10 months 22 days

I could barely make it out of bed this morning, two hours earlier than usual, and crawled out of bed 15 minutes before we had to leave. We walked our kilometer to the private swimming pool where we've been going baby swimming. My Mom met us there. Tammy and Emmy were already very tired, but had not slept in the stroller on the way there. I had Emmy today, Randy Sammy, and my Mom Tammy. They all had a lot of fun and did a lot of diving today, even jumping from the side of the pool (sitting and being pulled in). They were all tired afterwards, and Tammy was nearly falling asleep on my Mom's chest. She was asleep in the stroller before we had even left the premises, and the boys followed suit soon thereafter.

Sammy was awake before we arrived home, and Emmy woke up not long after getting back. I fed Sammy, and Randy Emmy, a new jar (rice with spinach and cheese), and I'm not sure how much they really liked it. The three of them had 2 jars all together. Tammy woke up a while after the boys had finished eating, and Randy fed her, while I finished cooking our own food. I actually multitask quite a bit, as I cook one dish for Randy, and another for myself every day.

After lunch, I was extremely tired. So was Emmy whose nap had ended prematurely, and who was now crying and crying, asking for help to fall asleep. So I lay down together with him. Suddenly he wasn't that tired and started exploring the bed, while I kept up with him with my eyes closed much of them. Finally the tiredness caught up with him, and he finally fell asleep on my chest. Randy had already left to go to the apartment and continue working. I was a little concerned being asleep in bed, while Tammy and Sammy were in the bed together, and Tammy wide awake after her long nap. Sometimes we have to intervene when they are too rough with each other. However, I didn't hear any babies cry, just laughing, so I even fell asleep for a few minutes. I was awake, though, when I heard Sammy getting hungry and asking for the next meal. I gently lay down Emmy, hoping he'd continue sleeping without me, but it didn't work. He was awake!

And he wasn't very happy when I returned him to his siblings. But I had to get their next meal ready, and then fed Sammy, then fed Tammy who hadn't eaten much for lunch, and then fed Emmy. All three were not happy at times, and after holding them a while, they let me put them in the swing, where they can see me and are happy for a while. Both boys spent time in the swing. And I had Tammy and Emmy with me for a while - one after another - trying to work with one hand, and sometimes being able to even type with both hands and write receipts, as long as they were not grabbing stuff on my desk.

But suddenly, miracously, all three were in bed and happy! And it wen't on for about an hour! If only it was always like that! I sure enjoyed being able to get some work done! Occasionally I would look to check on them, and took some pictures and videos of their harmonious playing together.

The harmony ended when it was dinner time. I fed Sammy first and put him to bed, while the other two were already fussing. Emmy was next, and Tammy was not happy to have to continue waiting. Tamara, you're the oldest, you go to bed last! Some day she'll be happy about that.

I put Emmy to bed, and both boys fell asleep right away. At one point in the afternoon Tammy was so tired, but never fell asleep, but I knew that would be an advantage for bed time. However, by the time I got to her, she was so hungry and tired, she'd start crying every time I put a spoon in her mouth. That's happened quite often recently! Well, when you're one person and you have three babies to feed... I gave her freedom, and kept trying to put food into her mouth. That meant we both got dirty, but she did end up eating some of it. When I put her to bed, she did not cry. I had to stay and stroke her head for a while, but was amazed that she did not get back up when I walked away while she was still awake. Yeah, we're getting there!

Because of baby swimming, all the food times are later on Friday, so they had all gone to bed later than usual. What a blessing, though, that they had all fallen asleep easily! It was actually a really good afternoon. I could work and prepare dinner, and at some point Randy came home as well, having accomplished some work in the apartment, and stopped at the grocery store on the way home.