2009

I don’t generally make resolutions on the New Year.  It used to be a tradition of mine (when I kept a paper journal) to read through my entries of the past year, reflect on my year, and then reflect on where I would like the year to take me.  I haven’t done that in while. 

I don’t really plan on making any resolutions this year.  What I DO plan, however, is to start progress on a 101 in 1001 list.  I’m still working on my goals for that list – I think I’m up to 49 or 50 – but once I finish it, I will definitely be posting it.  I’d hoped to have it finished in time for the New Year, but with Ben’s birth and the holidays, I never got the chance.  Maybe I’ll take my lap top and work on it while Chloe’s in surgery tomorrow – something to help keep me from going nuts in the waiting room…

As an aside, I was extremely excited that I managed to get two kids fed, bathed and put to sleep BEFORE nine o’clock tonight.  All by myself, too!  lol.  Might sound like an easy task, but when one of those kids wants to nurse every single second that he’s awake, it gets a little more difficult.  So, I tried my Maya sling.  He hated it.  I think he felt smooshed, or he just didn’t like being horizontal. We’ll try it again in a few days, maybe with a different hold.  After that I tried the Moby for the first time, and that did the trick.  He rooted around on my chest for all of two seconds before zonking out long enough for me to give Chloe her bath. 

I’m leaving him with my mom tomorrow morning, so I can focus all of my attention on being there for Chloe.  I’ve been pumping milk like a mad woman to make sure I’ve got enough to leave for him.  I just hope he does okay.  For sure, I’ll be worrying about both my babies tomorrow. 

Well, I need to try to get my shower and get diaper bags packed before someone wakes up and wants fed again, then I need to get to bed myself.  Five a.m. is going to come awfully early……

Happy New Year, everyone!