22-12-2008 - Mellowed out..

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

Okay, so after my ranting blog this morning I came to a realization: you cannot change people. I know how my family is. I know how DH's family is. They're not going to change as they don't want to and see nothing wrong with how things are. So, it is up to me to be a bigger and stronger person. Quit complaining and carrying on the family tradition so to speak. So, I am looking forward to going home and continuing our cleaning/organizing/renovating quest. It will be nice to have our house freshly organized and painted and looking supersweet! I am a little bummed because this year with all the stuff we were doing we didn't have room or time for a xmas tree, but that will only make next year with my little baby girl that much more special.

I have also realized I need to cut back on communications with the family. If we have a parenting choice that I even suspect they will deem "wrong" - I just won't tell them about it until it presents itself as a problem. After all, it is not their decision how we raise our child or what beliefs we instill in her. If they want her to think Santa is real, they can label their presents to her as from santa. Meanwhile, when she asks us about it, we will tell her the truth. So, take it all with a grain of salt.

Hopefully my new zen state will last a while and pregnancy hormones won't get the best of me!!!