And while I'd love to cherry-pick some of these lofty goals to add to my own list, I'm too tired. I tell you, I'm just in a bad way right now. I did set some goals on the day I found out I was pregnant with baby number 3. I didn't want to gain more than 25 pounds, I wanted to work out throughout the entire pregnancy, continue to eat healthy and I wanted to keep up the yoga and meditative breathing so that I wouldn't loose my patience so much with my girls. I should have known that I set my sights too high. Pregnancy has never been a friend of mine, and I am certainly at it's mercy right now.
It is killing me that, all resolutions aside, I am having trouble just rolling out of bed in the morning, knowing full well that I'm going to have bolt to the bathroom for my ritual barf-fest. So I'm cutting myself some slack. I'm going to set some goals that will at least get me through this miserable first trimester and hopefully then I will be on to some greener pastures. So my new, new year's resolutions are:
1. Do a bit of stretching and some deep breathing while I lay on the couch all day
2. Brush my teeth after EVERY time I toss my cookies
3. Eat wheat bread rather than white - even though it hurts a bit more on the way back up
4. Praise my girls for their extra help around the house - even if it still looks like we live at the city dump
5. Read at least one book to my girls every day, and not feel bad that the Disney channel is doing the bulk of parenting this month
6. Get outside at least once a day - dropping a cup of food in the dog's bowl totally counts.
7. Make sure Kolby knows how deeply appreciative I am that he not only endures 3rd year med school, but then comes home to do all the daily chores, make dinner, bathe the girls, play with them, read to them and put them to bed.
8. Send good, loving vibes to this final baby on the way, even though I'm certain it's trying to murder me from the inside.
5 comments:
yeah! you are so much more goal oriented then you sounded in the beginning of this post. I was just going to say, stick to one: Brush your teeth every day... and guess what? You have it on there :) Hang in there, love!
Realistic goals are very important. I loved your list, and I really think you can do it. Hang in there. I wish we lived closer so I could have your girls over. They would make fine playmates for Bardo and Noel.
look on the bright side - if you keep tossing your cookies you might hit your original goal of only a 25lb weight gain. But I say why set a weight goal especially if this is your last pregnacy...eat what you want and enjoy it! I know the little bambeno in the tummy would love to have pie for breakfast and ice cream for dinner. I tried to go easy with each of my pregnancies and I always hit 40lbs - YEAH, CHUNKER!! (I know).
Hang in there! Babies are totally worth the torture they give us in the womb. :-)
Remember Jess, You made me the sickest out of all three kids, but you were certainly worth the trouble. I love you. MUM
Ugh. I'm sorry you're so sick. I wish we were closer so I could come clean for you and adopt your girls until you get feeling better. (Yes, I would try to keep them forever, but once you're feeling better you'd be able to overpower me and take them back, so really no need to worry.)Can I send you something? Go to www.earthmamaangelbaby.com and see if any of their anti-puke junk sounds appetizing. If so I'll buy it and send it to you.
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