Declaration

I hereby proclaim all growth spurts to be of the devil, designed to push mothers to shake their babies and endure an eternity in the bonds of Satan.

Resolved!

Because it's January I feel immense pressure to share with you the goals I've set, because that's what you do in January, right? Set goals? So here is my ONE resolution:

Set weekly goals.

That's it. So far, so good. I can finally admit that, although I make daily lists of chores and my intentions are pure in accomplishing them, they most often end up on tomorrow's list. It's the "I have billions of lists from yesterday to do today but feel too overwhelmed, so I'll work on them tomorrow" attitude that gets me every time. For some reason, a weekly "accomplishment" list (because the word "do" connotes WORK and I'd rather have a feel-good way to describe my menial tasks at hand) is just my thing. You should try it. Having 10 things to do a week as opposed to a day really helps your stress level and sanity.

Okay, I also made some long term goals in the name of tradition. Here we go:

1. Lose weight (such a popular resolution!)

2. Exercise (this is how you accomplish #1, or so I'm told)

3. Take more pictures (having a baby does not decrease memory card space in this house)

4. Stay in touch with mission people more (bless you Facebook!)

5. Express gratitude more frequently (President Monson would be proud, no?)

Scott also set some goals, but has yet to share them.

Matthew jumped right in and whispered his dreams to me just last night:

1. Sleep through the night. (there is light at the end of this tunnel- 5.5hrs last night was a great start!)

2. Grow more hair (he's doing a fine job of this one)

3. Stop puking on everything and everyone (we're still working out the kinks...)

What do you plan to accomplish this year?

The Scapegoat

Now that Matthew is ex-utero, he is frequently blamed for many a problem.

Like this:

Note the arrow. Scott claims as he was burping Matthew, he (Matthew) just happened to pee his (scott's) new pants. Riiight....