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According to the little report WordPress sends me, my most popular day on the blog in 2013 was the day I posted Confessions of a WAHM. Revisiting this post couldn’t have been more appropriate for me as I thought about reflecting back on the past year and deciding whether to put up a post about 2013 or a post about our adventures with toddler crafts.

2013 was hard. Really really hard. Lots of things changed and I learned a lot. I learned how to have 2 kids. I learned how to be a stay at home mom to two kids. I’ll never stop trying to figure those two things out. I learned I need to let go of things more easily. I learned that no matter how much I want to let go of things, I’m nearly incapable of doing so. I learned how to do a whip stitch. Fast forward to December. I learned that when a tree farm asks you “drill or no drill?”, you say drill and buy the damn tree stand they are selling. No matter how straight that tree looks all tied up when you screw it into the stand, it’s going to look wicked crooked when you free it from that net. I learned how to quilt.

I know that life is about learning. We never stop learning. I get that. I try to remind myself of that constantly, but it may be the easiest thing to forget. The year ended with a day typical of this year. I thankfully had ptb here to help me through it. To bring me cupcakes and let me take 2 naps. To take one boy out of the house for a few hours and return with a pizza. One friend posted on Facebook today that it seemed to be a common theme that people were ready to put 2013 behind them. I’m not quite ready for that. I’m ready for a fresh start, but I want to remember the good times of 2013. Another friend posted this:

I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world.
You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re DOING SOMETHING.
Don’t freeze. Don’t stop. Don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or isn’t perfect.
Whatever it is: art, or love, or work, or family, or life. Whatever it is you’re scared of doing… DO IT.
Make your mistakes, next year, and forever.

I like it. I needed it. It’s true.

Family Photo - January 2013 copyright Joy Moody Photography

Some people don’t like the way people embrace the new year with resolutions. It’s an excuse for a fresh start. Why not just enjoy it? Wipe the slate clean of what needs to be wiped clean. Carefully erase around the really good stuff and fill in the blanks.

Family Photo - April 2013 copyright Joy Moody Photography

Here’s to a new year. Here’s to moving onward and upward. Watching a lot of cartoons. Singing a lot of songs. Laughing a lot of laughs. Being your own nerd. Being a better person and letting go of whatever is holding you back.

Family Photo - November 2013 copyright Joy Moody Photography

Here’s to continuing to be a happy, fun loving family no matter the struggles we face.

And last  but not least, my 2013 recap. In tweets.

 

I still miss that drink.

Still haven’t bought new jeans. Still don’t have any that fit well.

Ditto to the jeans. Trying to get the laundry put away before midnight…but I’d rather drink.

Kerri Strug retweeted our picture. If you don’t know who she is, you’re too young to read my blog.

My most successful moment of 2013? :

For the record, I totally kick his ass this year.

Can I get an amen??

OMG THAT WAS THE WORST

Still the worst task. EVER.

Still #hashtaghappy

Currently feeling the same way about the holiday drink sticker books.

 

 

This.

And this.

A perfect way to spend staycation nights.

But then I took a nap and wrote a blog post! LET’S DO THIS!

all photos by Joy Moody

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