HOLLY WHO???

It's so funny how life works, how things change so drastically in a lifetime....here lately I have been thinking about what my life use to be like, before marriage, before kids...you know, before I had to be a responsible adult. For the most part, I am the same me I've always been, with a few exceptions. Marriage was an adjustment but not a huge one. I was still in college, Jason was still working, not much had changed except the fact that we were legally married. I think having kids has changed me the most. That was a HUGE adjustment...for the obvious reasons. But it also changed the way I look at life and the things that I do with my life. Here lately, 4 years later after having our first child, I have been thinking about my daily routines and it makes me laugh at how much I really have changed, or dare I say, "grown up." What's so comical about it, is that the things that I'm talking about are simple little adjustments I've made....and if you talk to people who know me well, they would say that these are some pretty big milestones for me!

#1. 5 years ago, I was a SLEEPER...we're talking sleep till' noon or later no matter what time I went to bed! Now, my most favorite thing to do is get up early before the boys wake up and have my coffee. To me that is so important. It's my time to myself. It's peace & quiet, and I think it's the perfect way to start off my day. (which I KNOW is always going to be crazy) So, once again, ask somebody that knows me well and this would send them into shock mode. :)

#2. I have NEVER been a neat freak....EVER....until I had kids. Now, don't get me wrong, my house is by no means spotless clean. But I can't stand clutter. What changed me, I have no idea. Ask my mom, in high school my room was SO messy...ALWAYS. I don't know...I can't explain it, but again, HUGE milestone for me!

#3. This one is on the same lines as the last one. Now days I absolutely WILL NOT leave my house until the bed is made. Funny because I used to could care less about my bed....once again, NO IDEA what changed, just did.

#4. Last but certainly not least. I saved this for last because I feel like this, in my life, is the most important change that I've made. I love to work out. It is something that I have made permanent in my everyday routine. I schedule everything around the time that I go to the gym...because if I don't go, I am one grumpy mama. But used to, I was LAZY. I hated hated hated working out....hated it with a passion. I felt like that dog everyday. After I had Jax, I promised myself that I would lose that weight and change my habits. I did....sort of. But it wasn't until after having Maddox that I made a PROMISE to myself that I wasn't going to be that fat lazy dog anymore. I did it, I kept that promise and I'm not backing down anytime soon. I am addicted to the way it makes me feel. I am SO thankful for a very supportive husband who helped me along the way!....oh and to Jillian Michaels who is my hero!

So there ya have it.....the crazy changes in my life that I never thought I would make. Don't ask me why or how it happened...

it just did.