26 months 18 days

Day 810. Last night I went to bed just after midnight. But it was another restless night. I had no choice but to let Emmy join us in bed, and then the girl came as well. So I was like a sardine between them, with them lying on my arms that were going numb. We got up at around 7:20, even though they were up and running around at 6:30, like yesterday.

After breakfast and dressing them, we went downstairs, where I got their two new Bibles out, and they coudn't wait to read them. Once Randy came with his breakfast, I went upstairs to finish cleaning up, put a chicken into the oven, and by 9:15 I sat down to do office work. At 11 am Sonja arrived, wich was a relief, as they had been rather cranky downstairs, and once she's here, all I hear is laughing from downstairs. Just before 11:30 I went to the kitchen to start cooking, and at noon I called everyone upstairs to eat.

Today it was Tammy who ate all her rice, but little chicken, while Emmy ate little overall. Sammy didn't eat much either; his body temperature was a little elevated. They soon went into the bathtub to play, where Tammy ate her puddings, and I fed Sammy his. Once they came out, we put the boys to bed, and Sonja went downstairs with Tammy.

Randy sat down by the boys, and it took until about 1 pm, before Emmy slept. 15 minutes later Tammy came upstairs to go to bed and was asleep within minutes. Then Randy left for the grocery store. I was doing office work. Sammy was the first one to wake up at about 2:15, and I took him downstairs to Sonja. Tammy came next, and she also went downstairs. At about 2:45 Emmy was the last one, and he immediately asked to go downstairs to be with Sonja. I took some snacks downstairs as well. They were having fun with her.

Randy eventually returned from the grocery store, and then went to the pharmacy. It's such a blessing to have Sonja, so he can run these errands easily. As time went on, I suddenly started feeling worse and worse. I lay down and closed my eyes, At 4:45 I went to the kitchen to make their dinner, so I could still go downstairs and just spend time with them before dinner. I was so nauseous that when I saw the food, I went to the bathroom and started throwing up. I really don't know why, whether I have eaten something bad or what. Sonja was just about to leave, as she had to go early today. After throwing up I felt a little better and started making their food, which takes me half an hour.

At about 5:15 I went downstairs, even though I still wasn't feeling well. I had fun with my three precious ones, but I was not up to start tidying up with them. Just before 6 pm we went upstairs without having tidied up.

We sat down at the table, and they ate their soup primarily, before running off to go into the bathtub. I took the rest of their food there, and they ate a bit more. Sammy did not finish his plate in the water today. I was feeling pretty miserable and was doing my best to power on with my duties. We got them out and ready for bed. Today they were all in bed by 6:30, which is a little early. I couldn't wait to lie down myself, while Randy sat down by their beds.

And so I lay in bed for the next 4 hours and also fell asleep. I got up at 10:30 pm to go to the bathroom, but wasn't feeling great, and definitely didn't want to eat anything. I hope this is all gone by tomorrow. I lay back down, grabbed my computer, and started writing my update. Now I'm gonna go clean up, and then go to bed for the night. Maybe our bed can stay kid-free for a few hours tonight; that would be nice.