The Battle of the Bulge

My third baby is turning 9 months this week! 9 MONTHS! I am in denial about it. How did the time go by so fast? As I walk in and she is standing in her crib this week, I have the realization that she almost isn't a baby anymore.

And here I am 9 months later and I still prefer yoga pants to regular pants because nothing with a button is comfortable. I actually took off my jeans and put on yoga pants with boots for an event this week. I've kicked up the exercise over the past month but its not getting me the results I hoped for.

So the sacrifice begins. Over the next couple of weeks I am going to thin out sugar and flour, wean myself so to speak. Lent starts on February 18th and this year I am giving up sugar and flour. I am hesitant to put it out there like this but success is more likely with a little pressure. So those yummy bark thins will be a thing of the past in a few weeks... Until then moderation :)

Intentional Play Time

Last week I talked about New Years goals but another year has gone by for my kids.  Next year I will have a 4 yr old, 3 yr old, and 20 mo old! Most days just fly by.  It's really hard not to be sad watching the time fly.

I am trying to be intentional about several things going forward. I have to really try hard to have purposeful interactions with the kids, such as sitting with them engaged in their activity versus having them do an activity, like color or paint, while I'm trying to set up, organize, or manage the activity. I should get to color sometimes, or build blocks. Why did I decide to stay home if I'm not able to participate in the fun?

On the other hand, I have become frustrated at times when they don't want to sit and read with me, or do a puzzle, or sort beans...which was a disaster of sorts trying to find all the beans before the baby did! I have to remember that those are purposeful efforts that are not working out the way that I intended, however it is still quality time.

So to another year gone past! And many great years of learning and growing to come!

New Years Goals

Here it is January 15th and I am just getting around to blogging.  Let's face it, I am not good at keeping up with this whole blogging thing.  If I could blog in the shower, I would have it made. I have whole conversations with what I would love to share with the world. On the positive side, it is only January 15th and I have conquered the beginning of some of my goals already.

A big goal for the first quarter this year is thinning out my work appointments. They are all over place and I need a more steady schedule.  Sometimes things just work out, and now I have a little time for this list of things that I have been wanting to tackle. A a mother of multiple itty-bittys, my list of things that I want to get done is really not that long or time consuming because we are essentially still in survival mode.  I can't make overwhelming lists for myself anymore because it will be years before  any of it gets completed.

Organizing pictures and maybe getting some photo books made. Sounds like an easy one, but there is always something else that I could do instead.  I decided to start with 2013 and I'm about 8 months through weeding out and uploading to Shutterfly my photos.  I hope this project doesn't die by February. I fear I will be hit by a bus and my husband will never get to this and then my children will have no pictures or videos of themselves.  Irrational? No, just a normal mom thought in my opinion :)

Ok so blogging and updating the Real.Fit.Mom Facebook Page- hasn't happened much.  I can't decide what direction I want to go in.  I start to hold back when I seem to post the same things, like lots of food.  But no more! I am going to post what I want and hopefully it starts to morph into something with more of an identity. So share it with your friends and help me build it!!

Last goal- trying not to make too many goals.  I have about 8 more I could easily list but I don't want to be accountable for them!

Go have a great day!