Brief Thoughts on Motherhood
Nehemiah 8:10 "for the joy of the LORD is my strength"
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We are a family of 5 (+ a dog) living in Alabama. Here's how you can email me: darby613(at)gmail.com.
I am a big sinner with a bigger Savior. I am a wife and a mother of 3 small children. I love to sew, craft, play house, and blog. I'm glad you're here... I hope you find something that inspires you!
I am a big sinner with a bigger Savior. I am a wife and a mother of 3 small children. I love to sew, craft, play house, and blog. I'm glad you're here... I hope you find something that inspires you!
This is my best attempt to capture the big and the small in our daily lives. Over the last few years the Lord has shown me the many rewards of transparency. What better way to be transparent than to share my life with others! It is my prayer that my "conversations will be full of grace and seasoned with salt" Colossians 4:6
I will also remind you this a BLOG, this is NOT real life. We don't sit around craft, bake and smile for pictures all day long. We do strive to glorify God and recognize our deep need of a Savior. What comfort we find in knowing that our debts have been paid and we have been set free.
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From Our Kitchen
Fruit Roll-Ups
Lemon Dill Salmon & Butternut Squash
Chicken Delight
Cucumber & Dill Spread
Squash Casserole
Petit Fours
Frosted Banana Bars
Fudge Pie
Ham, Cheese, Spinach Strata
Easy Asian
Southwest Chicken Soup & Homemade Chips
Whoopie Pies
Icebox Cake
Banana Pudding
Apple Butter
White Queso Dip
Chocolate Eclair Dessert
Chicken Noodle Soup
Mini Cinnamon Rolls
Buttermilk Pies
House Smell Good?
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88 comments:
These are great pics! Keeping it real. :) Love the diaster pics.
Thank you so much... your picture was just what I needed! It has been one of those "two steps backwards" days at my house also... and now I feel so much better about it.
oh my goodness - i remember those days. my children are now 15 and 13.
Been there done that, crazy but doing it again with my grandgirls. Maybe since I didn't die the first time I will live through it again. What's up with 3 yr olds wanting to tear up paper. My house as little specks of white stuff everywhere and no it's not snowing in Alabama today.
that's how I feel...I can't keep up with everything! I clean one mess and turn around and there's always another one.
I so needed this laugh!!! Dealing with mono and pneumonia (I have both)...my poor children. Too bad yo don't live closer, Naomi could join you with her (many) poopie diapers and Nate would love to play dress up (you know, spider man, firefighter).....Much love
Honnnnnneeeeee! With a two year old and a five year old, I can relate! God bless you....
Ashley in Tennessee
How is it your kitchen STILL looks good, even with all that chaos???
love that you can take a step back, let the kiddos be kiddos, and enjoy their world
So nice to see that my house isn't the only one that's a disaster most days. And I only have 1 kid (and 1 on the way)! I LOVE your posts on sewing and cooking and photography how-to's, but it's always nice to see the "everyday" as well. Enjoy those adorable children!
Ahh thank you for showing me that I am not the only one who somehow has lost control of my ship. :)
There are days I just want to scream or cry but usually end up sitting down and laughing - probably a bit too much like the Joker laughs but it is laughter all the same :)
Love your blog..keep it going.
tammy
Oh, girl.... I'm feeling your pain!
But it's worth it all, isn't it? :)
Thank you. I needed that verse today as I am contemplating selling my one year old to the gypsies.
i'm in the trenches with you.
I love it Darby! You make me feel better about my house being a disaster and me feeling overwhelmed! Love your blog :)
hilarious and so true.
Were those hot dogs???
and we thank you for that. cause i should totally show yall my kitchen counters. i've been painting and am waaaayy too lazy to take things out to the garage when not in direct use...like the afore mentioned paint! did nagrom start school yet?
Thank you so much for sharing that. You have know idea how much I needed to see that.
Darby,
Those pictures are awesome, and so funny! I'm glad to see that your house is not always spotless! What a great verse too!
OMGoodness - I am SO cracking up right now...sorry it at your expense!
boy, did i need this verse today. perfect timing.
OOOh.. My.. too funny!
So, this is why my sister keeps telling me I have no idea what life's like with kids.
I've got to send her this - she'll understand.
Love the photo's - so great.
