I’m trying not to do so much writing about the day before on here, but its tricky not to when I vastly prefer writing in the morning. So bear with me, if you will, while I tell you about yesterday!

It was going to be a pretty average day. Nothing too crazy. The one thing on the books was that Cher was coming for lunch, so that was a fun, low pressure thing to look forward to. Its always nice to break the day up with a friend. In the morning, however, I became a touch overwhelmed with my growing list of things that needed doing/buying before the weekend. My initial count showed that I needed 14 things (that number grew significantly) from about six different places. I talked to Brady a bit about it and he suggested we run errands in the late afternoon/evening, and wipe as much off of my list as possible. So we planned for that.

Cher came by around 11:00 ish, I believe, and I got the kids and the two of us lunch while she snuggled Wavy for a bit. We ate egg salad scooped on Doritos, because we’re grownups and we can. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!

We both had somewhere to be that afternoon, so right around the time she left, my mom and my aunt who happens to be out visiting popped by! It worked out so perfectly 🙂 I don’t remember the last time I saw my aunt, but I know for sure she hadn’t met Wavy or Solly. Maaaybe Rowan, when he was still itty bitty?? I’m not sure. But she fit in beautifully with the crew, and the three of us ladies had a really nice visit. I wish they could’ve stayed longer, but they headed back out on their walk, and not ten minutes later, it was time to get the kids dressed and head out to meet Brady in the city.

I won’t bore you with the details. We went to SO MANY PLACES. We got lots of stuff done and some information about the things that we couldn’t complete. Felt super productive. Wavy made a fuss only once, for milk, so we helped her with that and carried on.

While we were away in the evening, Jerilee was at our place getting some work done. I LOVE that. That kind of thing makes me feel like our house is homey for others, not just us. On our way out of the city, we grabbed some Subway for ourselves and for Jerilee, and headed home. After putting the kids down and putting groceries away, the three of us settled in for an evening of the Bachelorette finale and some laptop reloading. Can you guess who did what? Hahaha! Was entertaining for everyone in different ways 😉

The day turned out so full and so great. I just love days like that, where you’re kind of always moving, and never bored, but happy pretty much the whole time.

Today has been busy, too, and the evening will once again be filled with company that we are very much looking forward to seeing! What a great way to kick off the weekend!

I remember when I learned that my favorite guilty pleasure band was coming to Saskatoon and playing the Ex, I wondered if I would feel well enough to go, considering I wouldn’t even be six weeks out yet. I have been extremely fortunate in my recovery this time around, and have felt pretty much completely normal since about three weeks postpartum. So the concert was on the books, and Brady and I were pumped! He came home early and made the kids supper while I got ready. Our much loved babysitter/friend showed up shortly after 5:00 and off we went!

I admit, we tossed around the idea of just grabbing fast food and using our extra time to run errands! Haha! We’re old. We decided to prioritize our date rather, and went to Montanas for supper. Neither of us even looked at the menu, haha! We are old, and we know what we like. Baked chicken penne for me, and the firecracker burger for Brady, plus the beer on special. It took quite a bit longer there than we were expecting, so we bought our Ex admission online while we waited (and waited and waited) I know it seems like it wasn’t date-ish, and it was! Just a tad frustrating in the moment, knowing we had a deadline.

Lucky for us, we made it to the show!! If you’ve followed along long enough, you know who we saw 🙂 Marianas Trench!!

We opted to hang in the stands this time rather than on the ground. I LOVE being close to the stage, but I also LOVE not standing for three hours.

It was an awesome show, as they always are. Its just amazing how good they are when they’re live. Vocal quality was on point, the sound was mixed well, their stage presence was engaging and super entertaining. I’ve said it time and time again, but regardless of whether or not you like their music, they put on an AMAZING show! Definitely worth a try!! The last thing I’ll say about them is that they are a much bigger band than when they first starting playing shows like the Ex, yet they still come and play the free stage almost every summer. I love that. It shows humility, which cannot be said for too many bands as they grow in success. A very good quality thats hard to find.

The show wrapped up around 10:00, and we meandered our way through the crowds to find some treats for ourselves and to pay our babysitter with. Spudnuts and lemonade in hand, we headed back out to our vehicle and made our way home. Leaving events like that always feels like it takes an eternity but it wasn’t too bad at all.

We were home right around 11:00. The kids were all asleep, everyone was well, it was an all around successful night. And what better way to wrap it up than with a snuggle with this girly!

I didn’t realize how much I missed her until I had her back.

