Our Life is Messy

 These days life is messy.

And by messy I mean that I'm doing so. much. laundry.

My sweet little Hudson baby goes through multiple outfits a day,

not to mention all the blankets, burp clothes, everyone else's clothes 

that are caught in the cross fire. 

Here are the outfit changes of a typical day

Outfit #1

 2 hours later he's in outfit #2

and by noon he's already in outfit #3.

At this point I projected we'd easily go through 6 outfits 

in this one day (which absolutely happens sometimes)

but on this day he managed to stay in this little number until bedtime.

I really don't mind doing laundry- especially after all the work it was to do

in Dominica- I mean really, the machine does most of the work.

But I am seriously never caught up.

And then there are Chase messes these days-

I'm told it's normal for a two year old to get into lots of messy trouble.

Last week we had several encounters of splashing in the toilet,

lots of playing in his food,

filling cups of water and promptly dumping them on the floor,

opening a bottle of lotion and spreading it through his room and all over himself

(which wasn't nearly as bad as when he did it a few weeks ago with Vicks Vapor Rub)

Kleenex ripped up and scattered throughout the house,

and of course, all his toys and books scattered everywhere.

Turns out, I'm not the type of mom who can keep

everything perfectly clean and orderly while taking care of her babies.

However, Chase loves to "help" me clean,

which is adorable and takes way longer than normal.

So I'm learning to be okay with more messes,

trying to stay on top of what I can,

and just enjoy this time with my sweet babes.

(Plus- I have this weird anxiety about my kids growing out of their darling  baby clothes. I don't feel like they've had a chance to wear those cute outfits enough before they are too small. Hudson is just helping me out by making sure we get to cycle through his entire wardrobe several times a week.)