2011 - Year in Review - Part 1

I just realized I only have 8 posts for the entire year of 2011. And one of them was about Christmas from last year. I have been seriously slacking. I am going to post a quick review of our year and beg that you forgive my absence and stay tuned for more frequent updates.

January -
We spent some time remembering how much we love where we live. The beach. In January.













The beginning of the year was overall slow for us. In April, the kids experienced their first hail storm.











Don't mind the fact that my kids have on no socks and no shoes in some pictures. We live in California and don't see hail storms much and if we do, they pass quickly. I didn't want the kids to miss it so they threw on the closest shoes they could find.

May-

Hannah got her first haircut! I was sad to see her last little curls on the bottom to be cut but it was time. We cut off almost 8 inches in some spots. Brushing her hair is a nightmare. Still. This at least helped a little bit for awhile.













I have decided that this post has gotten way too long. I am going to break this recap up into a few posts.

Stay tuned for the summer edition!

Shaking the dust off.....

...... of this blog.

I haven't been writing much in the last year and I do miss it. Over the years it has been therapeutic writing about the kids and life and Down syndrome. I love going back and reading the posts and seeing how much the kids have grown.

Rarely do I write about me. I have been thinking lately that I want to start writing more about me and using this to record some of my thoughts and talk about what I am up to. Next year I am vowing to be way more active. Not only me, but as a family. For all of us. I need to lose a large amount of weight and maybe if I talk about it more with others it will keep me accountable. In 2009 I lost 48 pounds in about 6 months. When I hit 50 I was going to post about it on here. I didn't hit 50. Then life got in the way and I stopped working on the weight loss. In 2010 life got crazy with ... well a lot!(you can go back and read the posts). And then Hannah turned 3 and officially entered CrazyTown and truth be told... I would have a glass of wine, or sometimes 3, a couple nights a week. It seemed to take the edge off of the stress of everything and those calories added up and back came the 50 lbs!

So I ask you... do this with me. Post comments and let me know you are with me. If we are Facebook friends we can stay in touch and motivate each other. I have also joined a couple friends on FitnessPal. It is a great free program that you can help make things a little easier.

2012 is going to rock. I can feel it!