Thank goodness, she slept until 5:00am, so we got a wonderful, long stretch of sleep before she lulled, sleep-drank two measly ounces, and went back down until 9:30 roughly. This girly loves her sleep!

It really was such a lovely night out. I’m realizing more and more how important it is to go on dates from time to time, and just remember who you are as a couple, and individually, outside of the kids. I know there are people who diligently get childcare every Friday and make dating a big priority. I don’t think we can exactly swing that many dates, but even once a month would be doable and refreshing. Even just going for a walk around town where we can hold hands and talk. Simple, but effective, I bet.

My concert makeup is still on this morning (whoops) but my ears are no longer ringing. I suppose I should wash my face and let last night officially be done 🙂 Or not, because my eye makeup still looks bomb…

Since having Wavy, some of my kids have been helping each other out more than they used to. Kind of out of necessity, kind of not.

Over the last week or so, Wavy has been crying for milk at the same time that I’m getting breakfast on the table for the others. So I’ve been getting the other four settled and then feeding Wavy a few steps away in the living room, just because its a bit more comfy for her and she eats better, and I’m still able to see everyone and be present. The kids do much of breakfast themselves, from getting their siblings vitamins, pouring a bit more cereal, etc. Lately, its ended up that Dekker has offered to feed Solly his yogurt.

Yes. We still feed Solly his yogurt. Could he do it himself? Sure. I admit that I don’t want the extra mess, so we help him eat the potentially super messy stuff. Don’t judge.

So Dekker has been feeding him his yogurt for a few days now, and he now really enjoys it! Dekker LOVES being responsible for someone or something. But as you’d expect, Laela has noticed that Dekker is enjoying it, and now she wants to do it! So yesterday, she fed Solly his yogurt. And she did a pretty great job, too!

Today, Rowan offered. Rowan insisted. And I couldn’t think of a reason why not to let him! I mean, I could, but I really dislike “You’re too little.” Like a LOT. So, I said he could go for it.

Yup. The three year old is feeding the two year old. How did it turn out?

He looks pumped to me!! Do you see it all squeezed between his fingers?? Lol! It was in his neck folds, too. But he was happy, and Rowan felt accomplished, so we’ll take it!

Helping each other out is such a important skill to learn. In my opinion, its something thats missing these days. Having kids help out with jobs, siblings, etc. teaches them not to be entitled or to think the world revolves around them. This doesn’t mean that in the next year, my kids will be making all of their own meals, doing their own laundry, cleaning the whole house, etc. But I do hope to nurture those life skills sooner than later, so they can help out from time to time, because they are part of this family, and they live here, and they should participate in the day to day.

To clarify, I am their mom. I am HAPPY to do these things for them, and I hope to always do lots of these things for them, as much as I can. I had these kids with the intention to care for them in ALL the ways, but I also see teaching them responsibility and life skills as an incredibly important part of my job as their mother. Why wait until they’re teenagers to start?

One of the stigmas with big families, I’ve found, is that people think we’re having all these kids and not doing any of the work. That we’re making our kids do everything for each other and inevitably will expect the older kids to raise the younger ones. That is simply not the case. Not in this house, anyway. I didn’t anticipate rabbit trailing into this topic, but there it is. We ALL do family differently, and that is GREAT. If your kids don’t do chores, I don’t judge that! If your kids do way more work in a day than ours do, I don’t judge that either! If you pay your kids to do household chores, I don’t judge that. If you pay them in high fives, I don’t judge that.

We ALL have our own way 🙂 Today, our way was covering our two year old in yogurt to make our three year old feel proud of himself. I wouldn’t change it!

Though I might not do that tomorrow…

I have to give Wavy  BIG round of applause for her current sleep routine. No, not her schedule. We don’t have one of those at all, and its nowhere in sight. Lucky for us, she’s super low key, and we’re not suffering too terribly hard without one. But her routine is amazing! Specifically last night, it went off without a hitch. She had her awake time in the evening after the other kids had gone to bed. She dozed in and out throughout the later evening and went down solidly at 11pm, waking at 4am, and then not until 10am!!! SO awesome!!

I felt pretty good upon waking. Sleep tends to have that effect. After the gong show of a day we had yesterday, I needed a pick me up. And regardless of the attitudes in the house or in myself, I had a pick me up scheduled for today at noon! Wax and nails, baby!!!

I opted out of any nagging or bugging this morning, which was refreshing. I got some dishes done just before Wavy finally woke up. A certain someone was especially happy to see her.

