11 months 8 days

It's nearly 2 am, and I'm barely awake, pushing myself to keep going. I've only just sat down at the computer, but I'm just not up to going through today's pictures, picking the best, editing them, and uploading them. They will have to wait.
Last night I went to bed around 3 am. It was about 3 hours later that the babies woke me up. They now sleep right outside our bedroom door. When I got up and walked over there, Tammy and Emmy were both standing in their beds, having fun with each other. Before they were sleeping in different rooms. They only started crying for food once they saw us. So instead of sleeping I fed one, while Randy fed the other. And then I fed Sammy who had also woken up, while Randy changed and clothed the others. And then I still was awake for a while, because Randy was taking his time taking them downstairs to their day time play area. And then I finally got some more sleep. And at 10 am Randy dropped Tammy into my arms to help her fall asleep.
I can hear the babies pretty well in the bedroom, even though they are all the way downstairs, and so I got up when I heard them getting hungry. All the baby food was still packed, and I had not chosen today's food in advance, even though I had an idea of what I wanted to feed them. I started opening and going through the boxes of baby food, but could not find the ones I wanted, so I changed the menu. They were so hungry that we started feeding them before the food was really warm.
Emmy had an especially bad day today, crying nearly all the time. He was only happy when he was held, or when one of us sat down in the play area so he could crawl on us. One of us always had to be right there with them, or he or both he and Tammy would cry. You can imagine how much we got done, and now you know why I worked till 2 am.
Randy was finishing the two shelves by the kitchen, making sure they could not fall, while I was with the babies. I was waiting for those shelves so I could start putting the baby food and other food in there. In the middle of the afternoon the babies got tired as always. Sammy fell asleep first, right next to me. Then Tammy fell asleep in my left arm, and Emmy was lying on top of me, with my right arm holding him there, where he fell asleep. That was a first, that they'd both fall asleep on me at the same time. I could not even use a hand to drink or take my phone.
Sammy woke up first (as always), while the others continued sleeping for a while. Randy was finally done with the shelves, and it was getting late. Sammy was getting hungry, and I knew the others would be once they woke up. Tammy was already lying on the mat, as I had been able to slip out from under her, but every time I tried that with Emmy, he would wake up. When I got up to make their food, they were not happy. Randy took my place, playing with them, and that made them happy again. We fed them, changed them, no pj's as it's hot, and I wanted to start with a new tradition now that we're in our new home. The five of us went to our bed, where I read all three of them a Bible story. Then we all went to their bedroom, where I prayed for all three at the same time, and we put them all to bed at the same time. I was curious how it was gonna work. Sammy was fine, as always. Tammy and Emmy were up on their feet. In the old place, Emmy would go straight to sleep. After a while he stayed on his belly and fell asleep, while I was still trying to get Tammy to do the same. It took a long time with her, stroking her head, trying to walk away, coming back, putting her back on her belly, etc. I was amazed that the boys just continued sleeping.
It was late when I could finally walk away for good, and now it was time to work. Randy had opened boxes and put all the kitchen stuff on the kitchen counters, so I had a lot to put away. Plus all the baby food needed to be unpacked and organized on the shelf. Randy unpacked them, and I put them up. By 2 am, the kitchen looked great, and the shelves were full. Randy was long asleep by that time. At 10 pm we both took a break to eat. I was at a point where I could not have kept going without food. By the way, I have now reached the weight I was when I first got pregnant last year in February.
Just before midnight Emmy woke up hungry, and he also woke Sammy up, so we both fed them their reduced milk amounts, as I'm trying to get to the point with them that they don't need food at night. Sammy was fine with that, but Emmy would not fall back asleep. He wanted more milk! It took me a long time of stroking his head, walking away, coming back, etc. until he finally fell asleep. I was amazed that his crying did not wake up the others.
And now it's time for me to go to bed. I'm a little concerned as the internet provider is sending a technician at 7:30 am to check the connection here, so it's gonna be another extra short night. I wished we could find people to help with the babies, so we could unpack everything faster. More sleep would be nice too. Please pray for us during these difficult days!