2016 was full of change, once again, for me and my family. I swear, there is not one year that some big life change doesn't happen. Don't get me wrong, I am a person who love changes. Just ask Adam, I change our home decor, our furniture, and my hair so much that he doesn't even notice anymore.
Let's look back on my 2016:
January: We were still basking in the excitement of our little surprise, I was pregnant again. We were going to have three kiddos! We were also frantically trying to figure out how financially this was going to work. We were just at a point where things were stable and we had reached a 5 year - 10 year plan. Well -- it just went all out the window and were re-creating our new 5 year plan.
February: We listed our beautiful dream home for sale. It sold in 8 hours.
March: We moved out of our home and into my father-in-law's house to stay for a month with all of our belongings in storage. And well, lets be honest, a good chunk of stuff in my FIL's garage. ( We have about 95% of it out now)
April: Things began to get scary with my pregnancy as my body decided it was done with baby baking at 22 weeks pregnant. We moved into our new home and a few weeks later I was officially put on bed rest. I worked my last day at Texas Wesleyan on April 29th to go home on short-term disability and bake Zoe until at lest 36 weeks. Oh, and I failed to mention, Adam totaled our 2016 Nissan Altima that month.
June: After weeks of touch and go, Zoe decided to make her appearance on June 30th, 2016.
August: It was decided I would stay home and put my career in higher education on hold. We were putting all of our trust in God and taking the leap for me to be a stay at home mom.
The first half of 2016 was busy, hectic, and sometimes just downright insane but -- I made it. We all made it.
For the first time in a few years, I didn't work out, I didn't count calories, and not because I didn't want to. I just couldn't. I had to really be 90% my family and 10% me.
This year, I get to focus a little more on Bethany. Will it ever be 50% 50% -- no. But, I'm okay with that. Life is so so short and I only get these few years to enjoy Leah, Hannah and Zoe being little. Soaking in every minute (the good and the rough), growing this little family of ours with Adam.
I wear my mom bun with pride these days because I know eventually I will take it down.
Hello 2017 and Hello to ...
- My gym membership again
- Adventures as an Uber Driver
- Losing 25-30 pounds and building some mommy muscles
- Loving on puppies
- Painting my nails
- Branching out with new friendships
- Making some more "me" time
- Focusing more on my relationship with God
- Taco Bell
- A little more mom bun wearing
Oh Taco Bell, we go way back and yes, it still makes my list every year.
Happy New Year Ya'll!