He always is. He is Waverly’s biggest fan!!

Like I said, they all ate breakfast forEVER, and I had time to tidy up the kitchen and then feed Wavy. Once she was done doddling through her bottling, I very slowly moseyed over to the kids rooms and picked their clothes out for the day. As they noticed, they wandered over to me and got themselves dressed. Everything was suuuper slow motion, but it was suddenly time to go!! I loved the flow of the morning!!!

We got to the right area of the city a few minutes early and met Brady at McDonalds. There wasn’t quite enough time for me to grab lunch before my appointment so Brady drove me the last two minutes to my appointment and then took the kids for lunch.

For the next two hours ish, Brady hung with the kids and I got my legs and arms waxed, as well as got my nails redone. Ooooo! Aaaah! 😍

Cute, right?? I had this idea to use a chunky glitter color and then some other unrelated color, unlike my purple glitter and light purple nails. Pink and red was in my mind when I got there, and then the pinky pinky was an afterthought that I’m happy about 🙂 A little bit “valentines day” ish, but its not February, so I’m pretty ok with it.

Meanwhile in the van…

The kids lunched and fought a little and listened to music, haha! Good times.

Brady had snagged me some lunch when I finished up my appointment, so I ate a Jr Chicken from McDonalds and drank and iced coffee as I drove the kids home. Brady headed back to work. Wavy slept virtually all morning, so when we got home and she lulled awake, she was pissed and starving for milk. So I got on it, with some help from her little (big) shadow.

She looks a little concerned, hey?

We are nap-free and it showwwws! Dekker has loured Solly under the dining table, where he is now apparently feeling trapped and distraught. Laela is reading to Rowan, who is making jokes about what she’s reading, which she does NOT appreciate. Wavy is grunting to high heaven and farting up a storm in her rocker, which makes the other kids scream/laugh, which startles her and makes her cry. Sooooo its going great! 👍 Wish us luck for the rest of the day!

After our wonderful day yesterday and a really solid nights sleep, its only natural that today would start rough, right? Right. Because WOW did it ever!

For the most part, the struggles were pretty standard. Little arguments getting the table set for breakfast. A good solid tantrum even before diaper changes. Discovering that the dishwasher didn’t run overnight. Things like that. But then the kicker.

If you remember, Solly had some bowel issues and has been on a laxative treatment for several months to help retrain his body. Its a long story, but I wrote about it on here a while back. Every morning, I stir his little powdered PEG treatment into his mix cup, and this morning was no different. As soon as I had it poured into his cup, one of my loving little offspring offered to go put it in the pantry. I accepted. Said child snagged it and headed off to the pantry, and as you can probably predict by now, I heard a crash, and an “oops.” I didn’t even look. I just asked “Did it spill?”

“Yes…”

It was no joke, either.

Not only was it all over the pantry floor, but the fine dusty powder went out a good ways into the kitchen. The closer I looked, I saw it was in the appliances, behind all kinds of things, etc. It was SUCH a mess. And a WASTE, also! I gave the kid the benefit of the doubt, but very quickly found out it wasn’t just the drop, but that they had been playing with turning the lid and it had fallen out of their hand when trying to lift it onto the shelf. Just a mistake, but a crappy one. (Ha! Laxative pun.) It was all too overwhelming, and I cried. And then, of course, aforementioned kid cried. And just because timing was fabulous, Waverly woke up, so she cried. The other kids flocked over and hugged and kissed me. They offered to help clean up. They were all SO distressed at the sight of me crying, which felt odd, because I definitely have cried around them. I thanked them for all of their love. I explained that the powder was super fine and would be pretty tricky to clean up well, so I was fine to do it on my own.

I pushed through the work, tracking the mess further out into the kitchen as I went in and out of the pantry. The word “mess” doesn’t really do it justice. I’ll stop harping on it. But it sucked. I cleaned up the floor in the kitchen as best as I could, and looked around to see if I could busy myself with a job to occupy my mind and work out some of my frustration. But, as mentioned, the dishwasher hadn’t run, so I couldn’t do dishes. I could do laundry but I have three loads to fold that are waiting for me already. Nothing else was staring me in the face, but I did have a crying baby. So I scooped her up, made her a bottle, and poured myself a cup of coffee. That was my job for the morning. Snuggling my daughter and drinking coffee. I also guessed what duplo creations were, examined pictures, read stories, and chatted with my littles.

