A Year Ago

A Year Ago...

I was 3 months pregnant.
I was in the middle of my worst all-day sickness.
I was waiting anxiously for the day when we would have an ultrasound to know the baby was healthy.
I was still getting used to living in New Hampshire.
I was unpacking boxes in our new apartment.
I was laying around and sleeping all day.
I was letting the housework slip.
I was missing my family.


How is my life different now?

I have an almost 7 month old!
I haven't been sick all year.
I still worry about my son being healthy, but at least now I can see him.
I enjoy living in New Hampshire and it has become our home.
All our boxes are unpacked.
I wish I was laying around sleeping all day, or even at night.
I still let the housework slip, but I'm trying to do better.
I still miss my family, but I have so many friends and church family covering me with love.


It has been a crazy, amazing, year. I cannot believe how much has changed.  What an adventure!

#reallife

One of my favorite things that we do in our MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) Group is we post photos of our real life.  Even the worst of it.  So often the images we see on social media are people’s perfect self, their perfect life.  We control what we put on social media and we only want to put our best self out there.  We won’t post a selfie when we are having a bad hair day, we try not to show our house when it is not perfectly clean.  We only post pictures of our happy children.  But let’s be honest, that’s not real life.  This is real life:

Sometimes your child spits up on you while you are laying on the couch and then rubs his face in it.  Then, since there is no one at home to help you, you have to sit up, letting it all run down your shirt, in order to get you both cleaned up.  Gross!

Sometimes you just can't get to the laundry and when you finally do, it looks like this.

Sometimes you have to eat dinner on the floor in front of the TV because you can't eat at the table.

Sometimes the dishes don't get done, you can't take a shower, you can't get out of your pajamas.  Sometimes life is just too crazy to be perfect.  Sometimes you spend your whole day rocking your teething child.  Some days you just need to sit on the couch, eat a whole row of Oreos, and watch some TV and neglect the housework.  And that's okay!  It happens to everyone.  Our lives aren't perfect, they are REAL.

Haven't showered since yesterday, still in my PJ's, wearing a sweater that I've worn for the past 3 days, and a crying child who just won't take a nap.  This is my life, it's real, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. 

 
Comment with pictures of your #reallife!