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Very nice goals! Something I'll have to think about, but off the top of my head:

- Potty Trained by the end of 2015.
- Expand the palette of food she'll eat!
- Reading longer, more complex books. By which I mean, her patience to sit through them.
- Enroll in a mommy & me montessori class.
- Teach LO to pick up (most things) after herself. Might be a lofty goal.
- Graduate to the next level in her swim class.
- More arts and crafts.

Trying to get a lot of reading in before baby comes in March.

Trying to keep an open mind and minimize expectations.

To be gentle on myself and my husband.

To continue seeing my therapist 1x a week all year and not get lax, I started seeing her as soon as I got the positive so I could prepare myself and do the emotional housekeeping I needed to. She's 5 minutes walking away and encourages me to bring baby. So thankful to have such a great support in my journey.

Survive. Be kind to myself

Patience. Must have more patience.

-Making it to June (12 mo) pumping at work
-Getting into a good routine in the mornings with work and daycare
-Enjoying the moments as they happen and focusing less on what's happening next
-Getting everyone more sleep!!

Be kind to myself.
Lessen the amount of screen time LO gets.
Stay away from the phone/iPad when LO is awake.

Survive with 2 kids and be happy.

Haha I agree with surviving.
I want to be kinder to myself
project more peace and positivity
Use gentler tones with husband in front of her, even when I'm annoyed.

I want to work on my patience too, especially with #2 on the way, and try to be less distracted. Mostly my goal for the first half of 2015 is just to soak up the time with DD as an only child and enjoy this chapter.

I can't think of anything specifically. 2015 he will be too young for potty training and he will hit all of his gross motor milestones before the end of the year...so I'm not sure. We're already actively working with him to help him catch up on his milestones, so I don't think there's much more we can do.

Right now my main focus is finding out why he has passed out twice, if there is a reason at all. Fluke or not, it's going to be a tough process I'm sure. We go to his doctor on Jan 5 for what we had hoped was just a follow up for his weight issues (which are resolving wonderfully!!), but now we have to bring up his passing out episodes and I'm just so scared to dive into this. I took him to the doctor for what I thought was a simple virus once and ended up with a 3 day stay at a children's hospital for possible meningitis. I guess we're just a little traumatized.

Get DS potty training towards the early summer
Have healthier meals prepped and ready to serve so I'm not scrambling after a full day of work and then have to drive through/take out.

Get better at making it through the day.
Get back to cooking from scratch.
Help LO through his implant surgery this summer.

No goals. I'll just get bummed when I don't meet them!

To survive the next six months with a newborn plus E...

Following on from a conversation (read: argument) I had with DH, I'm going to try to be less dramatic in my reactions to LO's behaviour in 2015. We likely have a few challenges this year - potty training, toddler bed (at least taking cot sides off), real tantrums- and I'm going to try to approach things more stoically.

I'm also going to try to reframe parenting negatives as positives. So my child isn't "a terrible eater" she's just "determined" (not to eat). Its going to be tough!!

Being nicer about not having everything perfect.

Being more patient with LO

Trying not to be uptight about things I can't control

Plan fun and engaging things for us to do.

Stress less, enjoy more.

1. Survive 2 children
2. Limit LOs screen time & focus more on learning activities that are fun.
3. fully potty trained (no pullups needed at nap/nighttime)
4. be more patient, this pregnancy I have noticed I'm more snippy and I hate that.

Another vegetable, cleaning up, dressing self consistently, developing writing and reading skills.