There is no love lost, but it was a rough start for me in that way. It was really hard on the poor kid, too. I made a point not to be a jerk about it, but I’m a bit subdued at least. The morning ran its course, and the kids are napping. Except this little burrito…

but she’s working on it. It won’t be long now.

I promise, I love them all so much ❤️ My kids are easily some of the BEST people I know.

Wish us luck for the afternoon!

I wish all weekend days went like today. Behold, the perfect day off, according to me, in five easy steps!

1. Brunch. We had my mom over for waffle brunch this morning. That includes waffles with whipped cream and other basic toppings, bacon, and coffee. It usually includes some kind of fresh fruit salad, but we were officially out of fresh things. And frankly, sometimes an indulgent treat works too. Mom came around 9:30, and the kids were so happy to see her! She was immediately hijacked to the couch to read stories and look at pictures they had colored. It felt normal, and homey. Waffle brunch with company is always a highlight!
2. Naps. Naps were different today, and actually pretty awesome! Dekker was having a pretty hard morning, and told me through tears that he hadn’t slept very well the night before. I told him I thought having a nap might help. I said he wasn’t in ANY trouble, but the rest would make him feel so much better for the rest of the day. To my surprise, he agreed! So ALL THE KIDS NAPPED!!! Brady and I ate lunch upstairs, in bed, and watched tv on the laptop. It. Was. Awesome.
3. An outing! The kids woke up in considerably better moods, and we told them we were going to head to the city for some groceries. You probably know by now, but our kids LOVE grocery shopping! Running errands is their jam. So that makes it fairly easy to take them out to those kinds of places. Right now, errands are also my jam because I love wearing Wavy in a carrier! They got all dressed while I fed Wavy, and off we went. We started with Costco and stocked up on fresh things for the week, as well as picked up a few staples and some things we need for next weekend. And miiiiilk! Does anyone else buy five jugs at a time? Just us? Ok cool. We made a quick supper stop and headed to Walmart for the rest of our groceries. We usually hit Superstore rather but we have our few select things we get from Walmart, and they have been waiting on the list for so long that they were the majority of our list this time. So we did that next. Didn’t quite get all we came for, but we did ok. We headed home and made it home before the kids bedtime!
4. A visit 🙂 I LOVE how many people have been coming by to see Wavy since she’s been born, and today, she got to meet yet another admirer/friend of hers! A friend who is rarely nearby happened to be this evening, and timing worked out perfectly!! It was SO nice to have a visit, albeit short, with friends who I never, ever see. In person is just so much better than online, but I’ll take what I can get. Not to mention, she brought us the AMAZING gift of some freshly butchered lamb and a big garden zucchini! Food gifts, guys. These are some of the best kinds of gifts for us!!! But besides the gift, its such a treat to chat with good people about real life stuff while passing a baby around.
5. A soak in the tub. No day is complete without one, you know 😉 It is truly the best way to finish the day off. Possibly with snacks. I’m still loving the fun cheeses we bought for Wavy’s party. Also plain Lays chips. And fudge from the lake. I should probably eat less directly before bed…

I say it again. This kind of day just flows SO nicely. I LOVE when days go like this. When we have stuff to do, but not too much, and no one is bored. When the food is good. When the company is loving and warm, and go out of their way to come. When the kids can wind down to music videos before bed, because they earned them. When the house is a nice temperature to fall asleep in. When your family is happy and thriving. These are important days to remember, especially on the days when all you can see is chaos, stress, and absolutely nothing and no one is cooperating. I am SO thankful for today and everyone who played a role in it.

Jerilee came over for a bit today for a goal planning chat. It was SUCH a nice thing to do together! I’m feeling goalish (goulash?) since entering a new decade of life, and she is feeling goalish as her year of work closed off and a new one begun. So its a natural time for all the reflection.

She texted me when she was on her way over and offered to grab me a coffee. Tims or Starbucks? Wherever she was heading already. Starbucks it is! I ordered a vanilla latte, please and thank you.

“Thats a boring drink” she goes.

And she’s totally right! I love the weirder, fancier, sweeter, more complicated drinks. Starbucks is fun for me! I don’t too often order a plain old vanilla latte. That drink always stirs up memories for me.

