I just can't understand why it is that I have been off of work for 12 weeks on maternity leave and I just can't seem to get my house all the way clean. I have come so far so many times. Everyday I do 2-3 loads of laundry, a load of dishes, wipe the counters, and I am constantly picking up toys. It gets SO bad that on Tuesday nights I just pray that people on visitation from our church don't show up at our house to pay us a visit. What do you say when they come? " Thanks for thinking of us... but sorry you can't come in. My house looks like Toys R Us exploded." There have been times people have called and said they were on their way. I had to do the super hero cleanup. Once... well maybe a few more times than once I threw all of our clean laundry on our bed.... just to get it out of sight. That would be the time my two year old son decided to show off his mommy's room and open the door wide. You know I wanted to crawl under a rock. ( I am sure that was a payback for something I did to my own mom as a child.) Last year for my birthday my sweet husband called a cleaning lady and set it up to get our house cleaned every other week for the rest of the year. That was nice... but my birthday was in August and I have never felt that my house was clean enough to have someone else clean it. I really do clean everyday. When friends call they ask me what I am doing. It never fails... I usually say that I am picking up toys, putting together sippy cups, or wiping down the counters. I have gotten to the point that I have decided to stop and smell the roses a little more often. I do need to feed my kids, change diapers, dress, and even play with them. There are times that I just need to sit and rock my baby or even color a picture with my sons. You know the more I stop and just live for the moment... the bigger the mess in our house gets. I would say that I don't care. BUT I do! Some of my friends tell me this is just the stage of life we are in. They say it will get better. When? When will the sound of the doorbell be a welcome tone in our ears? If you happen to stop by. Please realize that we are not pigs, we are just stopping to smell the roses..... As for the picture. I just wanted to introduce Emily to our never ending pile of laundry!
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Girl, I don't always have it all together! It also makes a difference having 3 small ones right in a row like you did. Mine are spread apart and Savannah is a big helper! Once Emily gets settled into a schedule, you'll do better!
Rachel, I love you. I have laughed, and cried, smiled and felt my heart warm repeatedly. (thankfully this is your life and I get to share it, I don't think I could handle living it everyday)Your perspective on these daily situations is quite comical which I guess is the very best way to deal with life at any stage. Take your baby time any chance you get, they will grow up and then you can clean the house!
I love this post. I feel like I can never get to all the house work, but the little ones will only be little for a short time. We won't get this time back, but the laundry is not going anywhere.
HEY! I had NO idea you guys were in the blog world. lol
Your kids are SOOO cute! :) ANd they grow so fast. I can't believe how big Emily is getting already. She is beautiful!
I stay home full time and feel like the house is never clean and the laundry is never done!!!! That's just the way it is.
We moved into this house when Sam was just 6 weeks old and I had him via an emergency C-section, so I was pretty overwhelmed. One of my new neighbors came over unexpectedly and I said something about the house being so messy thinking she would say something polite like - "its not that bad" or "you just moved in" but she didn't. She said "it is a very lived-in look." I wanted to crawl in a hole!!!
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