AMEN!!!!!!!!! This is totally and completely the way I feel 7 days a week! Thanks so much for the encouragement! It's so nice to know I'm NOT the ONLY one!!!!!
I hadn't had my "Fly Through My Window" fix yet and I'm so glad I did! This is what I needed-laughter and a good encouragement for being a mom.
Hilarious. I laughed out loud. I mean, that mess?! What in the world were you doing :-) Your kids will remember all these fun things you have done for them and with them. That's the best part of motherhood...investing in their little lives and loving on them! Keep the posts coming!
AWESOME! That's what I call being transparent ;) How about a weekly installment of normalcy? You could call it a 'shout-out' to all the mommies :0
Thanks for keeping it real!
I love the honesty of this entry :)
even with all the mess and craziness, I am still jealous.
My kids are 5&1/2, 3&1/2, and 2. I have days like this often. Sometimes it feels like more than I can handle; like I don't even know where to begin, which mess to start with.
You are right, the joy of the Lord IS our strength. I also try to remember that they will be grown and out of the house before I know it. Then I will be sad!
thank you for showing that! it's awesome and hilarious at the same time! my back patio looks like that, but with trucks, dirt and flowers everywhere. thankfully it was the smallest pot and i ave a much bigger one of the same kind somewhere else.
Thanks for sharing these! I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one whose house gets a little upside down sometimes! Well, truthfully, a lot of the time...
Ahh, this makes me feel better :) Great post, I loved it!
I think it was in Mary Poppins...when she "would make a swoop" around the room to clean up....that what I used to tell myself at night.... I was making a swoop.
I love reading your blog, I think this is my first time posting!
Those shots are perfect and just what I needed today.
Have you warned Erika? LOL
I loved it!!! Enjoy those kiddos mess and all.
LOVE IT!~ so true:-)
did she eat the dogs after she wore them as earrings?
Were you in my house this morning, b/c it sure looks an awful lot like my kitchen!
On a side note, and perhaps this should have been a question for the photography post, but anyways...how do you get your pictures on your blog to be so big? Just wondering, b/c I love the size of your pics, just don't know how to do it myself. Thanks so much!
i. am. so. there.
So encouraging to know that I am not alone in this journey to selflessness! For some crazy reason after 2, I thought I had "arrived" and was totally selfless (or pretty close). However, with the addition of #3, I quickly came to the realization that there are parts of me that I have yet to give up.
In the midst of potty training here, and it's going less than spectacular. Thanks for the honest and thoughtful reminder -- I needed it!
Oh, thank you! I thought I was the only one. Sometimes I really feel like I am, it's great to see that it's pretty normal :) and a compliment that someone like you has similar days.
Hang in there!
I can't wait until we reach the phase where they don't have to make messes to be entertained . . . or is that even a phase we will one day reach? I sure hope so!
I just love you and your blog....glad to know we are in the same boat!
These are so hilarious! How do you put the text on the pictures? Too cute.
Do you have any idea how wonderful it was to see these pictures?
Thank you for your sweet transparency.
Ha...mine looks like that very often and I only have two! Precious kiddos! Mandy
I LOVE your photos...so crisp and clear. I also love your blog!
I know being a young mother gets very tiring... believe me, I know exactly how you feel. My two beautiful boys have now grown into handsome and wonderful men.
Everyone is right, it really does go by too fast...before you know it, your children are grown and making their own way in the world.
So, enjoy them! Play, cook, eat, tear paper, change diapers...it's all worth it!
Hihihi sorry for laugh but so nice to see that my house isn't the only one that's a disaster most days, my 2 boy let toys all around and some time you have to jump for pass, my sewing room is a camp of battle not happy they go in dining room...and now out in the garden....but at the enad of the time they are kids and need to play....we are moms and need to have a bunch of patience!!!
Have and happy day
Laura from Italy
Thank goodness it's not just me who has this!And I only have 1!Made me take a breath and realise I'm not alone!Kiddos are so cute..even though I haven't slept in 3 1/2 years :-)
That top photo is absolutely priceless!!! And I love the disaster shots, complete with costumes. Hilarious Darby. xx
Great post...I love how you've shared Scripture in REAL life!
Amen, sister!
(and what a mess! ;)
my.life.every.day - just amazed that you have time to blog about it!
