Welcome to a new year! We are looking forward to many changes and experiences in 2011. In our best effort to share this with family and friends, I have decided to start a family blog for Nathan, Memphis and I.
We just got back from a two day stay at our family's home in Chicago. It was a great get away and an awesome way to ring in the new year. Memphis is such a great little traveler. It was his third time staying there, and luckily he slips away into dreamland so easily these days. We are spoiled by his great nature and beautiful spirit. He is a joy to everyone he encounters.
Christmas was full of blessings this year as well. Last Christmas was spent in the hospital thinking that we were losing our son. After that day, I was put on bed rest and the emotional roller coaster began. I find myself, just recently, beginning to come to terms and revisit that experience. The strength that I had to have within at that time in my life was more taxing than I realized. I was so fortunate to have Nathan to take care of me. He cooked, cleaned, and kept me as sane as possible. But the battle within myself to keep my usual calm, cool and collected self did damage to me mentally. Pregnancy is a unique experience for everyone. In the end, for me, it turned out wonderful. The ride it took me on was incredible, heart wrenching and life changing all at the same time. I need to learn to be thankful for my outcome and relax into our new world as a family of three. Forget the past, yet learn from it.
As we begin and refresh into a new year I plan to let go more. I plan to forgive more, especially myself. As a partnership with my husband, we plan to strive to make it in this world self-employed and focused on our little son. I promise to them both that I will enjoy life more.
As an end note I have included lyrics from a Ryan Bingham song titled: "Change Is." Nathan made a great Texas Country mixed CD with this song on it for our road trip this past weekend. If any of you have ever received one of his mix cd's you know this is his specialty. I thought the words to this song clearly fit a mentality that we should all look to for the new year.
Take yourself out of your mind
Open everything they say you are
A breeding bed of lies builds nothing at all
I'd rather be standing up tall and strong
Take yourself out of your mind
Open your eyes to the morning sun
Take into yourself everything you have become
If you believe enough to lead, there's nothing to be won
Take yourself out of your mind
Listen to the rhythm of a different drum
Start with just a walk and break into a run
Together we will come and see the madness be undone
Take yourself out of your mind
Move out the way or tear down the wall
Don't start it all over if there's nothing to resolved
If you stray there is no change, in the end you're gonna fall
Change is part of your life
Change is in your mind
Change is in your life
Change is in your eyes
Change is in your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Wake up into the morning sun
If you believe than you can lead, there's nothing to be won
Open everything they say you are
A breeding bed of lies builds nothing at all
I'd rather be standing up tall and strong
Take yourself out of your mind
Open your eyes to the morning sun
Take into yourself everything you have become
If you believe enough to lead, there's nothing to be won
Take yourself out of your mind
Listen to the rhythm of a different drum
Start with just a walk and break into a run
Together we will come and see the madness be undone
Take yourself out of your mind
Move out the way or tear down the wall
Don't start it all over if there's nothing to resolved
If you stray there is no change, in the end you're gonna fall
Change is part of your life
Change is in your mind
Change is in your mind
Change is in your life
Change is in your eyes
Change is in your mind
Change is in your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Take yourself out of your mind
Wake up into the morning sun
Get down [Incomprehensible] you have become
If you believe than you can lead, there's nothing to be won
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