this little monkey started walking yesterday. can you hear my tears falling? wahhhhh! ok....i'm done. moving on. she's cute, and adorable and man oh man, do i just love her to bits. i just can't seem to get over that she is now 10 months old? where has time gone people? it seems like yesterday i was sharing graphic stories of my vomiting with you all?? don't you miss those days? not.
we're also sleep training in our house right now. both of them. yep, the soon to be 4 year old and the baby. the 4 year old wakes more than the baby and that's about over...i've had enough. i realized that i had forgotten my long time mantra "i'm in charge of the house" that i like to chant in my head when the said 4 year old is telling ME what to do. not anymore...no way! so thanks for all of your sleep training book recommendations on our facebook page - you guys are great! i went to the library and came home with a big armful and we are on day 4 and i'm getting way more sleep!!! you know what that means.....more crafting!! maybe i will get harper's hat from xmas knitted after all :P
awww, see that face of innoncence? this is before she grows up and turns into this...haha....
and this....(oh, candyland...i love thee)...
and brace yourself for this one folks. yes, this is a picture of the chaos i am living in at the moment. the hubby is getting home at midnight each night right now and i'm just holding my head above water and praying i don't sink. i know there are a lot of other women out there going through the same thing right now so i thought you would all appreciate a look into my "not so perfect" life. that's right. my house isn't spotless, it's not decorated to the nines, i have dirty laundry, dust, carpet stains, toys everywhere, mess and all the other evidence of a lived in and loved home. so the next time you feel like you just can't do it all....don't worry, none of us can. just keeping it real ladies, but not too real....i won't show you what my closet and bathroom look like - eeeek!
what's your week like? are you living in chaos too? how do you cope? let's have a chat....i just got starbucks and there's one here for you too :)
Had to laugh at your "real" picture. I just CLEANED my room and it still looks like that. lol
ReplyDeleteMy hubby's been working late too! Quite crazy! The bonus is that I can feed the kids less complicated stuff for dinner, I guess. :)
I'll tell you what, a 50mm fixed lens with some good bokeh and you never have to see the mess again. I'm pretty sure if you can't produce photographic evidence it doesn't exist, yes? ;)
ReplyDeleteACK that Harper is walking, I saw your status and I laughed a little bit, a scared nervous laugh like Huhuhuh babies crawl and then walk and I will have to babyproof eventually... NO. NO I WONT. STILL BABY. And then I blink twice and Olivia is rolling front to back and back to front and I am like YAY OLIVIA! And then WAIT... NO. STOPPIT.
My house looks about like that right now. I have an almost 17 month old (who also started walking at 10 months so she's quite accomplished with all forms of travelling) and she is a little monkey so I spend most of my day conquering one chore and keeping track of the baby. She's pretty good but totally crazy.
ReplyDeleteI know how it goes when daddies get home late or are out of town. Things can go down hill fast!
I just wanted to say thank you for posting pictures of your imperfect house! I feel like we all look at all these beautiful crafty homes that look gorgeous and forget that they don't always look that way! It's a nice reminder that no mom is perfect! ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to know you are surviving on coffee:) what was the drink of choice today?? I love the first pic of Harper:) xo!! Hope your day is good!!:)
ReplyDeleteNOOOO! Anything but the ironing board monster! Seriously, things need to learn to iron themselves or someone needs to invent a robot to do it for me.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, this sounds like my life. I have a little one turning 1 on Friday. My four year old is sleepless, bossy, and generally not the kid I had imagined... must be the age. Mine turns 5 in one month and I've made a promise to myself to make it a much more tolerable year than 4. (Is it attention because of the baby? IDK but she lives half her life in time out, not that it works) And yes, my house is messy to the nines. Who has time for all that and a job? My point- you are not alone! Steph :)
ReplyDeletei just love your blog...and your little babe? totally the cutest....
ReplyDeleteif it was at my house the 9 yr. old son would be jumping into the photo like that :)
that last picture makes me love you even more:)
ReplyDeleteLove the honesty! Your daughters are so stinking cute, despite the craziness!
ReplyDeleteWalking?! Oh my! Good luck with the sleep training. All of a sudden Elise thinks she only needs 45 minute naps and is waking more in the night now than when she did the first week home. I go back to work and things get crazy- go figure. I'll always remember how good maternity leave was for me :)
ReplyDeleteAmen sister! Although, your house looks like mine on a good day.
ReplyDeleteOh, this post made me cry! I'm a first time mommy to a 7 month old who just got her first tooth. So here I am lamenting her growing so fast and now I have the face the fact that one day I'll be talking about her walking! And THEN, you tell me that its ok that my house isn't perfect and I lost it! Needless to say, I've been a little on the stressed side lately, but its so nice to hear that I'm not alone. Sometimes I think mommies have too good of "Everything is Ok" faces. We need more cluttered house pictures with adorably crazy toddlers jumping through them.