Its been almost one year since we lost our little Jamin. Being in the hospital had never been as difficult as it was over those two days. Waiting to deliver a baby that I knew I wasn’t going to get to bring home sucked. It was quite a time. Not many people knew we were there, and those who did wanted to badly to help somehow. They didn’t know what to do and neither did we. It was just a bad situation all around. One particular person sent a Starbucks gift card to my phone, saying she knew it wasn’t the “right” thing, but that was all she could think of to do in that moment. It actually was quite perfect. Our baby was born early the next morning, and I was allowed to eat and drink again. After a while, Brady offered to go use that card and get me a coffee. In the moment, as you can imagine, my brain was mush. I couldn’t think of what was on the menu, much less what I liked from there. I stammered out something about a vanilla latte and Brady trucked off to fulfil my request. Pretty sure he was feeling helpless and just needed to do something.

My coffee was obviously far from my priority, but I remember being pleasantly surprised at how yummy it was. It was weirdly cleansing and fresh and just exactly bang on. It was probably the only thing I consumed that day, and while a big cup of coffee doesn’t healthily sustain a person, it worked. It didn’t make me feel sick(er than I already did) or sit like a rock in my stomach. It was just the perfect boring choice.

I was tired today. We all were.

I was cold. Short tempered. No nonsense. Not the best Hailey I’m capable of being. Tell me I’m not the only one who doesn’t rock every single day! And I couldn’t think of any other drink option off the top of my head! So, a vanilla latte it was. And it was yummy! And this somewhat insignificant memory came back to me. And I’m kind of ok with it.

I miss Jamin so much. Its all still so fresh in my memory. Literally down to the coffee I drank that day. I hope that memory never fades. I have no idea how long it’ll be before he and I are reunited. It will be an amazing day!

I’ll willingly admit that I am one of the people who was absolutely dreading turning 30. I’ll also admit that I wasn’t especially rational in my thinking. I would look at myself as a person, and the beautiful life I have, and would think “What have I been doing for the last ten years?!” Which I know is foolish, trust me. My last ten years have been BIG! Brady and I got married. We moved a handful of times, and had a house built for us. Brady started his own business and has been successful! We’ve been pregnant seven times, and brought home five healthy, delicious children. That equals 52 months of pregnancy! We’ve made many friends, and learned about being good friends to our friends. Its been a FULL decade. Yet somehow, I’ve anticipated turning thirty as being some kind of indicator of how little I’ve done. Typing it out even feels stupid now…

Lucky for me, I can now see how ridiculous those feelings are. Thirty can bring it on. I’m not afraid of it. Of course I’m thirty! If I weren’t aging, I wouldn’t have who I have, or be who I am!! And ever so slowly, I’m starting to like me 🙂 Hailey is not all that bad, turns out.

I do feel, however, like this birthday is comparable to everyone else’s New Years. A restart, kind of. And in my heart, a few new goals are brewing. “Hopes,” maybe, is a better word than “goals.” Though does “hope” take away the action part of the word? Hmmm… You get it, right? Many of these goals require me to be braver, so any and all encouragement and prayer is needed and coveted.

I want to be braver in my kitchen, and try new recipes that take more time, even if it makes me feel scattered, if I flop them, or if everyone hates them. That is worth the risk. Goodbye to (most) convenience food, and hello to fresher, healthier things that actually sustain us.

I want to exercise juuust a little. As in going for more walks and little things like that. If I’m unhappy with little things here and there on my body, the only person who can change them is me! If I don’t end up working on these things, I won’t complain about them! And thats ok, too! Simple as that 🙂

I want to change some things up here on the blog, and make some attempts to actually grow my audience! This feels like a SUPER vulnerable one for me, for some reason. My list of goals focusing on and around the blog is my longest list! I’m on the market for a cute little book/calendar to plan blogs out and write notes, and I’m still looking for a nice chair for my gorgeous new desk (that is currently heaped to high heaven with laundry baskets)

I want to, at some point in the coming year or two, find an avenue that can actually help my family financially. Nothing big or crazy, but I’d love to be able to offer something that people need/want, and do it well. I want to learn a skill that matters. I have an idea or two brewing in that department, but again, vulnerability sucks.

Like I said, guys. Bravery. Courage. Confidence. These are things that I lack, but I think they’re things I’d really love to have, that would better me as a person.

Its recently been brought to my attention by more than a couple of people that perhaps my expectations of myself are a touch too high. I’m not sure if thats true, or if perhaps I’m just motivated? I don’t desire to be supermom, but I do desire to be the best version of myself. I want to be the woman God has in mind, and I’m trying to figure out who that is.

I’m so thankful to have had thirty years of life under my belt. I pray I have more years ahead to chase after God’s ideal Hailey.

How has it already been a month since this glorious day?

