14 months 19 days

No pictures today! That hardly ever happens!

After 5 hours or so of sleep, I got up at 8:50 to make their food, and we fed them, then put them all to bed for their morning nap. It took Tammy half an hour to fall asleep on me, and then she only slept 45 minutes. Emmy was crying really hard, slept little, part of it on Randy. At 10:30 all of them went downstairs, while I went back to bed.

Randy woke me up at 12:30 - pretty late for their lunch meal, and they were sure ready for it. As they had slept so little in the morning, we put them to bed again after lunch, around 1 pm. For half an hour I tried to get them to sleep in their beds, while Sonja came, and then a delivery, and they were screaming a lot. At 1:30 I finally picked up Emmy and lay down in bed with him, and he slept for 45 minutes. And then it gets all jumbled up and confusing in my mind. I'm not sure who slept how much when. At 3 pm we fed Tammy and Emmy downstairs, while Sammy was in bed sleeping,

Tammy and especially Emmy were pretty tired, but it was getting late. I was trying once again to call IKEA, so that they'd come finish the kitchen that they installed 4 months ago, and was shocked when they actually picked up. They could barely hear me, as I had 3 crying babies around me. Sonja tried to help, and I asked her to go get Randy, so I could take care of this. The only outcome was that I have to wait again to hear from them, as they didn't even have it in the system that I was waiting for them to come finish it.

I was trying to keep the little ones happy; the only way to keep Emmy happy is to hold him upside down and to move him around a lot. It's a good workout. Just before 4:30 I left to get their food ready. They were doing a lot better after I left; I guess when I'm there they just want to be with me, but when I'm not, they are fine.

At 5 pm we fed them, and as they were not as dirty as usual, we let Tammy and Emmy walk around and that way they finished their food. Then all three went into the bathtub and enjoyed it.

And tonight, they might have set the record for falling asleep the fastest ever, in any case it's in the top 5. That shows you how very tired they were. I was able to walk away before 6 pm.

And then I ended up in the kitchen cooking for nearly 2 hours. I made a big pot of soup for the next few days, and cut up my salad for two nights. I was so glad when I was done, and glad to sit down and eat. Then I went to work on the computer. I'm still trying to catch up on the photobooks for the littles ones that I put every day's update and pictures into. The move put me so much behind, but now I'm only 18 days behind, so there is hope. It sure helps when there is few or no pictures!