20 months 18 days

Last night it was nearly 1 am again before I made it to bed. Sammy has been wanting milk again more nights than before. This morning we got up just before 8:30. We always hear them from 7 am or so onwards, but I finally got up, when Emmy's crying became more insistent, and it was later than usual.

After breakfast, I went downstairs with Tammy and Emmy, and Randy brought down Sammy, and I got to play with all three. Once Randy came downstairs with his breakfast, I left to go clean up and then work. It was also half an hour later than usual, 10 am, before I got to start working. At least I didn't have to cook today, which gave me some additional time to work, but it's just never enough time to really get much done.

Just before 11:30 am, I warmed up yesterday's leftovers, Sonja arrived, and a few minutes later they all came upstairs to eat. After the pasta with ground beef and cheese sauce, they had banana, watermelon and yoghurt. Then I cleaned them up, dressed them, and put Emmy to bed, while Sonja went downstairs with Tammy. I also cleaned up and dressed Sammy, as Randy went to work cooking omelets for the adults. By the time I put Sammy to bed, Emmy was already asleep, which is unusual. I was able to go get Tammy and put her to bed right away.

But they did not sleep long today. After an hour or so Emmy was awake again, as well as his brother. We took them downstairs to Sonja, but a few minutes later Tammy was awake too. Normally at least she sleeps much longer than that. So by 1:30 they were all downstairs to play with Sonja, while I continued working. At 2:30 we called them upstairs for the afternoon meal, which included bread with peanut butter for Tammy and Sammy, and plain bread for Emmy who does not like peanut butter. Randy is calling Sammy PB because he likes peanut butter so much.

After the meal, they all went downstairs again, while I cleaned up and then returned to work until 4 pm. Then I also went downstairs to at least have one hour of quality time with my precious little ones. I love them so much, I just want to hold them all the time and shower them with kisses. We had a fun time again, as always, doing some chasing, not so much reading today, some swing time and some physical activity time, primarily with Sammy. Randy got down the baby bed to make a construct to do Sammy's standing exercises with him. Of course his siblings immediately started climbing around on it. They always want to wear shoes now, and it hurts much more when they step on my toes or on Sammy with shoes on.

Tammy and Emmy like dancing, and Sonja took a video of Tammy dancing today. They were supposed to take a dance class earlier this year, but it was canceled because of Corona. Emmy was dancing on top of the new baby bed, and it looked like tap dancing. I told him that Mama had done tap dancing, and then I showed them a video clip of a man and his son tap dancing. They were very interested and immediately started imitating them. It was fun to watch!

At 5 pm I had to leave them to make dinner, and Emmy always cries, when I leave. Half an hour later they came upstairs to eat. Again, they did not eat much at the table, but ate it all in the bathtub, including Sammy. They also had fun playing. Then they all came out and went to bed. I returned one time and found them all awake. When I left again, Emmy started crying, so I returned and stroked his head for a while. Then he let me leave. I had to return for Tammy who had thrown out her hospital pacifier - the only one she likes. She's been using it quite a lot recently.

I made myself dinner and ate, and went back to work. At 10 pm Tammy started coughing and then crying after every cough attack. It was also the second day of her having a runny nose. The coughing went on for over an hour, and the crying, and I stroked her head as much as possible, while cleaning and tidying up. When I was with her, she was okay, but when I was gone, she'd cry. Now it's 11:30 and she must have fallen back asleep for good, no more coughing. And I'm tired and done for the day as well. When I wake up tomorrow, it's my birthday, but my husband is not a gift-giver, and it's just gonna be another day.