New Blog!

Ok, I got a new blog address! It is http://theschoolofherring.blogspot.com/ . I will no longer be using this one so if you would like to follow the other one feel free! :)

Priorities!

Before I had kids I spent my time doing things that I thought were some of the most important. I kept my house clean, I cooked dinner (almost) every night and I spent time doing things that I enjoyed like sewing, or hanging out with my friends and my sister. And then our baby girl came! We were so excited! We could not wait for our little angel to get here! I pictured myself and my nicely dressed clean baby going for a walk and playing together in our perfectly clean house. I just knew that everything was going to work out! Boy was I wrong!

Enter the world of dirty bottles, diapers and clothes. Every time I dress my beautiful baby girl she gets dirty again. Every time I get her down for a nap and I sit down to rest I look around and see a million things that need done but all I want to do is sleep! I loved my baby girl but it was a shock! I could not believe that this little tiny angel could cause so much mess! What can I say except whoa! There are so many things that nobody tells you before you become a parent! You hear about the late nights and the diaper changing. They talk about warming bottles at midnight and even the crying babies. But there are some things that nobody ever talks about! It was stressful to me that Ryan would come home from a long tiring day at work to a dirty house and me asking him to change a diaper and the laundry to the dryer at the same time so that I could make dinner. I wanted so badly to take care of him too!

Enter today. Today I cleaned my kitchen. Now to some of you this may not seem like a big deal but to me in my life right now it is. There is so much going on that there seems to be little time for cleaning. Some of you who are mothers can understand where I am coming from! From where I am sitting I can see assorted balls (all sizes and colors), a stuffed lion, bowling pins (7… where did the others go?), a shoe, 1 VHS tape, books, a bowl of grapes, 2 sippie cups (1 milk and 1 juice), a stack of blocks, a bike (with helmet), and several small farm animals mixed with Mr. Potato head pieces and this is just the beginning of the day and does not include the playroom.

Having a 2 year old child and a husband who is sick makes you realize what is REALLY important! I have learned that it doesn’t matter if she is always wearing a spotless shirt or if there are dishes in the sink. Showers become optional and clean clothes and dishes are a luxury. What really matters is the look on my baby’s face when I sit down and play her favorite game with her instead of doing dishes or let her push her baby to the park in the stroller when I should be folding laundry. I could clean up her toys before bed at night but I would rather read her a bedtime story and sing to her. The things that really matter are not material. It’s the time that we spend together. Watching her learn from me and soak up every word I say (except no… that one seems to be escaping us. Lol). These are the things that she will remember. 


She is not going to grow up and remember that on day she had to wear her PJ’s all day because she had no clean clothes, or that we sometimes ate off of paper plates because all of the real ones are dirty. No. She will remember that her mom used to play games with her and we went for walks to the park. Some of you may be able to do it all every day but I am not super mom and I never will be. So I will focus on the important things and let the little things slip from time to time! This does not mean that I am never going to clean my house or do those other nasty chores that need done because I know they are important too. However, I don’t know about you but I am going to make the most out of the time that my family has to be together! There will be all the time in the world for having a spotless house when my children are grown and gone.