major hiccup....angry drivers. Someone tailgating us with their high beams on...Ken returning the favor after they passed us.....a semi running us off the road.....Ken blaring the horn to tell the trucker how he felt about his driving......A polite, but firm, letter is ready to be sent to the company regarding that incident.
Tennessee was wonderful. It was so much fun to see family, especially that side. Been much too long since I had a Gentry reunion....even longer for the Tennessee Gentry's (25 years, I think?).
Hezekiah and his cousins loved each other....when they weren't trying to all play with the same thing at the same time of course :) He made a killing with presents this year. His favorites at the moment are the "Glow-worm" and the "AQUAdoodle"...the "AQUAdoodle" was the first thing he ran to this morning when he got up.
Christmas dinner was a typical Gentry meal......HUGE! Turkey, ham (half with honey glaze, half without), corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans, rolls, stuffing, and more that I can't remember at the moment. Desert was just as wonderful....Pineapple upside-down cake, pumpkin pies, cheesecake and home-made chocolate cream pies (with cocoa). As we were leaving Ed blessed us with 2 boxes of canned food and 1 box of potatoes. I think I've got meals for a week or more with everything he sent us. And Bonnie sent home an overflowing coffee can of flavored coffees.
We left with so much more than we came with (A Gentry tradition I think) we had to leave Hezekiah's "inch worm bike" at his cousins, to be picked up at a later date.
Coming back was pretty uneventful for the most part. There was snow pretty much all the way, but not too bad of roads.....until Virginia. I think the snow was following us. It seemed the closer we got to our area, the more cars were sliding off the roads into the ditch/shoulder.
Now it's back to life as normal......well, normal-ish. Ken has duty today, so it's just me and Kiah for dinner tonight. I think for my "me time" I am going to watch my 3D version of JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. Ken and I were able to have a semi-spontaneous date night and saw NARNIA: VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER in 3D, so I saved my glasses for this very reason =D
Been a very adventurous year, filled with many blessings indeed.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
"Back in the saddle again...."
Wow, last post Oct 19.......can you tell there's not much excitment in my life right now?
Well, I was really disgusted with myself a couple days ago, looking for a dress for the Christmas party for Ken's ship. It was a day of disgust and motivation combined when we found the dress. I had planned on wearing my red dress with the black lace contrast around the waist, only to find a couple days before that it is too small. Disgust. We went to Ross the day before the party and found a nice teal semi-formal dress for $20 (yay) that confirmed my current dress size.......14. Motivation. As of this summer/fall I was into a size 8 dress that I bought as a "goal size" dress. It fit perfectly, no snug-ness at all. Now my size is most definitely 14. More disgust.
In addition to my disgust/motivation we had family pictures done a few days ago. They were really nice, but unfortunately they busted my brain's ability to trick me into thinking I still look like I did 5 years ago, still have a size 6/8 jean size....ha! ya right :) So yes, more disgust, but at the same time, more motivation.
But, I am "back in the saddle again", doing my workouts, following the meal plans, working on my portion control. It only took me a couple months to go down to that size 8. I KNOW that if I continue to stay on track I can get back down to that size by spring. Just in time to go back to Montana for Ken's deployment where I can get out and walk with Hezekiah everyday without having to drive to a park or a mall.
I have no thoughts that I will be a size 6 like I was in High School. After all, let's face it....I've had a kid and my weight is not distributed the same as it was, nor will it be. But it's not about size, or weight, or even inches. It's about getting and staying healthy. It's about making and keeping a habit.
So....if at first I don't succeed, try try again.
Well, I was really disgusted with myself a couple days ago, looking for a dress for the Christmas party for Ken's ship. It was a day of disgust and motivation combined when we found the dress. I had planned on wearing my red dress with the black lace contrast around the waist, only to find a couple days before that it is too small. Disgust. We went to Ross the day before the party and found a nice teal semi-formal dress for $20 (yay) that confirmed my current dress size.......14. Motivation. As of this summer/fall I was into a size 8 dress that I bought as a "goal size" dress. It fit perfectly, no snug-ness at all. Now my size is most definitely 14. More disgust.
