Beginning New Habits

How many times have you made the decision to eat healthier, exercise more, or keep the kitchen clean? If you are like me you you have made endless decrees to change this or that or start doing this or that. But usually after a week or so we fall back in to old habits because we get busy or the newness wears off. We all mean well...but sometimes life just gets in the way.

Well..today I began a new habit. One that is important...one that could probably wait a few more months...but since I sometimes need EXTRA time to make habits actually habits I figured it was good to start now.

I have never been good at the once-a-day multivitamin thing. I know I should and sometimes I have gone months taking my vitamin every day. But then I run our or I take them to the bathroom when I should keep them in the kitchen by my food. Whatever the reason I am not good a remembering to take one.

Today I started taking prenatal vitamins. I am sure that my family that reads this just fell out of their chairs. Before anyone gets too worried and picks up the phone to frantically call my mom...NATHAN AND I ARE NOT PREGNANT! Our plan is to start "trying" next summer, late August or early September. That way he or she will be born at the end of next school year/start of the summer. Perfect time for Nathan to be home more and I can end the school year and not have to worry about going back.

So...I read all about prenatal vitamins and it says that they can't hurt you and many women take even if they aren't trying to conceive or are pregnant. I read one report that suggests that ALL women who have the potential to have a baby should take folic acid and other important vitamins. My thought plan is that if I need to take a vitamin anyway then I should go ahead and get used to one that I will need to be taking within the next 8 months anyway.

It felt exiting. We went shopping at Target last night for our weekly supplies so when we walked past the vitamin area I found the ones I wanted. I put them in our cart and Nathan just smiled.

We both can't wait to get pregnant. Well...once again before we all freak out...we CAN wait. And we will...but we are both excited about the prospect. I think we both thought that we would have had babies by this point in our lives. As I am pushing for 3 while Nathan persists at 2...we don't really want to wait any longer.

I think of it this way....I am 28. Next summer I get married in June and turn 29 in August....if we deliver in June of 2007 then I will only be two months away from 30!!! Let me say that again...30!!! And Nathan is 30 now...will turn 31 a couple of weeks before our wedding and would be turning 32 around the birth of said child. We have talked about the pro's and con's of getting pregnant so soon after we get married. There are those who say we should wait awhile and enjoy being married for awhile...but...Nathan and I are having our "us" time now and then that whole year between marriage and delivery. So I don't say we wait and neither does Nathan. Besides...if I end up getting my way and we have 3 and we have them 2-3 years apart...then I could be anywhere between 36 and 40 by the time the last one comes along!!! HOLY CRAP!!!

Which puts Nathan between 38 and 42!!!!

Now I know that 30 is supposed to be the new 20...but I don't know about that. I mean...my biological body says that I am 28...it doesn't consider me 18. (Thank goodness) :)

Anyway...I have rambled on and on here about this...but I am excited. I know it will still be many many months before we even begin trying but still...it is in the forseeable future which is REALLY exciting!

Oh yeah...and on a side note...8 months from today is our wedding day. It is 6:24 central time right now...so 8 months and 1 hour from today I will be in my wedding dress and be getting ready to walk down the isle!!! How exciting is that!!!!