I woke up this morning to a little voice asking, “Is it January?” We have spent a long while talking up January, and in the last few days January and New Years Eve is all Nora has been hearing about, from story and craft at the library
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to the concert she danced her way through afterwards up until last night’s special night of baking. What I didn’t quite realize was that Nora was connecting all that talk about Peach being born in January with New Year’s Day. The second question I heard this morning was, “Is Peach born???” I had to explain several times throughout today that January lasts more than one day and that we can’t pick the day, but I think Nora felt quite gypped to not have an extra New Year’s surprise waiting for her when she woke up.
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We tried to make up for it with our traditional New Years celebrations of black-eyed peas and family resolution writing, but as much as she enjoyed writing about her favorite things from 2012 and resolutions for 2013, they just aren’t as exciting as becoming a big sister. But, who can blame her for feeling that way…we’re all starting to get a little anxious to meet baby Peach.
Last year I was really thorough with my resolutions and there were a lot of them. This year, which will be starting off with a whole lot of exciting and scary things, I am keeping them more simple.
In 2013, I resolve to:
- Be a great mom to two(!) kids
- Think positive and keep finding joy, even amid a sea of change and unknowns
- Build a home in our new community
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