Show and Tell Tuesday: New Year's Resolutions

Hi everyone! I feel like with all the craziness of the holidays I dropped the ball (shock) on blogging once again! Ugh! So I suppose this definitely makes one of my resolutions to be to blog more consistently! To kick off the new year, I am linking up with Andrea over at Momfessionals to re-introduce myself to everyone in blog land, and to share my New Year's Resolutions! So here we go:

I'm Meghan and this is my family!

I'm a wife to my husband Johnathon...

And mom to this 11 month old cutie, Hadley Kate...

And to this big bundle of fur love, Sadie...

We lived in Texas until about 2.5 years ago when we moved to an island called Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands for my husbands work...

If you didn't know where the Marshall islands were, you're not alone...

Home sweet home

We definitely miss Texas, and our families back in the states, but we have made a really great group of friends out here as well...

2015 was such a great year as we became parents for the first time. This brought so many new adventures our way and I'm sure 2016 promises to be another exciting, and adventurous year ahead, and we wouldn't have it any other way!

As for resolutions, I kind of hate this concept to be honest. I sort of feel like all  that resolutions do is make the gym super crowded for the first two months out of the year, and then leave you feeling guilty for the next 10 months that you let carbs and red wine sneak their way back into your life. However, here I am again thinking of what I want my resolutions to be, and I think I came up with some good ones this year.

1) Strengthen my relationship with Christ/make God a priority

I know I'm not the only one out there who will admit that their personal relationship with God goes in waves, right?! Sometimes I feel really connected to Jesus, I'm reading the Bible on a regular basis, I'm going to church and bible studies, and then other times I let life get in the way. I get busy, I make excuses, and I don't put God first. And really, there is nothing in this world that should come before God. I know a common discussion in our house is that we know our time on Kwaj is temporary, so we keep saying this a lot: "We'll go to church and get involved once we're back in the states and we have a church that we feel really connected to." But honestly, that is a really lame excuse. I know my life is filled with a joy and happiness that can only come from my relationship with Christ and his Word. So this year I am committing my self to strengthening that relationship, and working to seek out that God instead of waiting for God to come to me. Please pray for me, and for my heart and mind to stay focused on this goal! 

I'm ready!

2) Be more productive/challenge myself

Those who know me will tell you that I am not one of those people who jump out of bed in the morning, and don't stop until my head hits the pillow at night. I'm just not one of those people that needs to have a lot of irons in the fire. I can lay on the couch and binge watch Netflix with the best of them that is for sure! I feel like my natural inclination for how I spend my spare time is not to throw parties, or organize events, craft, be on committees, etc. This isn't always a bad thing, because I think you need to prioritize your time, but I don't want to not invite friends over because the idea of hosting is overwhelming to me.  Or not take on a cool activity with Hadley because it involves a lot of prep work. Or not help a friend organize a party because it sounds really time consuming. So I am choosing this year to not pass over doing something because it is hard, time consuming, or out of my comfort zone. This year I will DO THINGS!

**We already hosted a game night at our house this last weekend, so I feel like I'm making progress in this department!**

3) Lose the last of the baby weight

Well, it wouldn't be a New Year's Resolution List without some sort of weight loss goal right?! Listen, I gained about 40-45 lbs with Hadley, and I was horrified to find out that it didn't just slide right off with breastfeeding and healthy food choices. (Whoever started that rumor is a liar, or a supermodel). I've done pretty good, and I try to by gentle with myself in this department, but as I'm staring down my daughter's first birthday next month, I would like those last 5-7 lbs to be gone, or at least in the process of heading out the door. I really started trying to run and eat better last month, but with the holidays, it made losing weight kind of tough. I still managed to lose about 2 lbs over the holidays so I'm hoping that if I stick with it, I will see some more results now that the holidays are behind me!

So that's me in a nutshell, and these are my resolutions for 2016. With my daughter's first birthday, my husband's 30th birthday, and many other unforeseen life changes ahead, I truly cannot wait to see what is in store for the McClellan family in 2016.