- Get Izzy in a swim class so that she can be more independant in the water and learn the very important skill of how to swim---she is enrolled and starts Thursday in her first official group swim lesson without me in the water
- Commit to more socialization and experiences for Izzy and pick a preschool for the fall--I am enrolling her in a Friday morning program through the Y's preschool that is called Funday friday ..mostly playbased but it is a start. Goes from 9:30-12.
- Workout a minimum of 3 days a week-I am still trying to figure out a regular schedule and get used to the much smaller more limited Y versus LT but I will get there
- Try new healthy recipes once a month on a minimum-I have done one so far this week and have another planned for Friday
- Pack my lunch at work at least 2 days a week so I can eat more healthy
- Better prioritize my time at work and hire another person to help me with the administrative stuff that bogs me down from doing more marketing which is what I enjoy more
- Spend more quality time at night with my hubby-we get too caught up in just vegging on teh couch at night and watching too much tv and not talking and interacting enough--i said this last year and didn't do it and this year I will
- Commit to actually doing some research and completing some sort of intervention with my parents to help them help themselves. My mom is very depressed and is a compulsive shopper/hoarder and she and my dad need help. I have a therapist name to call and my brother will plan on flying home to help me. It is long overdue
- Start telling Izzy her adoption story so that she can start to understand...i have no idea how to go about this but I know that when I grew up there was never a time I didnt know i was adopted and I think this was critical in me being happy and at peace with it. I don't ever want to hide it from izzy and she knows who her birthparents are by their pictures but she doesn't know they are her birthparents, she just knows their names....i think she is of an age where we can start explaining it and she will start to understand
- Have some girl time with no kids at least once a month and schedule a girls weekend sometime in 2010. I think the first half will be obtainable but I have always talked about a girls weekend but have yet to follow through. I will this year even if it is me and one other girl friend
That is my list for now. I am sure I will have more. Can't wait to see what this year has in store for me
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I'll do a girl weekend with you!
Those are some great resolutions! Funny enough, MG just had her FIRST ever swim lesson last night. It's just her and one other little girl so it's easy for the instructor to handle them w/o parents. She did awesome!
And, if your pool is set up like ours is, parents are allowed to use the pool for FREE while their child is in class (or stay afterwards, whatever) so perhaps you could get in some of your exercise by doing laps while Izzy is at her lesson?
And the girls thing? You MUST do it - I do minimum 1 per year and it's worth it.
Suggestion on telling Izzy she is adopted- we have read several adoption stories to our kiddos and then as they have gotten older (they are now 2 and 4) we add bits to the story about how their adoption was similar/ different. Here recently our daughter (she is the older one) has been asking questions about her adoption and her birthparents. So I find the stories are a good facilitator of introducing the idea of their adoption etc... Funny story not long after we adopted our son my daughter came to me and asked if Henry (her brother) was dotted to? Took me a few minutes to figure out what she was talking about. Also if you have any pets we talk about how we "adopted" our dog. Anyhoo just me thoughts- hope you find them helpful:) Thinking of you and wishing you the best 2010!
Thanks so much for the advice on how to start telling her she was adopted. I have bought some books and think now is a great time to start reading them to her. Any suggestions on ones that you really like?
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