December 7, 2011
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my laptop is seriously moving because my little baby is seriously moving. he’s a mover, this kid. i stupidly freak out like …. oh my goodness, he’ll probably walk at 6 months & i won’t have a baby anymore & he won’t ever want to snuggle up & be held.
just typing that out makes it all the more ridiculous sounding : ) and somehow i get all this based on my computer ‘jumping’ on my lap here while i type! did the others move like this, you ask? lol, i don’t remember.
good blogs, good sermons, good reminders i’ve heard in the last little bit on not living life so crazy busy. or stressed out ’cause of all the holiday things that must be done.
everyone left tonight for church in a whirlwind. wet towels from fast showers were left everywhere. dirty clothes in heaps. lights left on. dinner sprawled on the table. cups tipped over with water still dripping off the table.
the girls were a whine away from being left here. the boys, thanks to today’s history lesson on pearl harbor, were bombing things all day. ok, so they’d do that anyway really : )
it was hi welcome home/bye see you later with rex.
and i thought so much for my night off … someone has to pull this all together so tomorrow we can do it all again.
family life takes work, doesn’t it. it takes more than just tossing dirty jeans into the laundry, closing the shower door & giving the dog the leftovers.
it takes reminding ourselves to be lovely in spite of the fact that our patience is used up & the day isn’t.
she was cold –i guess the point to myself!! is its ok to wear flannel lounge pants all day long, its ok that we haven’t even taken a christmas picture let alone mailed out cards yet, its ok that rex went grocery shopping instead of me, its ok if the boys are just little boys and they attack furniture, themselves & whatever they bump literally into with their swords & exploding bomb noises. its ok that i don’t have christmas music playing here on my blog & i’m not posting lovely pictures of our decorated tree or the martha stewart looking crafts i’ve magically come up with for the children to do. its ok if jack is still totally learning to read. its ok to make them waffles when they ask. its ok if this years advent calendars came from trader joes & are just filled with little squares of chocolate instead of some in depth reason for the season. its ok to not freak out over what hasn’t even happened yet. its ok.
obviously this nice little pep talk to myself will last all of the remaining time i’m alone & when they come back and they leave their shoes wherever they thoughtlessly take them off and i over think how everything will get done tomorrow & when the next creative christmas card arrives in the mail it won’t be quite so ok ….
basically i have about 27 minutes left of ok
: )
outtakes from mom’s christmas picutrethings that make me smile include but aren’t limited to -
a winter quilt on my bed
clean boys with wet hair fresh from the shower
nativity scenes
christmas cards in the mail
amie coming in less that 2 weeks …. and chad&lisa
benny & i quote ‘according to the scriptures i don’t like tomatoes’ end quotemerry christmas ~
ps. i have 5 poinsettias in my house. 5. its very festive.
Comments (4)
had to laugh about your thoughts on your busy baby
My sister’s baby is only 6 months old but he never stays still and is always moving-never seen him be absolutely still and relaxed. I don’t think I’ve seen a more active baby and I’ve seen a lot. Even when he was a newborn and I was trying to get those pictures where they’re all curled up he was a mover and a shaker and didn’t want to hold still 
…it’s amazing the mess that can be left in the wake of a family trying to get out the door to church:)
…my patience is usually used up before the end of the day~bummer that it doesn’t get me off the hook:)
…we had to scrap the idea of even getting out Christmas cards this year!
…I say Chocolate Advent calendars still help them look forward to Christmas!
…yeah for sisters coming~mine gets here tomorrow…we’re excited even if it is Gma’s funeral that necessitates her coming!
A Merry Festive December to you Alli~
I love your ‘keepin’ it real’ post. It sounds like a typical, lively, happy family live at your house and one good mamma and papa.
@celebration_of_life - you’re grandma was a beautiful lady – love to your family. & i’ve meant to say … your house in the dark from the outside is pretty festive looking itself : )