little messes

i anticipated the craziness of adding two babies to our household at once, but what i didn’t see coming was the magic of the quiet moments. they are sometimes few and far between but after everyone is changed and fed and placed down to sleep the quiet pull itself over the house like a thick warm blanket.

and believe it or not i’ve actually found myself rather productive. productive perhaps being a relative term but for the last month or so of pregnancy i had a hard time motivating for just about anything. i either sat or slept in my rocking chair until it was time to eat or nap again. i was just so sleepy, trying to remain still and savor the last few weeks of our two-member household. but now, when the babes are down i know i only have but a few hours to myself. there’s bread to bake and cookies to make (the perfect way to warm the kitchen for bath-time of course!) and i’ve even enjoyed the laundry if you can imagine, finding purpose in this work, the quiet of this work. and when the kitchen is clean and the dishes are dry, the diapers are warm and ready for use. i just get to sit and stare at these little lovely people that i’m oh so thankful for and can’t wait to get to know.

perhaps the antithesis of quiet but that’s what you get when you try to have a photo session right before lunchtime.

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