13 months 17 days

Where has the day gone! And will I be able to remember details! I'm so tired all the time, and I get so little done; during the day I don't have time, and at night I can't remember or don't have the energy. And then the weigh of what I haven't done starts piling up.

This morning at nap time the frustration again at having two babies that need help falling asleep, but I'm the only one available. I got Tammy to fall asleep on me - twice - but both times she would not continue sleeping in her bed. It was Emmy who ended up sleeping on me.

After lunch time, Tammy was really tired, so I lay down with her instead of cooking for us. Our friend Sonja arrived at 1 pm which I was thankful for. If I remember right it was the door bell that woke Tammy up, and we both welcomed her at the door. Sonja took her downstairs to the others, while I started cooking.

Not long after Randy and I had eaten, it was already time for their next meal, and the three of us fed a baby each. For once Emmy stayed in my arm for the whole meal, which never happens. He was pretty tired, so I lay down with him. Randy put Sammy to bed. Usually he falls asleep right away, but today he was crying. Once Emmy was asleep, I tried to put him into his bed and get Sammy, but Emmy was upset. I then took them both to bed with me, but that wasn't working either. Sammy finally went downstairs to join the others, while Emmy slept on me for about half an hour. At 4 pm I got up with him, as he would not sleep at night if he slept any later.

We went downstairs to join the others. We had just bought a few toys from our neighbor for hardly anything as she wanted to get rid of it, and I was curious as to how they liked them. They can already use some, but need to get a little older for others. They enjoyed the rocking horse; Sammy as well when I put him on it.

Today Emmy took 4 steps by himself - a new record - when Daddy asked him to walk over to him. As for Tammy, she actually ran, and it was hard to count how many steps it was, as she was so fast.

At 4:30 I went upstairs to get their dinner ready. Our fridge was pretty empty - no berries or apples - so I had to improvise a little. They ended up having bread with cream cheese, scrambled eggs, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, peach and banana. It worked out after all.

I was thankful for Sonja to still be with us and help. She fed Tammy, while I fed Emmy, and Randy Sammy. It was also bath day, and I first bathed Sammy while Tammy and Emmy were already in there playing. All three love the bathtub again.

Then it was bedtime, and it was Emmy again who had a hard time falling asleep. These past few days have been difficult for him. And he woke up again a little later. screaming, and would not fall asleep without me staying with him. Let's hope he sleeps well the rest of the night.

Just before 10 pm IKEA delivered the last few items that I had already ordered 3 weeks ago. Of course the door bell woke Emmy up, who woke Sammy up, and then Tammy woke up. I had my hands full comforting them, and then feeding them, while Randy received the delivery.

Please pray I can get some things done in the days to come. I also still need to get a hotel room at the Paris airport for December, and I'll have to call for that, as you can't get just one room when you have three children unless you talk to them. I also need to write another email update, which is very time intensive, mainly because I have to translate it into two other languages.

Today Tammy weighed 9.1 kilos (+100 grams since last week), Emmy 8.5 (+300) and Sammy 7.2 (+300).