Routine? I wish!

After having a baby, it takes me a good year to adjust. And after moving, it takes me a good year to adjust to that. So since I've had a baby and moved within the last 5 months, you could imagine what our life is like. I guess it didn't help that I had a major dose of post partum depression and I don't even remember the first 2 months in our house. I do love my life though! I love my kids too and if Heavenly Father let's us, we would love to have more. But right now, I just want to scream! I'm so bad at making routines and adjusting to things. Maybe it's because I'm just plain tired and have either been nursing or pregnant and sometimes both for the past 9 1/2 years! Right now though, our house is so not organized. And who the heck has the money to organize it the way I want it to be? Not me! Yes, it takes time, and I know that. I guess I'm just ready to move on with my life and not have to touch another box for a very long time! Do I try to get things done, of course! But with a baby that doesn't sleep for anything during the day and 2 children that are constantly getting into things, eating, arguing, and of course who can forget Malcolm! A dog that is worse than a baby. Who wants to be held, who wants to play, who wants attention all the time, who barks at anyone walking by our house, and who wants to go in and out of the back door 200 times a day. I really get nothing done! I'm lucky to just get the kids fed, some clothes washed, diapers changed, and some dishes cleaned. This is my life.... and even though I get frustrated that I don't get too much done, I wouldn't change my circumstances for anything! I just wanted to warn you though.... that if you come to my house, please don't expect it to be unpacked, clean and organized! :-)


And THIS is our clothes room! Yes, we have a room dedicated to the children's clothing. Its right across the hall from the laundry room so I don't have to go up and down the stairs. I usually have about 20 mins here and 20 mins there to work on things. When I get some things done in this room, I get interrupted and when I go back to it, its a disaster again. But once I do get it done, a lock will be going on the top of the door and the kids can only get in there to get their clothes.


And this is how it gets destroyed. My cutie patooty kids love to go in there and dress up! Whether it's the girls wearing boys clothes or the girls dressing Elijah up, they get boxes out that havn't been put away yet and dig looking for things.

And here's Ezra crying in his swing, which is all the time... well that's only if I put him down. I guess I would cry too if I was a boy in a pink swing. :-)


But here are some happy pictures of Ezra!



But I do have a wonderful husband that helps when he can. Here he is weed eating our backyard. I'm thankful that I don't have to focus on the outside as well.

But at the end of the day when I take the hundredth diaper out to the garbage for the day, I at least get to see things like this....

And I realize who needs a clean house? I think I might just live on my front porch.