Laundry! (And Babywearing)

Well, the time has come that I must expose my dirty little secret... Well, to be quite honest, this is more than "little", this is a HUGE, dirty, filthy, embarrassing secret!

It has been nearly two years since my laundry has been COMPLETELY caught up. I used to be the little wife at home who had literally every single piece of dirty laundry clean at various times (besides the clothing on our backs, that is). There was never more than a couple dirty loads at a given time. Everything was neatly folded in drawers all the time.

When I began working, laundry slowly piled up. It got pretty bad around this time a year ago. Actually, there has probably been close to the same amount of laundry as now for the past entire year!

It has gotten way out of control. I'm serious. This is affecting my quality of life. It's not just the laundry, it's the housework. I can't keep up on everything!

If I were to be given a clean slate - everything in my house being in it's spot, clean, and fresh, I would totally be able to keep up on everything!

Honestly, I blame it all on my old work schedule. I ran kids around all morning, then went to work. Sure, working only three days a week should have given me time to do housework/laundry on my days off... No, actually I was recuperating on my days off after having to stay up late and get up early, all while being pregnant. I had no help whatsoever. My mom would come over every once in a great while and tidy up (which helped), but it barely put a dent into anything. It seemed like if it wasn't one thing happening, it was another! Moving and having a baby at home three days later really hit me hard as far as housework/laundry. I was out taking the kids to school and running errands just 5 days after giving birth. I feel like I've had it a little rough to say the least. I was too overwhelmed with so many other things to even be thinking about housework, or laundry for that matter! I don't want a pity party, as that chapter of my life has passed. I just thought I'd share how this all came about.

Anyway, I want so badly for things to be the way they used to. I want to enjoy life with my children, not always be stressed out about housework and worried about who might stop by and see everything in it's disgraceful condition.

Please pray for me that I can get things in order around here and keep it that way!

On a side note, I got a very special gift yesterday - a Baby K'tan! I did not expect this at all! I was so thrilled to get this from a co-worker! I own a Baby B'jorn, a Snugli, and a Hotsling (which has been our main carrier). None of those really were 100% satifying for us and I was wanting to get something new, I just couldn't decide what I wanted. Well, just after receiving this great gift, I went to to grocery store with all three children. Lila was awake and I could tell that she would not have it sitting in that carseat while we shopped, so I figured I'd go ahead and give the K'tan a shot right then and there. Never before have I nursed a baby while grocery shopping! No one even knew what I was doing either! I absolutely LOVE this carrier!