Happy Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year with your loved ones.
I have enjoyed being unplugged (but I update way more frequently on instagram if you miss me on the blog!) for the past two weeks, but it’s time to get back to the daily routine.  And I do love routine, so I’m not complaining.

I feel like there are 700 things I wanted to post about before New Years posts, so I guess those will just come this coming week and weekend.
I still have beach pictures to post, and I have no shame, because I have no vacations planned AT ALL for 2019, so I will happily stare at a few more of those photos before I get back to my usual routine around here 🙂 sorry not sorry in advance for Grand Cayman pictures…….

BUT.  We can discuss that later…. for now…. let’s discuss the NEW YEAR.
A new year usually means resolutions or big goals and lofty aspirations.
And I must say, I love a health and fitness goal in the new year.
The past two years I have done 30 Day Challenges and I always finish them feeling happier, stronger, and like I have a clearer mind.  You can read about them HERE and HERE. I highly recommend a January or February Challenge – of any kind.  It really sets the tone for a positive start to the new year.
for those interested in more health + fitness related resolutions, check under my Wellness Tab Above for Health, Fitness and Food. 

But being pregnant and entering a new year has made it hard for me to wrap my mind around “resolutions”.  In a good way, because I feel like I don’t need to put any more “to-do’s” on my list, and just need to relax for the next two months and take it easy, but also because this  year will be completely different from any years in the past.  It’s no longer about me.  Or my husband.  Or “us”.  And I don’t really know how to try to come up with a set of intentions when I can’t possibly comprehend what the future is going to look like.  It’s exciting….. and terrifying.

But one of the amazing things with pregnancy is how the concerns or thoughts about my body are totally different than they would be any other year on January 1.  It’s about being healthy and strong – and being proud of myself for how healthy and strong I already am.  I never would have thought that I’d feel possibly the most confident in a bikini I ever have when I was more than 6 months pregnant with twins.  But it proves there is so much more to think about in life than your damn thighs or tummy.
bikini details. 

So, since I have no idea to map out my 2019, I am going easy on myself and keeping things simple.  My real intention is just to try to be as laid back, calm, and relaxed as possible.  I’m a planner and like to know what’s going to happen.  I have been working the past few months on basically practicing not giving a damn.  But in a good way?! I don’t want to be a stressed out mom who completely loses her sheyite when everything goes wrong (which it will).

Oh….. and this will be the only year I am doing a Dry January, if ya know what I mean….. but if anyone needs an accountability coach I am here as your sober sister 🙂  

More Television.  Kidding…… but not really.  I seriously think I should watch the most TV I’ve ever watched in my whole life until D-Day arrives…… just really soak it up before I never get a moment of uninterrupted Bravo again……
Yep.  This should for sure be my #1 goal for the first quarter of 2019. #MoreTVin2019

Be Patient. This goes along with being laid back, calm, relax, and trying not lose my sheyite when I have an insanely awful day.  My husband and I are both not the most patient people, and I know I need to keep working that muscle.  With myself, the babies, him, everyone!

Be Grateful.  When there have been things that have come up in the past few months that may present struggles for the next year, I focus on the fact that we have so much to grateful for, and everything is going to be fine.  We are healthy, we have a safe warm house that we love, we have more than we could ask for and in turn the babies will have more than they need.  Because all they really need at the end of the day is us.

Stop Caring what Other People Think.  I have gotten a little bit better at this each year, but I want to really not give a damn ya know? Not give a rats ass at all?  That’s the goal.

Make Healthy Decisions.  Not just about food or exercise, but healthy overall lifestyle choices.  For a few years now I only have healthy options at home, and then when I’m out it doesn’t matter, so that isn’t something I need to change because it’s just what my lifestlye has become.  I am eating more organic now and paying closer attention to things, but luckily I am already happy with my overall health and fitness.  I do want to make sure I work to keep that lifestyle as much as I can when the babies are born.  Especially healthy mentally.  Whether that means taking 30 minutes a day solo once Kip is home to take a damn shower or just cry in the corner – who knows! 🙂 But I hope I am able to maintain my healthy lifestyle so that I can be the best version of myself.

Be More Organized.  This is kinda for right now, pre-babies. I mean…. after, who really cares.  That will fall to the bottom of my list.  We purged so much this past month cleaning out our two guest rooms (one of which will be the nursery) and it felt amazing.  Well….. it felt boring and adult and exhausting, but it was SO nice at the end of the day to feel like a huge weight was lifted and see the clean spaces!  I have a lot of other spaces I need to purge and dump before the babies come, so I am hoping that January can be a month of cleansing the casa (and I HATE getting rid of things…. but our tiny ranch does not allow for hoarding the way I would like it to!!).

Morning/Evening Routine.   I meannnnnn I have said this for years and years and years.   I am not a morning person and I love to stay up late.  I kind of loved when pregnancy had knocked me on my ass and I was passing out at 7 or 8 PM every night, because I have always been that person that fights sleep.  I loved not feeling the need to pull laptop out and blog, or even to watch Bravo (Who am I?!?!), and just falling right asleep.  So hopefully coming up with better sleep hygiene will work – This obviously is for the next 3 months, because once the babies come morning and night have no meaning!

Blog.  I love having this outlet and am SO GRATEFUL to all of you that show up and read the garbage I have mindlessly typed out at all hours of the night.  I’ve gotten a lot better (due to sheer exhaustion) about not getting upset that I don’t stay up late at night and work on a post or proofread it (aint nobody got time for that)…… but seriously.  I should make something that is so important to me more of a priority, be more organized with working on it, and then I’ll be able to have time to read and sleep well and do ALL THE THINGS I listed above if I just plan a little better for my posts.  I’m hoping to have a bit more of a routine in place so that when the babies do arrive I can still watch endless amounts of Bravo have time to post and stay connected.  And I SWEAR Coffee Talk is coming, it’s just been a big TV break the past few weeks since we went away a week before Christmas!

Reading.  I know reading will disappear when the babies arrive, but I read 4 books over the past two weeks and it was SO NICE.  I forgot how much I missed it.  So I want to try to read as many non-baby related books just for me (and then keep reading the baby books too but those don’t count, because UGH those are NO FUN at all) over the next 2-3 months!