100/4 Resolutions and Giveaway

This is my 100th post published
and today is my 25th birthday!

If you'd like to see some pictures of chubby little Erin growing up check out this highly-colored, (as in through rose colored glasses) birthday blog post by my sister Alyn. I really do have great siblings.

In honor of my Quarter Century Birthday I'm posting my New Year's Resolutions. I love how other people do this to keep them more accountable... I'm just a little late. Here are the goals I'd really like to make now that I'm getting to be so grown-up in my “mid-twenties.”
1. 30 min. of scripture/spiritual reading every day, finish reading the Book of Mormon again at least once
2. Sincere morning and evening prayers each day
3. Go to the temple once a month (I get a few months leeway for the twins, anyone volunteering to babysit so we can do this one?)
4. Make sleep a priority- go to bed early, take a nap when the kids (hard to believe I will have plural soon) are sleeping
5. Gain- and then hopefully lose- 30-40 lbs, eat my pregnancy “daily dozen” & 8 glasses of water
6. Stick to weekly cleaning schedule
7. Write in my journal and baby books at least weekly
8. Exercise 3x per week (until the doctor tells me to stop)
9. Read 6 new classic books (Any recommendations of your favorites would be great! I need some intellectual stimulation before these babies come.)
10. Be less critical, more positive and patient (use journal to monitor)

I tried to think of goals that would help me keep my sanity in this year of big changes and give me the things I need to feel good. I realize some of them might be harder to do once the babies come but some of them I need to do even more after that! I'll let you know how I'm doing periodically.

Also in honor of 100 posts I'm going to have a giveaway for my wonderful dedicated readers. I'll post some pictures of things I've made or things I'd like to make (sorry most of them are baby related) and if you win you may choose which item you'd like and I'll give/mail it to you. It can be for you or you can give it as a baby gift to someone else.

Here are some of the options:

1. Hair bow. You choose the color or send a picture of the outfit you want to match and I'll make the bow for a headband or hair.

2. Full size hooded towel. These work until your kids are 4 or 5- much thicker and bigger than the store kind. Brown with pink or blue polk-a-dot ribbon

3. This matching nursing cover and wipe/diaper case. (If you really want this I'll consider making another one with a different fabric, especially if you have a boy)

4. Embroidered shirt/hat/blanket- I haven't attempted this one yet but I'd like to embroider some things for the twins. I was inspired by this website. I especially like the ZZZZ jamies. You choose what article of clothing and the words you want on it and I'll make it. If I try it and it flops I'll let you choose something else!

Above 3 pictures taken from tinysprouts.com

5. Your choice. If you have another craft you'd like but don't have the time for send me a picture and I'll attempt it or let you know if it's out of my league. Or if you live close I can babysit for a couple hours, or help you organize a closet/space or party.

I'm excited to see what people pick. I love a good excuse to make or give away something!

Here's how you enter-

1. Post any kind of comment on this post and you'll be entered once.

2. You'll be entered twice if your comment tells me what new topics you'd like me to blog about or what types of topics you'd like to see more often. This is an attempt to hear what my readers would like to actually read and give myself some new blogging ideas. "More pictures of Charlotte" doesn't qualify since that is over-done on Whitmer Matters already!

I will randomly select a winner probably next Sunday1/24, but I might have a runner-up based on the best comment!