Heart Like Mine

I'm back!!

2013-11-05T08:02:00.001-08:00

I can honestly say I'm surprised I remembered my Blogger password considering it's been 11 months (yikes!) since I last posted. I honestly laughed when I read one of my next to last posts, my 2013 goals. So much has changed since then.

If you remember, (who am I kidding, of course you don't remember) my husband B and I started new jobs back in August of 2012. Both are going wonderfully, and we absolutely love where we work. In January, I started feeling a little funny. Fast forward 9 months later and we got this....

Meet Holden. Our little miracle baby. (Seriously. But that's another story for another day.) Born September 12, 2013, he is the absolute joy of my life. I was never one of those girls who couldn't wait until she had kids, I was always the one saying "Let's wait a few years." Now I can't even imagine my life without him, and would definitely like a few more (As long as the labor and delivery is nothing like his was. That's a whole post in itself.).

In the time between finding out I was pregnant and H being born, we also managed to buy a new house and move to a new town closer to our jobs. Needless to say, 2013 has been a huge year for us! With everything going on though, I am hoping to be able to get back into blogging. I miss it!

Until next time,

Random Wednesday

2013-01-02T05:00:00.000-08:00

We are officially into 2013. I don't know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed having a day off yesterday.
New Year's Eve was spent at a friend's house, eating entirely too much food and playing Wii until midnight. Extremely low-key and the perfect way to kick-off the new year.

B and I slept in and hung out in bed yesterday morning (Watching TV and looking at houses online. Seriously. Get your minds out of the gutter people.) until about 11:00. It was fabulous.
While he was getting ready for work, I made little cheesy meatloaves, scalloped potatoes, and green beans for lunch and packed up leftovers for him for dinner! Already off to a great start on my January goals. ;)
I was seriously so productive yesterday and it felt ah-mazing. I took down all of our Christmas decorations, put away all of the presents, picked up the entire house, did laundry and ran some errands. Wish I had a day off in the middle of the week every week.
This past weekend I did a little bit of after Christmas shopping, and thought I would share some of what I got!

Top L: Old Navy SweaterTop R: Forever 21Bottom L: Forever 21Bottom R: Maurices - I don't know if you can tell from the pic or not, but those are little bows!
Happy Wednesday everyone!

2013 Goals

2013-01-01T05:00:00.000-08:00

2013 is officially here! I absolutely love the start of a new year, a "fresh start" is always an amazing feeling.

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This year (I'm not gonna lie, I probably put entirely too much thought into this) I decided to make a list of things that I want to accomplish in 2013, and then have mini-goals each month that work towards what I want to accomplish.
Here are some of my goals for 2013!
(1)Make it a point to do something nice for my husband on a regular basis.

We get so busy with the day-to-day things, that I often forget to remind him how much he means to me!

(2)Spend more time with family.

We live about an hour away from our family, which isn't a long way away, but enough that we don't always get to see each other as often as we would like. This is definitely something I want to start making more of a point to do!

(3)

Grow spiritually. This past year B and I started going to a church where we live now on a regular basis. I really want to make it a goal to read the Bible more, pray more, and start to get connected at church.

(4)

Be more consistent with meal planning and trying new recipes.

With B finally being out of the academy, I can actually start planning meals for two again! I also want to start adding more recipes to my list of dinner ideas.

(5)

Work on myself more! I think this is typically always on everyone's list every year. I've gotten out of the habit of going to the gym, and am constantly just throwing on whatever I can find in my closet in the morning. I really want to make it a point to spend some time on myself as well!

With all of that said, here are some of my "mini-goals" for January!

1) I have ideas of things that I want to do for B this month, but he reads my blog so I don't want to list them! I will definitely tell what I did at the end of the month though.

2) Spend an uninterrupted evening with my parents and grandparents this month.

3) Find a good devotional or reading plan to start this month.

4) Try 2 new recipes.

5) Clean out my closet! I have things in there that I never wear or don't fit quite right, which would probably help with the getting ready process in the morning.

What are some of your goals for this year?

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