God is always teaching us something!

Right now, my lessons are centered around contentment.

I hit the ground running every morning. I feed Sweet Pea at 8am, make every attempt to wake her up after the feed, change her diaper, lay her in our bed and go get Little Bug up at 8:30am. We go to Sweet Pea’s room and change her diaper then she drinks her milk in our bed and then it is straight to the kitchen for breakfast. By this time, Sweet Pea is ready to nap and is usually having tummy pains. She goes in the sling so that I can continue on with breakfast for Little Bug.

Then it is clean up time. How in the world we make such a mess in less than half an hour I do not know. But there are breakfast dishes and multiple bottles to wash.

Dr. Brown’s bottles with a million and one parts. That take forever to wash. (More on what we are trying now with Sweet Pea later.)

After breakfast, Little Bug goes to her room for Independent Play (lifesaver!) and I clean up the kitchen, wash the million and one bottle parts and then go to my bedroom to lay Sweet Pea down to finish her nap.

I then clean up my bedroom from the middle of night feed(s), get dressed and have some quiet time with God before it is time to get Little Bug from playtime and give Sweet Pea her 11am feed.

As I was getting dressed today, I was thinking how my life is consumed with menial tasks…washing bottles, changing diapers, picking up toys, getting the baby to sleep, laundry, fixing meals.

It kinda seems pointless and like there needs to be more to life than all this.

As menial as these tasks are, there is nothing more on earth I would rather do right now.

I want to take care of my little girls all day long.

I know these days are fleeting. A vapor. They will be here today and gone tomorrow.

While I do feel like my life is a circus and sometimes I still wonder what God was thinking giving me children 26 months apart, I know that contentment in life is the way to go.

What I don’t like about life right now will change before I know it.

And what I do like about life right now will change before I know it.

Change is the only given in this life.

Circumstances, people, relationships, jobs, children…everything. It all changes at some point.

All I have right now is the life I have right now with my husband, 2 year old daughter and 6 week old daughter.

Things are a bit crazy. But in a very good way.

But, I might as well choose to enjoy and embrace the craziness because before I know it, this phase of my life will be gone.

And I will look back on these days and long for the days of two in diapers, bottles to wash and a washing machine that is constantly running…my circus life.

One day, before I know it, my daughters will be off on their own.

But today, right now, they need me. They need me to change their diapers, make their food and wash their clothes and burp rags!

This is my life. For now.

And it is one of my greatest privileges on earth.

- Elaine