The important things

   Lately I have been thinking about the important things in life. My family. My husband and children.  As Eric and I sat on the couch the other night '"watching t.v." I realized we were not actually doing that.  Both of us were sitting there in complete silence on our phones.  We were not engaged in conversation, we were not cuddling, we were not even present to each other.  This moment just made me think of what is really important. Is it what's on the phone? or the people and situation in front of me?  It made me think of how much I am actually on my phone, whether it be on Facebook, Pinterest, or playing mindless games. Our society is so dependent on these devices and it's just sad, and I'm one of the major culprits!!  I have wasted so much time! Time that I could just simply be watching my new baby drink his bottle and watching is precious little hands grasp the bottle.  He's only this size for so long.  If not watching him, I could be reading Payton a a story while he eats. All of these thoughts brought me to one conclusion... I have to do something about it.  I want to pay more attention to my husband, I don't want sitting in silence night after night because of our phones just to drive a wedge between us.   I don't want my children to think back on their childhood and say " my mom and dad always were on their phones" So, I have quit FB. This was one of my major habits.  I will just be bored so I pick up my phone, check my newsfeed, see if I have any notifications,basically just waste time.  Now, I'm not saying that I've banned my phone lets be serious! But I am making a major effort to keep it limited when I have more important and precious things in front of me.  Why would I want to miss out on anything they do? I would have to be crazy.

I chatted all this out with Anna and she feels the exact same way.  So we have quit FB together and it has been surprisingly easier than we thought.  Eric has also taken the leap and I can already tell the difference at home :)

Another great thing that quitting facebook has done for me... I now have more time to keep up my blog!  I have to post pictures and up dates of the kids somewhere!! That is IMPORTANT!

Halloween, Growing Belly and More!

 

Ok, so this is a post that I apparenlty started and never finished.... :)