A New Year and a New Me

I started out this new year with a determination to be better at following through.  So many times we tell a friend "we should really get together for dinner" or "let's plan a playdate soon" and more often than not those plans never get made.   We all have great intentions at first, but then we go about with our lives and things get busy and then it's several months before you end up seeing or talking to that friend again.  I also want to be better at following through with making plans for our little family of four.  Chris and I come up with so many ideas of things that we want to do with Logan and Paige or places we want to take them.  Unfortunately, we don't always follow through.  So, this year I am going to do my best to change all of this. 

I'm so excited that I've already gotten off to a good start!  We had some of our favorite people over for dinner a few weeks ago (shout out to the Burks!) and we had such a great time just hanging out with them.  They also happen to be the parents of Logan's future wife.  He is very smitten with their little girl Avery!  She is an absolute cutie pie and Logan would have great in-laws!  :-)  This past Monday I was finally able to meet our friends' precious twins. (shout out to the Hendersons!)  They are 3 months old and just precious!  It was so fun to get to hang out with Melissa and love on her sweet babies.  I miss holding sleeping babies and feeding them in my arms.  Thanks for letting me get my baby fix, Melissa!

Being a mom of twin toddlers can be very daunting at times to say the least.  There are so many fun things that I want to get out and do with them during the week but I find myself getting so intimidated.  I always worry how they're going to behave and will it be safe for me to take them by myself, blah, blah, blah.  While safety does have to be my number one concern, I really want to just start letting go of all the other fears and worries.  So what if they don't behave perfectly the whole time? It's not the end of the world.  I took a small step yesterday by taking them to a small park in our neighborhood by myself.  It was totally exhausting for me because I felt like I was running in two different directions the whole time, but it was also totally worth it.  They had SO much fun!

So, for only being 2 1/2 weeks into the new year I think that's a pretty good start!  Logan and Paige have their 15 month check-up on Friday so stay tuned for an update.  :-)