11 months 11 days

I was glad that this morning's appointment was canceled, as I only made it to bed at 4 am. Moving is stressful for babies, and it sure has made them take a few steps back when it comes to sleeping at night. I hope they settle in soon.
Today's day is somewhat a blurr. Now that we live on two levels, it has some additional challenges. And now that their play area is on the floor and we can join them, it also creates a different dynamic. And it makes things really difficult that they don't even want to let us leave for a minute.
Today it was Tammy who had a bad day and fussed all day long. The past few days it had been Emmy. Maybe her second tooth is about to come out. I helped her fall asleep twice today, as she gets really cranky when she is tired.
I was thankful to have another lady from church come to help. I know some of you have prayed for help, and my desperation on the weekend made me take action, and now we have a different person every day of the week, and help until next week Wednesday! It makes such a difference! It's such a blessing!
Our new friend today had a lot of experience with babies and did great with them. And you could tell that the babies loved her too. He being here allowed me to get to work, cleaning up, putting stuff away and making our new apartment more habitable. It's starting to take shape, but we still have a long way to go! On Friday we get another IKEA delivery of furniture (that Randy will have the joy of putting together), and on Saturday we have a truck with the goal of bringing all our furniture and remaining stuff over from the old apartment. I can only imagine what it will look like then, with all the furniture and IKEA boxes everywhere! And lots more work!
I've really been enjoying my new kitchen and pantry, all the room we now have, and I think I did a good job putting everything where it is. I also love having a fridge and freezer where there is room to put stuff!
Randy left the house after eating his lunch late to go to the old apartment and box stuff up. He returned home late, but that was okay. Our new friend was so kind to stay until the kids were sleeping. That makes such a difference!
They were all tired tonight, and I put Sammy to bed first. We both tried feeding Tammy, but she wasn't interested. I finally got some food into her, but it was so little she woke up before midnight and she only fell asleep after I gave her milk.
However, it was Sammy who had a really hard time tonight. And he's never had sleeping issues before the move! He woke up when I put the other two to bed and took him quite a while - and some milk - to fall asleep again. Three hours later he woke up again and would only fall asleep after drinking milk. I hope the rest of the night will be quieter, as I'm also hoping to go to bed earlier and get a little more sleep.