Be...Secretive (I'm about to share a secret with you!)

I have been apologizing for months now about my lack of blogging.

I have been sporadic in posting.

Somedays I've had full intentions of writing posts for an entire week...

and then I blink and it's time to crawl into bed.

What has happened to me?

The truth is, I've been hiding something.

....

wait for it....

Do you get it?

If not, let me see if this helps

So there you have it.

I've been doing my best to Be...Secretive.

They aren't kidding when they say each pregnancy is different.

With Bitsy I was tired during the 1st trimester, but I was rarely nauseous.

I worked and kept the house.

With this Lil' Bit I suffered from morning 'sickness' (nausea) for weeks.  

Sometimes it would linger all day.

I was tired more than ever and when you already have a 1 year old running around you don't get to just take a nap.

Laundry piled up.

Dinner didn't get cooked.

Bud was patient, after all, this was the pregnancy I'd had with Bitsy and he was sympathetic.

But here I am approaching 15 weeks.

I think I did okay not slipping.

We didn't tell family until we got through the 1st trimester, that's our way.

We sent out Valentine's day postcards with this picture on the front:

   The front of the card read:

"There is more love in this photo than you can see..."

And the back said:

"...as our family is growing to four, from three!

Happy Valentine's Day"

We waited patiently for the phone calls to roll in.

Once everyone knew we made it official.

Facebook official that is.

Then I made it Instagram official...so I know many of you learned that way.

It's so nice to have the secret out, but let me say this, having a secret can be fun!

So be secretive from time to time.

Build up the anticipation and enjoy the rewards of surprising people!

We already have plans for how we are going to share the next big secret.....

GENDER!

We are slotted for an ultrasound on April 3rd.

We are going to ask that they put the gender results in an envelope for us.

We will then keep that envelope sealed until the weekend of April 14th.

See, Bud is going to run is 1st 1/2 marathon and I thought it would be neat for him to find out the gender as he crosses the finish line. 

Ya know...kinda like the ultimate motivation!

So the morning of his run, once he leaves our hotel room, I will get to open the envelope and find out the results.

Then I will put them on a giant poster board to hold up as he crosses the finish line!

Eeeek!

I am just hoping I can contain myself and not open that envelope in the 9 days between the ultrasound and 1/2 marathon!

Anyways.

That's really all I have today.

I'll be back Monday with some more Mommy/Baby news.

I have a few other stories to share and I'll have a new 15 week photo!

I hope you all have a Blessed Friday!

P.S. Plan a surprise and be secretive with something this week: a dinner date, a special activity....something!

P.S.S. The blog will be a bit different for a while.

Mondays- Mommy/Baby updates

Tuesdays- Tasty Tuesday (sometimes meals, sometimes sides, sometimes desserts)

Wednesday- What we've been up to

Thursday- Craft Day

Friday- Be...

Not a lot of change, but enough that I'll be able to share baby news on a regular update.

Be...Flexible

At the beginning of the year I mentioned that I wanted to do a series on Friday's this year that focused on stepping out of our comfort zones and thinking more creatively.

It's been 6 weeks since I posed that challenge and I'm just now getting a chance to start it!

I am sorry about that.

However, with that being said our 'Be' challenge this week is....

BE Flexible.

Life happens.

And when it happens we have a couple of ways of reacting to it:

a.) Freak out

b.) Ignore it

c.) Roll with it

I think we all need to work on rolling with it a little more.

I haven't been as consistent posting lately.

I could be really hard on myself about that,

I could spew a line of excuses a mile long,

or I could just be honest.

My heart wasn't feeling the blog lately.

It needed a break.

Time to restore and refresh.

But I'm working on getting back.

I'm working on being flexible with my expectations of myself, of others, of days and weeks, and of life in general.

As organized as I love being, somethings pop up and change our plans.

Is there an area in your life where you need to learn to "Be Flexible"?

Maybe it's not a theoretical concept, maybe it's a literal.

Maybe some of us need to get out of our comfort zone and literally start being more physically flexible.

Yoga?

Pilates?

Basic Stretching?

This week I challenge you to work on being flexible.

If some engagement pops up that you didn't have planned on the calendar, instead of thinking..."Ugh, why now?"

Try to think of how spontaneity is the spice of life!

If dinner burns, don't get upset.

Order in or have a fend for yourself night (sandwiches, cereal, whatever is in the house).

The goal this week is to roll with the punches and see if removing a few restrictions in turn removes a little stress.

Besides we all know we could use a little less stress, right!

I hope you have a Blessed Friday! 

Be....a new year a new challenge.

Welcome to 2013 everyone!

I know I am a little late in posting about this, but I have good reason.

Mid-December I decided I needed to spend some quality time with family.

That being said, I enjoyed it a lot!

So much so that my month long hiatus was just what I needed to encourage that I come back and start posting again.

I have a few back posts I'd like to get up.

Somethings about Christmas, Bitsy's 15 month appointment, and what we've been up to these first few weeks of 2013.

Before I post about any of that I want to share my 2013 word and challenge with y'all.

A few years ago I used this as my word of the year, but it isn't until now that I realized the full potential of said word.

For 2013 my word is:

BE

Sounds simple right?

Short and sweet.

That's what I thought the first time I used this word, but now I have a goal.

This year each Friday I will be posting a "Be..._________" challenge.

A year of getting out of comfort zones and thinking creatively!

Obviously there are a LOT of words that can follow the word "Be...", so if you have suggestions feel free to send me a message.  After all there are quite a few Friday this year!

I will still share Meals on Mondays, Treats on Tuesdays, What We Did Wednesdays, Crafty Thursdays, and the occasional Book Review Saturdays.

I hope you are all as excited as I am for what this year holds for all of us!

I hope you have a Blessed Weekend!