1 year 25 days

It was really late before I made it to bed last night, somewhere around 3 am, and I felt it today. It's not like I can sleep without interruptions. And 6 hours later my alarm rang for me to get up and make their 9 am cereal with milk, and feed them. Then I lay down in bed with Tammy, who slept 90 minutes on me, while the boys slept in their beds. I took her down to Randy and her siblings, put their lunch food into the warmer, and lay back down for a few minutes. Then I got up and we fed them. Then I cooked the adults' lunch meals. So far just a regular day.

We started eating, and I had to pick up Sammy and hold him as he was unhappy, and then our friend Sonja arrived. I was so thankful she'd come on a Saturday! She took Sammy, and after a while he was okay, and I was able to eat my food.

I had so much to do, but was too tired. I lay back down for a few minutes, and then it was already time for their next meal. The three of us each fed one baby, and then we took them upstairs again for their afternoon nap. I lay down with Tammy, as always, while Randy and Sonja were putting the other two to bed. I heard them cry for a while, and then it got quiet.

Half an hour later, Sammy started crying. I was waiting for someone to come get him, but nothing was happening. What should I do? I finally tried to gently slide Tammy onto the bed so I could go get Sammy. Well, it didn't work. Tammy woke up - it was too early. I got Sammy (Emmy was still sleeping) and we went downstairs. To my greatest surprise there was no Sonja, and no Randy. I knew Randy wanted to go to the hardware store to buy some stuff, but where was Sonja? I texted her and found out that Randy had sent her home. So here I was, alone with 3 babies. Emmy woke up just minutes later, and I had to leave two crying babies, to get the third crying baby and bring him downstairs to join us.

I was sitting in the play area crying myself, while the babies were happy again. I had been so thankful for Sonja to come, and now it was 3:15 pm and I was alone with them! And could again not do any work, as I sat and played with them. Emmy and Tammy had both not slept enough, and they were tired and cranky the rest of the afternoon. I only took a handful of pictures today.

Just before 5 pm I went upstairs to get their dinner ready, which always takes a while. Today it was bread with cream cheese, salmon, strawberries, raspberries and grapes. We fed them at the dining room table, then changed them and read a Bible story with them in our bed, before putting them to bed with milk.

Sammy fell asleep fast, but even though Tammy and Emmy were so tired, it took them a while to fall asleep.

Then it was time to get my food ready. I was so tired, was so overwhelmed with everything I had to get done, and not making any progress. I lay down in bed while waiting for my soup to be hot. It all just seemed too much. But when you have babies, you do what you've got to do, you don't have the luxury of taking a break. You just keep going, and that's what I did. I continued my routine of eating my soup, then cutting up my salad ingredients and eating my salad, and then starting to work. I do need to go bed earlier again, so that I'm not so tired, but then I can't get things done. I need your help, Lord!