2013: 13 goals for myself

The Holidays are over, and we are back home and getting settled into our routines again.  (Of course I start typing this after Tanner has been sleeping for 2 hours, so he will be waking up any moment...)

I don't know if it is putting away the Christmas decorations, or the warm weather we were able to enjoy in Florida just a couple days ago, but I am on a roll with cleaning and organizing.  I've also had a bunch of goals for this year I want to strive to meet.  I'm not planning on calling them New Year's Resolutions, because I feel like its setting me up for failure, ha! Yeah, I'll stick with "goals".

 #1: Spend less time on my phone/Facebook/Pinterest while Tanner is awake.  He's growing SO fast and I don't want to miss any of it! 

#2: Get outside.  We have been doing this pretty often up until the middle of December.  Now that it's cold it's harder, but still doable.  

#3: Spend some time on myself.  Whether it's spending a little more time in the shower, painting my nails, or exercising (ha).  I'm not just a wife and a mother, but a person, too.  I'm don't want to lose myself.  

#4: BLOG MORE!  I'm so disappointed in myself for not blogging more the last several months.  I know life can get in the way, but these memories I am making with Tanner, with Nick, and with life in general, I want to remember them in the future.  I want Tanner to read these posts one day.

#5: Stay on top of cleaning.  I've gotten many ideas off of Pinterest that I think will help me.  And I'm pretty obsessive/compulsive, so having check lists and to-do lists will be the way to go.  

#6: Budget.  We're going to stop spending money on frivolous things.  Including fast food and eating out.

#7: Organize my house.  My spare bedroom shouldn't be a storage room. :)

#8: Start a Tot-School for Tanner. 

#9: Stick with said Tot-School.

#10: Learn all about my camera, and use it more. 

#11: Take care of myself. Exercise, eat healthy, blah blah blah...

#12: Breathe.  When I feel stressed out or anxious, I will just stop, breathe, gather my thoughts, and go on. 

#13: Live in the moment.  No more, "I can't wait until...", or "one day...". 

And Tanner is awake! So I'll end this post with some pictures of our trip. (I'll add more at another date).

Testing, testing...

I have been trying to figure out how to have pictures upload on here.  For some reason blogger has been saying I am out of room.  So I went in and deleted Picasa, and messed around with a few other things.  So hopefully now I can post pictures.  Once this post publishes, and if the picture I have added actually shows up, I will make another post with a few Birthday pictures.

This picture that will hopefully show up is something I want to make for every birthday Tanner has.  And maybe in the future I can have them all made into a book.  I still need to add a birthday picture and "music" to this one.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow Tanner turns one.  

I keep thinking, "this time last year I was doing this, or was going through that...".  I'm pretty sure this moment last year I had my water broken.  That's when everything went down hill.  

Why am I still so bitter with what happened?  Tanner is a beautiful, healthy, little boy. The past year has been the very best one yet!  But I still am upset.  I hope eventually I will get over it.  Maybe it won't happen until I have another baby.  But I will be hoping, with time, I can learn to accept the past and be thankful for what came of it.  I mean, I am so much more aware now, and will be prepared next time.  

I hope my sweet boy has a very happy birthday tomorrow! I love you, little man!

Slacking, again.

I'm a terrible blogger.  Period.  Sorry! 

Last weekend we had Tanner's birthday party.  He had a blast.  I can't believe a year ago tomorrow I went to the hospital to be induced, thinking Tanner would be born that night.  HA! My sweet, sweet boy will be one on Saturday!  It's both so exciting, and so sad.  He has changed so much.  My love for him grows every single day.  

(I tried to upload a picture here, but blogger says I am out of space, so I have to look into that...)

Walking

Tanner really showed off today.  After he woke up from his nap we got him ready to go to the bowling alley.  We like to go watch Nick practice.  Nick was playing around with him a little and Tanner started standing by himself for longer periods.  I told Nick I bet he would start walking soon.  

We got to the bowling alley and Tanner wanted to show off to the lady working there.  He started standing again.  30 seconds at a time.  And then during one of those times standing, he took 3 steps.  We cheered for him and he squealed and giggled.  And then, it was like he realized he could do it.  He just started taking off.  He took 8 steps, 3 different times (all to the bowling ball racks, which he loves).  And then he decided to walk all over the place! We got home and he walked all the way down the hallway!  It's crazy how FAST it happened!  

He also did something cute in the bath tonight.  We have a ledge on the bath tub next to the sink and Tanner just LOVES to stand up and place his toys on the ledge.  We don't like him standing in the bath tub and tell him to sit down whenever he stands.  Tonight he stood up while playing with a water bottle and Nick told him to sit down.  He did, and as he did he let go of the bottle and clapped.  Just like his daddy does when he sits down after being told to.  He was a happy boy!

Christmas card bloopers

I mentioned in the last post how Tanner hasn't been feeling well.  We really should have waited to take these pictures when he was in a good mood, but we were running out of time!

Late Halloween post and rambling (Photo dump)

In the past 2 weeks Tanner has cut his 4th tooth (top center, which was the worst one yet), caught a cold, and the cold hung on for 10 days before turning into a sinus infection. Also, my 25th birthday passed, as did Halloween.  I can give you tons of reasons why I didn't post here, but in reality, I'm just a lazy blogger.  Once Tanner goes to bed I'd rather cuddle on the couch with my hubby than post.  

But lately I've been going through some of my past posts from when I was pregnant with Tanner and I am so thankful I blogged back then and that I can reminisce on those past times.    So I need to just get over it and post more.  I do enjoy it!  I just need to make it more routine. So now, without further ado, Tanner's first Halloween!

Jack Jack and Mickey Mouse!

Nick was in the middle of a conversation but I wanted a picture! Haha!

Someone did NOT like the blow up pumpkin!

Ears?

CANDY!

And like I mentioned above, Tanner has been sick and just miserable for a while.  He will act just fine, but in a split second he gets grumpy.  We tried to carve and paint pumpkins and let him help, but it was a complete failure!  He was obviously grossed out with the pumpkin guts, and the paint.  So most of these pictures are of him upset and complaining.

He did love the pumpkin seeds though, and fussed when I pulled them out of his mouth!

ONE smiling picture out of a hundred!

Yup. This face summed up the entire day.

Yes, we were BOTH covered in paint! I'm not showing the other pictures of my face and shirt...

Time to go in and take a bath!