ReplyDeleteYou're not alone!! If not for the fact that hubby would have a melt down, I'd post a pic of mine too!! It's worse, I promise! I just try to take it one day at a time! I do have to do a little cleaning today though, company coming tomorrow and family that's going to be in town for a while. It might not look like a magazine, but I plan to at least steam mop the toddler grime from under my kitchen table and fluff the throw pillows a few times!! Hey, I have a newborn, so that's as good as it's gonna get!!!
ReplyDeleteThis post is a sanity saver. Thank you, thank you, thank you! My little darlings are aged 3 and 2 and my husband is away from home anything up to 4 nights a week. I have the European Ironing Mountain in my bedroom!
ReplyDeleteSingle and/or working moms everywhere, I salute you, 'cos I sure as eggs are eggs couldn't do it.
I seriously cried laughing so hard from the hiding of the annoying toys in your pic. I do that too!! you are not alone, my house is also disgusting. My mom was visiting and her and my hubs left just in time for me and my son to get super sick. my house is very gross right now. This is the first day i have been upright all week. cant wait for hubs to get home on thursday!! maybe some of the annoying toys will come out of hiding!! LOL!!
ReplyDeleteI'm in charge of the house. Gonna use that. In my head and out loud.
ReplyDeleteWhat I love most about your "real" photo is the happy, blurry little girl in the middle of it all. To me, she puts the rest of the picture in perspective. It all makes sense. In the blink of an eye our littles will be grown and gone, and we won't remember any of the messes (well, not most of them.) When they're grown and gone, it will be their faces in focus; the mess will be a blur.
So glad you all enjoyed seeing my messy house (& life)..haha. Just be warned that it is only one corner :P We all dream of having magazine perfect homes but sometimes that's just not always a reality. I live in a 2 bedroom condo, my baby sleeps in my room, and we are fast outgrowing the space we have but that's life right? I tell myself it's less space to clean.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not the only one though who can't do it all. I fight that battle all the time but am slowly realizing I will never win so I might as well suck it up and just enjoy losing..haha.
Thanks for all of your comments today! As always, they mean so much. Did you enjoy your latte? Or Americano? Or Frappucino? Come by and chat again ok? You guys all help to keep me sane. Luv ya.
I'm so jealous your getting a little more sleep (I have a 8 month old here). What recommendations do you have for the sleep training books? I would love a quick post on this - since you've looked over several books!
ReplyDeletei feel your pain - i have recommended "healthy sleep habits, happy baby", by marc wiessbluth to folks in need of good advice for sleeping that is backed with research. it helped us realize how important sleep is for everyone and that one of the best things we can do for our children is teach them how to sleep by giving the opportunity to do so. well rested children are so much more delightful to be around!! good luck~!
ReplyDeleteThank you for showing your mess. I think it helps all of us to know we're not alone! The only reason my house looks decent is because it has to (We're trying to sell right now). But I so know what you mean about trying to keep your head above water! My hubby is living up in Canada right now working while we're down here in the states waiting to sell our house so we can be a happy family again. In the meantime I haven't seen him in like a month and feel like I need a BIG VACATION! I've been promised a get away within this month which makes me happy cause this mommy needs a break to keep her sanity!
ReplyDeleteOh and sleep! I want more of that! My son is still waking up once a night around 5am and I hate it. I just finishing weaning right now and he still wakes up at 5am even though I'm not feeding him (and he won't take a sippy cup at that hour!) I need to start being better at sleep training him to get through that one last wake up!
Thank you for this - it's a good reminder that we are all in the same boat, trying to stay afloat! I have to say though, the only thing that stands out to me in your photos are your beautiful babes! Maybe we are harder on ourselves about the mess than others might be?
ReplyDeletePlease do share any sleep tips with us. I swear it's all we mommies talk about when we get together!
Oh, Sweety - it goes so fast! I'm 53 and both my kids moved out - together - just a year ago. Now they want us to go see a house they'd like to rent. Seems like yesterday my house looked like that - wait, it still does! :( Barb
ReplyDeleteOh Shannon so so true about it being less space to clean... Yes space is a treasure and gift but I almost miss cleaning less!!! :) aww I love how everyone loved your real messy house post:) it's so true NONE of is have it all together and perfect! And yep it's the happy smiling kids that matter most:)
ReplyDeleteEven though my 'baby'(youngest of 3) is now 26, I love reading about you and yours! Enjoy, embrace the chaos, the years will fly past. Your girls are beautiful! And of course your blog was chosen, it's one of the best I've seen! Congrats!
ReplyDeletehelloooo any coffee left please!!!
ReplyDeletei think we all came out of the same mould. my house too looks like that most times (99%). its marginally better when i know guests are coming over so whats in sight gets hidden away (pls note not sorted or put away!) only to come out again the next day! we live in a small 3bedroom house with NO garden, so everything happens inside! its good to know that we are not alone in these times. hugs to all, becky
Gosh, walking already! that's insane! I'm so glad your sleep training is giving you some success. I've been hemming and hawing over what to do with our 6mo. He's never slept so badly as now but I'm not sure there's anything for it as he's got teeth coming in. I think trying anything now will just be one big headache, but I have no idea when they stop getting teeth!
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