Taking Pause

Dishes are piled in the kitchen sink,
the dirty clothes are starting to stink,
The whole house is out of sync,
and the baby will grow in a blink!

I caught myself as I put the kids down for nap time, thinking "oh my gosh, this house is such a mess, I can't stand it!" Literally you can still see the floor, but there is clutter everywhere, pushed to the side in some sort of organized mess, waiting for mom to put it away or pack it up for the next garage sale/ give away.

I say caught myself, cause then I realized that what I was doing, and have been doing that allowed the house to get this way, was more important than a perfectly orderly home. I have been busy, busy holding baby Zoe. To some that might not seem important, and I don't think I always felt this way, but I know that one day, baby Zoe will not want to always be held. She will not always find snuggling with mommy to be as important as...(fill in activity). She will not always fit as easily in mommy's arms or curl up so small and still be content on mommy's lap.

But atlas, I have put her down and wrote a list of things to do while she sleeps. While the Tylenol is kicked in, and I am feeling somewhat fine (head cold) I should go do it. Thankfully, although Mike has been home with the stomach flu for the last few days, he has already tackled the laundry (for the most part.... it seems to be a never ending job here as of late) and the kitchen sink dishes (again a never ending job though) so I guess I will start on the other items on the list... Like fold the clean clothes, maybe clean a bathroom or two... you know the other parts of keeping home... and maybe if all are feeling up to it, we will make it to that birthday part we had on our schedule for today.

Oh and did I tell you??? Savannah is growing up again on me.... she has been promoted to the next class group at church. Where has all the time gone?