Scratch That (the last post)

We've already scratched our new years resolutions and its only 4 days in! Not totally scratched them but decided to focus on fun, family, and happiness this next year. Focus on doing what is right for us, what we want to do and not what others think we should do or what we think others think we should do..Not that we really did that anyway but focus on us and our needs. So if we want to be lazy for a while and not do anything or if we want to be over scheduled for a while well then so be it! And if we want to skip class, do something crazy, or sleep in then that's what we will do... ok well the sleeping in thing is pretty stretching it!

Addy and I had been talking the past few days about things she would like to do this year and today on the way home JT got in on the conversation as well... so here is our newly revised things to do (or not do if we so choose:)...

• Fly a kite at the park (apparently doing it at the park is very important)
• Pet an animal at the zoo (hmmm)
• Swim at the beach
• Go to the cabin with FABULOUS Aunt Cathy ("and Great Uncle Bob but he doesn't really need to come with since he lives up there so he will already be there")
• Ride a bus (compliments of JT)
• Build a fairy garden in our garden outside
• Swim in the ocean
• Go to a waterpark hotel
• Go down a big water slide (we got on a swimming kick for a while!)
• Go ice skating outside
• Eat a new fruit and vegetable
• Go to "house-a-bouncea"
• Road trip
• Family pics with Meena, Papa, and Aunt Robyn
• Bake for someone
• Do something for charity with the kids
• Make new friends
• Cherish the friends we have
• Be happy
• Do a project (I'm sure we will do tons of these!)
• Find a rock (like when we were up north on the rock beach)

It was fun to hear their thoughts (this is the short list!)... And then at the end today Addy said, "ooh wait, I have one more thing, we need to see my birth mom!" (insert heartache and tears here)... So we had an amazing wonderful painful conversation about what we can do for her birthmom etc. and where we are at. That would be the most amazing thing to do in 2012 and who knows maybe we can make it happen. We do have plans in the works to see JT's mom again this year and anything is possible! This adoption stuff isn't easy but the fact that my daughter is freely sharing her feelings, hopes, and dreams with me is awesome and something I want to continue to foster.

So for the next year we will be living in the moment, taking advantage of special time, making the most of even crappy situations (like my second surgery coming up), and finding the positive wonderfulness in everything. We will be stopping to smell the roses as much as possible!