Well, it's the last day of the year 2013. I'm gasp...34 years old! (Just a couple months ago, I could have sworn I was 33, even had a debate about it with my DH and family....looks like I am actually 34 though!)
I'm 1 day shy of 31 weeks pregnant with baby #3. I've got a 4 year old and a 2 year old, and they are all boys!!
We are soooo done in the baby arena. DH and I went to a urologist consult about a vasectomy about two weeks ago. I'm so lucky that DH is on board with that. To think, this whole blog started bc I was having difficulty conceiving (or at least carrying the baby past the first trimester), and now, we are talking vasectomy. What a difference 5 years can make huh? No appt scheduled for the big-V, but I do think it's coming in the first few months of 2014. Can you believe it? We are making the conscious choice NOT to have any more kids?! Wow!!!
I know that I have to thank God for that. Prayer and faith and good ol' fashion western medicine to discover and correct my subseptate uterus.
Lots of things have changed, lots of things have stayed the same since 2008. I do know that I'm VERY blessed to have the best possible husband for me. I'm very blessed with my work opportunities, house, kids, family, and health. I am BLESSED.
So what word shall I choose for my new year? The year 2014? I've been contemplating the word "active", in that I've been really lax in my exercising and get up and go lately. I know that I have the kids and while they do make spontaneity and activities difficult, sometimes I think I conveniently use them as an excuse to NOT be active, and not be adventurous. I've opted out of longer road trips, outdoor activities, etc, because of the kids. And I really want to raise them by exposing them to many different outdoor activities. Maybe not the full on "native" type of activities that some of my family members engage in, but I'd like to be cautious and not raise children who play video games all day (I have never actually bought or allowed a video game system in my house....but who knows, my kids are still young) and who want to hang out at the mall. Dont get me wrong, nothing is wrong with those activities in moderation. I do however, want my family and children to also enjoy outdoor activities such as going to the beach, hiking, fishing (except I'm so not a fisherman, so not sure how that will work out), biking, paddling, and sports.
My DH is also on board, but like me, he can fall into the lazy man's trap as well. We both have said, when the kids get older, we'll do this (insert, hike, bike, etc). But I wonder if there are any family activities (outdoors) that we can get into and do now? I know, our options are limited, especially since we'll be having a new born in just about 9 weeks! (NINE WEEKS!! HOLY MOLY!)
But this is my word for 2014 - ADVENTURE! In that word, I want to be active, I want to encourage my family to be active (actually my kids are plenty active, but hey, nothing is wrong with finding them a way to appropriately express their activities out doors). I want to take my kids on more adventures. The few times we've done that with them, we've had soooo much fun. One time, we went to a park upcountry and we ran into people who dress up in medieval costume and actually hold and play medieval games like fencing, jousting etc. That was SOOO cool. We also got to visit with horses that same day. Other times we found cool places to explore that we would have never really found otherwise. The best part about it is that we get in good quality family time, all at inexpensive prices (usually gas and lunch).
So yep, here is to more get up and go, more spontaneity (well as spontaneous as you can get with a 4 yo, 2 yo and newborn), more activity and more ADVENTURES!!!
