32- and predicting a year full of MAGIC

“The simple rose, at each moment of its slow blossoming, is as open as it can be. The same is true of our lives. In each stage of our unfolding, we are as stretched as possible. For the human heart is quite slow to blossom, and it only seen as lacking when compared to the imagined lover or father or mother we’d like to become.”  ~Mark Nepo

Today, on my 32nd year, I couldn’t be any more joyful, grateful, loved or at peace. I went to bed last night feeling so excited about this birthday! And as a mother myself, I definitely had my mom in my thoughts. 32 years ago from last night she was a pushin! Happy BIRTHday to you, Mom! This day is as much about you as it is about me.

This last year was filled with adventure, travel, finding balance in myself as a mother and wife and friend, surrender, and grounding. We spent time in the Northwest of the United States, California, Hawaii, the East Coast and Central America. Nosara has felt more and more like home and friends have been made that will last a lifetime. For the first time in my life I was able to completely surrender to not working and trusting someone else to support me fully and provide for us. And be present in motherhood. What a gift that has been.

I also stopped breastfeeding Gavin on my birthday last year. I had said that I wanted a few months to get myself “back” before getting pregnant again. It took a few months, but by November I was feeling confident in myself and Gavin, independent, social, balanced and grounded. I enjoyed being in a rhythm with my friends and working out. And wow- I was really feeling great! Almost too great to want to get pregnant again.:) But the universe provided and since January I’ve been creating this new little body inside of me. What a gift to experience pregnancy and all of it’s roller coaster effects.

I have been doing a distance learning Life Coach Training with a wonderful woman. Through her and her program, I have made lots of small changes in my life on a daily and weekly basis which have in part changed me on a cellular level. What perfect timing to do this program while pregnant. I’ve really been all about going within and looking at myself.  If I had to sum up this last year, I would say it was one of grounding and finding balance in all aspects of my life.

And now it’s time to make goals and manifest dreams for the next year, yet keep those roots in the ground and stay balanced.

I watched a lot of basketball with my parents when I was younger, and living in LA made us Laker fans of course. I idolized Magic Johnson (think pre- HIV drama). The number 32 has always signified Magic to me. Soooo… I couldn’t be more excited about being 32 today. This year will be one of pure magic. So many dreams are going to come true and it’s going to be full of wonder, grace, travel, JOY, family, friends, and of course love (within us and around us being that we have several weddings of good friends and family coming up). I can feel the energy within and around us Klein Kleins.

In around 2 months we’ll be welcoming a new gift into our physical lives. I am so excited to witness the magic this one will bring us.

My year couldn’t have started out more magically. A walk on the beach in the early morning sun, playing in the sand with the two loves of my life, seeing friends at the beach, getting Happy Birthday sung to me by a dear British friend, and having so many people gift me yummy treats (and it’s not even noon!)

But then I checked my email and Holy FACEBOOK. hahahh! Talk about changing the way we feel on our birthdays. Everyone should have a Facebook account just to feel special on their birthday! I had chills all over reading through all the lovely messages from all these beautiful people in my life. What a blessing and how grateful I am to feel so special and loved on this first day of my new year!

I thought it would be fun to pick a song to kinda sum up how I’m feeling today. This one just makes me so happy and gets me excited about the future, the unknown parts of it and all the people that I have in my life to support me and send me on my way!