count your many blessings

My morning started off with Isaiah throwing up. Then Raelynn started. I got puked on a few times. The crib got puked in a few times. Then my washer started making this awful beeping noise and flashing a 1-800 number to call for assistance. My washer was washing Raelynn's diapers. Thankfully it was on it's last rinse cycle, but it died right in the middle of the rinse cycle.

I just kept plugging away. I wouldn't allow myself a breakdown because I had a couple sick kiddos that needed my attention. Did I mention I haven't done laundry in a week? Yeah, I was going to tackle that all today after I washed Raelynn's diapers. So right now I have over a week's worth of laundry and a couple crib changings covered in puke hanging out in my house. Holy hannah.

Once I got the kids in bed, I tackled Raelynn's diapers. I had to rinse them all out in the tub and wring them out to dry. It only took me about 25 minutes. About half way through it the song "Count your many blessings" just started running through my head. It made me smile. I started thinking of all the blessings throughout the day instead of all the yuckiness.

The first blessing immediately popped in my head was my dishwasher. I am so thankful it was washing all of our dishes for the day while I was rinsing out the diapers! I was so thankful to not have to tackle a stack of dishes.

Next was that the dryer wasn't broken too. I'd have no where to hang dry the 60+ pieces of cloth diapers and wipes I was rinsing!

Elias isn't sick yet! Two kids is hard enough to keep cuddled and clean.

I had no morning sickness today! I was so thankful because I'm not sure I could have handled Isaiah and Raelynn puking if I was nauseous!

Our dirty kitchen floor - it's covered in food that I need to sweep up, but it's evidence that we have all we need and we are well provided for.

The abundance of warm water we have. Raelynn took 3 baths because of her puking. Isaiah and Elias each got one too. Then the dishwasher was running at the same time.

My amazing husband who always helps me with everything the second he gets home from work. I mean everything from cleaning, to taking care of kids, to helping out with dinner - he does it all.

The last thing I thought of as I finished up the diapers was chocolate. Yup, I was very excited to get those diapers in the dryer so I could sit down and enjoy a piece of chocolate!

And now as I finish up this post, Isaiah is screaming from his room because he just puked again. I think I'm in for a long night!

Count your many blessings, name them one by one, Count your many blessings, see what God has done....