In addition to my disgust/motivation we had family pictures done a few days ago. They were really nice, but unfortunately they busted my brain's ability to trick me into thinking I still look like I did 5 years ago, still have a size 6/8 jean size....ha! ya right :) So yes, more disgust, but at the same time, more motivation.
But, I am "back in the saddle again", doing my workouts, following the meal plans, working on my portion control. It only took me a couple months to go down to that size 8. I KNOW that if I continue to stay on track I can get back down to that size by spring. Just in time to go back to Montana for Ken's deployment where I can get out and walk with Hezekiah everyday without having to drive to a park or a mall.
I have no thoughts that I will be a size 6 like I was in High School. After all, let's face it....I've had a kid and my weight is not distributed the same as it was, nor will it be. But it's not about size, or weight, or even inches. It's about getting and staying healthy. It's about making and keeping a habit.
So....if at first I don't succeed, try try again.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
"Oh Noooo"
This is fast becoming Hezekiah's new phrase....and boy does he know the appropriate time to use it.
He went through a phase earlier this year, where he would take off his diaper for us whenever he was wet. Actually, I think the first time he did that was just before he was one.
Lately, this week especially, he has been back in that habit. Ken and I had talked about potty training him when he first started, but it was only on occasion when he would take the diaper off, he isn't talking more than one or two words at a time, so we just decided to wait a litle bit. Well, I think the time has come.
I'm sure you can imagine my surprise whenever I have a little, naked toddler walking down the hall into the living room....especially when he was in his diaper when he left the living room only moments before. Well, just a few minutes ago, I had that surprise again. Here comes Hezekiah with no diaper, that he just had. I follow him to find the diaper to see if he was wet, or just annoyed with his diaper......For the first time, he evidently took off his diaper THEN went potty. There was his diaper on the floor, next to a wet spot. And no, the diaper itself was not wet on the inside. I am thinking that we will most likely be getting him a cheap potty chair this weekend and start teaching him how to use it. He's learned to take the diaper off, now we just need to show him the proper PLACE to potty, and it is not the floor!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Too Smart!
I am constantly amazed at how smart my son is.
Tonight after I put him to bed, I checked on him to find he had climbed into his pack-n-play (which is now his toy box). It wasn't until I laid him back in his bed that I discovered he was wearing shoes.
He not only put his feet all the way in his red Lightening McQueen shoes, they were each on the correct foot.
He brushes his teeth....well, sort of, he's putting his shoes on, he turns on the cartoons, he put his tank tops on correctly (albeit backwards and inside out, the arms are in the armhole and the head is in the head hole)....and he's only 2! And just 2....not even a month yet.
He is so independent and strong-willed all ready, I can't imagine what he is going to be like when he is 5...10...15....He is always exploring, trying to figure out what that thing is, how it works. He loves being around people, running outdoors. Nothing is too big of a challenge for him.
Such is a day in the life of the LaCroix clan :)
Tonight after I put him to bed, I checked on him to find he had climbed into his pack-n-play (which is now his toy box). It wasn't until I laid him back in his bed that I discovered he was wearing shoes.
He not only put his feet all the way in his red Lightening McQueen shoes, they were each on the correct foot.
He brushes his teeth....well, sort of, he's putting his shoes on, he turns on the cartoons, he put his tank tops on correctly (albeit backwards and inside out, the arms are in the armhole and the head is in the head hole)....and he's only 2! And just 2....not even a month yet.
He is so independent and strong-willed all ready, I can't imagine what he is going to be like when he is 5...10...15....He is always exploring, trying to figure out what that thing is, how it works. He loves being around people, running outdoors. Nothing is too big of a challenge for him.
Such is a day in the life of the LaCroix clan :)
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