Hello! I have come out of hiding just for you guys =] Just kidding. I’m not actually hibernating, contrary to how it might seem since I haven’t really blogged in weeks!
But seriously, my life is kind of a mess. And by life, I mean house. I have not been DIYing. I have not been crafting. I have been surviving. I’m super impressed by the other bloggers who had babies these last few months are are already back to it! I need all of your secrets.
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The first month or two post-partum seem to be tough for me. It takes me a while to figure out a routine and actually stick with it. The lack of sleep just doesn’t help with my motivation during the day, so I feel like I’m always just holding my head above the water. Which is why my house has looked (off an on) like this for the past 6 weeks.
Just keepin’ it real.
Will someone pretty please explain to me how adding one tiny human to a household can triple the laundry load??? I seriously cannot keep up!
I had a moment the other day when I walked downstairs in the morning and took in the sight of my kitchen and living room. At first I was completely overwhelmed by the mess, it looked like a bomb of blankies and burp clothes had gone off. I’m pretty sure at any given time, there is a burp cloth or blankie on every surface of this living space. After a thoughtful moment, I realized that one day, my home will no longer be littered with these articles of infancy and toddlerhood. I won’t have any babies to feed or spit up to tend to. Alex won’t need 4 different blankies to go to bed with (maybe on this one). My life will be chaos in a whole new and wonderful way. But for now, I am trying to soak it all in. To catalog how it feels to rock and bounce a very fussy baby, even in my most frustrated moments. To remember how Alex says some words all wrong at the tender age of 2. I’m trying to make sure I never forget these fleeting moments with my babies. Because it’s already going by way to fast.
Anybody else feel like they are just surviving after having a baby? Constantly cleaning the same rooms over and over?
It’s a beautiful ride.