I flip flop on how I feel about time passing. On one hand, I feel like she was just born. I remember the details of her birth so clearly still. She still feels like a newborn in my arms. I’m still in total bewonderment at the sight of her. Yet she fits in SO perfectly, I feel like she’s always been here. But thats not the truth, because I also very vividly remember all that happened before she came along. I’ll go a bit more in depth on that another day.

Our one month with Wavy has been a total whirlwind. We have been doing SO MUCH, and she has been the perfect sidekick!

I don’t have all the little bits of info people usually like for baby updates.

I don’t know her weight or height.
She has no real schedule or routine yet to share.
There aren’t many (or any real) milestones to track at this point.

There is so little I know about her, to be honest, but here is what I do know.

Wavy is so mild mannered, content, and peaceful. The picture of low maintenance. She doesn’t ask for much, so when she does, I listen. She hardly cries.

She follows me when I walk around her and talk to her.

Her curls have stuck around! So far, anyway!

She wakes up twice at night at the VERY most. She eats great in the day and like garbage at night, so I’m hopeful she’ll sleep through sooner than later.

She fits newborn sizes still, but its getting a bit tight, length wise. Three month clothing, however, is still huge.

She’s getting more and more smiley! I can’t wait for her social smiles to really kick into high gear!

She hates farting. Because she’s a lady, and ladies aren’t supposed to do things like that. #lies

Above ALL of that, though…

Waverly Violet is truly loved by SO MANY PEOPLE. It is amazing how many people are invested in her life, from our friends and family, to a whole host of people I don’t personally know and haven’t ever met. I’ve joked around about how she is the worlds most anticipated baby, but I think there is some very real truth to that. I can find peace in the fact that she has been SO covered in prayer, and is exactly as she should be, no matter who she is, what she does, and what comes up in her life.

And for that – for her – I praise the Lord.

Thank you, Jesus, for one full, delicious, healing, exciting, tear-filled, celebratory month with Waverly.

Sleeping in our own bed felt SO GOOD!!! I love Waskesiu, and the place where we stay is totally comfortable, including the bed. Truly, I don’t feel like we have to settle at all. But home feels just bang on. I love it here.

I’m a tad bummed that Brady is already back to work today, but I’m very grateful he has work. I wish we could’ve had one wind down day together before he went back, but there was just no way. He’s even working this coming Saturday :/ I say again, I’m happy he has work. And hey, being back to a routine is always good, so we’re just doing that today.

Thanks to our lovely friend, Cher, who hung at our house while we were away, the place was in far better shape than how we left it. I’m so relieved not to have to clean up a mess before the mess of unpacking! However, we do still have the unpacking mess to deal with. Brady tackled a ton of it yesterday, and everything we need for daily life is organized and where it belongs. Cher did our dishes and tidied and wiped down seemingly the entire house (woot!) so all thats really left on me is figuring out fridges and what fresh groceries we need to catch up on, and laundry. LAUNDRY!

You may have seen on Facebook or Instagram that Waverly wasn’t having it this morning. She is not a big crier at all, so when she does cry, I listen. And this morning, all she wanted was to be held, whether she was awake or asleep. So I held her. At one point, I admit, I put her down and ran downstairs to sort through the mountain of laundry and get it at least started. This is what I faced for loads of laundry.

1. Dekker & Rowan’s clothes
2. Laela, Solly, and Wavy’s clothes
3. Solly & Wavy’s receiving/snuggle blankets (used more than average of those at the lake)
4. Brady’s work clothes & our jeans
5. Brady’s & my other clothes
6. Swimwear & my menstrual underwear
7. Towels
8. More towels (Read: beach, bath, dish, other)
9. Bedding

I think thats it…

So you see why I couldn’t just leave this all completely for another day. Its a LOT. Even if I started first thing this morning, I couldn’t actually finish in one day. So I sorted as fast as I could, and it seemed to go pretty quickly, which is almost never the case. I was feeling good about myself until I realized I missed an entire garbage bag of laundry from our trip. Whoops. So I got back to it, sorted some more, and then I threw in the first load.

I got back upstairs, and of course, Wavy was crying. She settled the moment I picked her up. Actually, really, the moment I put my hands on her. Very much like a “There you are! I’ve been wondering…” type of recovery. Almost nonchalant. Little princess.

She’s so great.

Now that lunch is done, nappers are napping, and Dekker is legoing, Wavy drank some good milk and is now sleeping in her rocker. Not sure how long that will last, but I did get a second load of laundry in! Two down, only seven left to go!! Wish me luck!!