17 months 20 days

So much to do, and so little time! Please pray for a secretary/assistant for the ministry to help me with the administrative work.

Last night it was 3 am again, when I went to bed, and the littles ones woke up at 8 am, as usual, though Randy had to give 2 out of 3 some milk two hours earlier. I made their breakfast, and we fed them, then Randy took them downstairs, while I went back to bed. When my alarm woke me at 11:40, so I could put their food into the warmer, I fell back asleep without getting up. I woke up half an hour later, annoyed, turning the warmer on, which meant more waiting time for them. However, I was surprised that the boys were still sleeping, as they're usually up before noon. I went to the kitchen to start cooking for us adults, when I found Randy's Valentine's gift - roses, chocolate, and a note. How sweet! I gave him my gift later: peanut butter and American mayonnaise.

I was cooking our food, as the boys started making noise. At 12:30 I got them out of bed and called Randy to come upstairs with the girl, and then we fed them their lunch. After they were done, I put Tammy to bed, and since it was already 1:30 pm, she immediately fell asleep. I finished cooking, and we all went downstairs to eat/play.

The boys having slept longer in the morning, they seemed fitter than usual. We still fed them their afternoon meal at 2:30, even though they had had lunch just 2 hours earlier, and so they didn't eat much. Then we put them to bed. Thankfully the girl didn't wake up, at least not right away. However, the boys never went to sleep, and after a while, I heard all three laughing and talking with each other. At least I'd had a few minutes of being able to work at the computer, while they were all in bed at the same time, which is so rare.

I went upstairs to get Tammy out of bed, hoping then the boys would sleep, and Sammy did fall asleep, while Emmy was crying and crying. Just before 4 pm, when it was time to get up for them anyway, I finally got Emmy back out of bed, and took him downstairs. A few minutes later his brother joined us as well. I love this picture, when all three of them were laughing at the same time, and just wished they had all looked at the camera and that the quality of the picture was better. We had fun playing together.

At 5 pm I went upstairs to get their food ready, right after ordering food for us for later, so we could have a Valentine's Day dinner at home. We fed them at 5:30, they went into the bathtub, and then to bed. Emmy was asleep immediately, not having slept in the afternoon. Sammy and Tammy were both crying. Sammy didn't want any milk, and Tammy wanted me to sit by her bed. I held Sammy for a while, gave him dental cream, and then he was okay with me putting him back down. I also stayed for Tammy for a while.

I had ordered the food for 7 pm, but it arrived half an hour later, which was just fine. It gave me time to do all the cleanup early, so that I did not have to worry about that later. We set the table up in our living room, I put the nice tablecloth on it, and our plates, and then the food we had ordered. I got my computer and looked for a romantic comedy we could watch, and we found just the right one. We have very different taste in movies, so it's not that easy to find one we both like, but we liked this one. It was a really nice evening, you could even call it a date, something we haven't had in forever. I wouldn't mind doing this again soon. And the little ones were so nice to peacefully sleep while we were eating and watching the movie. After it was over, they started stirring and demanding their milk. I fed them, turned the dishwasher on, and went to work in the office. As I've been trying to get things done, I've also been overwhelmed with all I need to do. I also tried to call Paul today to get a much-needed updated, but it didn't work out.