So, I've been taking a break... a nice two week long break. Pretty much posted my bum off near the end of 2011 and while I'm glad I got it in before the new year, I was happy to finish! 360 posts in 2011. Not too shabby. I took a picture a day for almost every single day. Now 2012 is NOT off to the same start, but I'm ok with that. Don't worry grandparents, I'm still taking photos of the kids and will post some soon.
I want to focus now on some things I did in 2011 that have stuck with me or made an impression on me.
1) Had Baby #3! I may jinx myself for saying this but I have truly enjoyed being a mom this third time around. Yes I'm exhausted and often times I feel like my head my explode from the sheer amount of stuff I have to do, or the disaster my house is in but my little baby girl has been a blessing. She is a new little person that we are trying to figure out so along with that comes an adjustment period. Jessica actually does better for me that she does with Kris at this point. Isaac and Kaylie had such a soft spot for Kris as babies and he was able to get them to sleep SO much easier than I could. Jessica actually SLEEPS. It is a miracle. She naps, for the most part, more than the other two ever did. She is in a smiling/cooing phase that is fun- she starts talking or squeaking at you and it is difficult to get much done because you just want to talk back to her.
2) In 2011 I attempted to take at least one picture everyday. I'm quite pleased with how that project turned out. It started merely as a way of documenting our family and developing a deeper interest in photography was a VERY happy by product. I'm lucky enough to own a sweet camera and now I need to learn even more how to use it. I FINALLY pulled out my zoom lens and 35 mm lens half way through the year and WOW did it change things.
3) I went on a bit of a organizing/simplifying bender in the first half of the year. It was part of some crazy nesting I went through. I look around my house now and it doesn't look like I did much but I know that there has already been some level of cleaning out of my things for when we move. It was made even more clear to me how much peace I receive from an orderly home. I'll just be straight up honest and say the house is rarely white-glove cleaned or completely picked up by any means but when it is even remotely organized I'm so much happier and relaxed.
All in all 2011 went by WAY too fast. I can't believe how quickly time flew. 2012 has so many new things coming our way however, so I'm excited to see it begin to unfold.
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