23 months 22 days

Day 722. I'm not writing my typical update today. It's been a low day for me, with little motivation, tiredness and no nap. Emmy was busy coming to me again during last night. This morning Randy had to take our Covid tests to the drop-off place, and while he was gone, Tammy had a fit and wanted her Daddy and cried hysterically for 20 minutes. Then she went into the swing exhausted and nearly fell asleep.

Before that we were worshipping God and reading the kids Bibles as usual. As you can see in the pictures, they sat at their table today to look at their Bibles. And in the second picture Tammy is holding a toy cellphone to her ear, acting as if she was talking to someone. They like grabbing my phone and doing just that.

Sammy had a big accomplishment again today. Randy was lying on the floor, when he came up, pulled himself up onto his belly, sat down on his legs (kneeling) and then let go and actually sat by himself without holding on to anything. I have never seen him do that and actually have a hard time believing it without seeing it. He does not really have the balance needed to do so.

At lunch time Tammy ate more sauerkraut than ever, but neither her nor Emmy wanted to eat any potatoes. I don't know why they suddenly don't like potatoes any more. They both ate a lot of pork.

During our time together in the afternoon, they did some drawing again, which they love doing, as well as looking at photobooks. And it always ends up being really physical for me, throwing them all around and making them laugh, going from one to another and another.

This right now is the calm before the "storm" or busyness. Next week is their birthday, and then we start traveling. It's a little overwhelming when I think about it all. And I've had backpain like I've never had before, and today I slipped up in my diet that I've been on for the past 10 days. Add to that a financial low, and some other stuff, and out comes a low day. But it's okay and allowed to not be on top of the world every day. I'm just human. And in the end I'm so glad to have Jesus to carry me, that I can throw myself into his arms.

I've completed what absolutely has to be done tonight and am heading to bed earlier. An additional hour of sleep is definitely gonna help.