Love your blog...I have been reading for a while now! Quick question...how do you get your photos so big on your blog? Thanks so much!
Thanks for the reminder to die daily! I forget that...a lot! Sometimes I just have to forget the mess and just enjoy my girl. The mess will always be there, they won't always be this age!!!
I love your candidness! Those pics are so funny! Thank you for sharing!!!
What a blessing to see this AM!! I so needed the reminder of "dying to self". Also made me evaluate if I've been a Mary or a Martha lately. Thank you.
I've finally joined the blog world, so I won't just be a stalker anymore :) Thanks for your email response...your new friend from Southern Illinois!
Thank you..it's a great comfort to know that we aren't the only ones keeping up with the kids.
love it!
kristen
this. is. hilarious. and. i. love. it. Thank you for keeping it honest - I appreciate that about you!
i'm cracking up
i just posted yesterday about my intimidation of the blogland. so many times i feel a little in over my head compared to so many talented obviously very gifted women. you amaze me.
i'm so glad to see a cutipie post like this...i love that you keep it real, even if your "real" is much cuter & well dressed than my "real"
xo
love this! and so glad i get to finally become a mommy in February!!
LOL I can soooo relate! Love the pictures.
"Some days dying is easier than others" very well said!!! today I have prayed Lord please help me have patience with my toddler several times,I am feeling a little stretched and I only have one. May the Lord continue to give you grace as you parent those babies:) Love ya!
Thanks for the encouragement! :)
Love that verse - need that verse!
hey, if it makes you feel any better... my office looks like that and there aren't any kids in here. luckily no one has pooped in their pants!
oh my can i relate! do you go crazy when your house likes that b/c i do! thanks for being real. thanks for the scripture. and, thanks for reminding me that as a mother i have to die to myself. i needed that today.
Girl can I so relate!
Oh LOVE it girl! Keep it real keep it real! That mess has been in my house many a time. Right now there are chip crumbs beside my bed I'm ashamed to say have been there since my toddler dumped them there on s-u-n-d-a-y!
Great verse and adorable post!! I'll have to share this with my baby who's having her first in two months!!
that post got a really loud audible laugh...thanks!! much needed today as i weed through the hours that i call my life!!
That first pic is THEE CUTEST photo I have EVER seen. Love it!
amen.
thanks for sharing!
Wow, were you in my kitchen tonight.....except the poop wasn't in the diaper, instead on the floor...but don't worry she covered it up with a cup from a previous tea party..then baby sister picked it up. I wouldn't trade being a stay at home mom for anything. Love your blog.
Are you sure you didn't take this pic in my kitchen :)? Had this pulled up and Av saw and was so excited to see pics of all the kids, but wanted to see one of you too. We were outside recently and she identified a skink and let me know that Mr. Justin likes skinks. Miss you and the fam
This is hilarious. But probably only because I'm not a mother yet, so I haven't experienced the chaos firsthand. I remember my mom walking around the house singing "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength...." Now I understand why!
I so feel your pain....some days I want to crawl back into bed and let them have the house!
Thanks for the scripture!!!
wow...i have been reading your blog for a little while now...but with 3 boys around the same age as your precious one's I can't comment very often BUT today this post was so me...Thank you for keeping it so real...many of us are in the same shoes!!!
God Bless...Carmela
Thanks for making my house feel normal... I am constanting cleaning up messes and never can seem to get ahead. I have a 3 yr old girl and a 9 month old boy... so the messes have only just begun for my baby boy. I really enjoy reading your blog (this is the first time I've left a comment). I quote that scripture often. :)
Love the pictures! I have a 4 and 2year old so I totally understand! The question I would like to know is, was it harder going from 1 to 2or 2 to 3? I love reading your blog! Keep up the good work!!
Kelly
Came across from Layla's blog. Love this. Wow, I have 2 boys and I know the feeling. My kitchen seems to look like yours all the time anymore.
Looks familiar!
I just found your blog and I love all of your beautiful pictures. I am a huge picture lover, and recently gave up trying to be interesting and just started posting more of them.
Love this...so cute with the truthful humor!
Oh Girl. Favorite.Post.Ever.
I totally feel your pain...and joy! Three kids can be so frustrating at times with all of their messes and fits, but they are so worth it!
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