31 months 28 days

Day 970. Last night I went to bed at 12:45 am. I woke up, when Emmy came at 7:15 to lie down next to me. After some time he got back up and woke his sister up, who then also came. Sammy woke up last. Tammy and Emmy found two packages that arrived last night and ripped one open and had the contents everywhere. Just before 8 am I got up to make breakfast. 

After breakfast I cleaned them up and dressed them. 9 am was not far away, and Tammy and Emmy wanted to wait for the arrival of the Mobile Support lady who was coming on Friday instead of Wednesday this week. Sammy was also already at the door to welcome her, but Randy took him downstairs. And then the doorbell rang. Tammy was looking out the door to see her coming. They were excited to see her, and we all went downstairs together. Then I left them to go clean up and then work. B 9:30 I was able to start working. At 10 am the doorbell rang again, and this time it was Sonja who had come earlier than usual as she'd come straight from an appointment. She went downstairs to play with them. At 10:30 the Mobile Support lady left. Randy soon left to go to the grocery store. At 11:15 I went to the kitchen to start cooking. At noon everyone came upstairs to eat.

They ate pretty well, Emmy eating lots of pork but no sweet potatoes, while Tammy did the opposite, and Sammy liked both. They all had pudding, and then Tammy and Emmy went potty, Emmy with success. We cleaned them up and dressed them, and Tammy went downstairs with Sonja, while the boys went to bed. It was 12:50. I tried to walk away instead of sitting by them, but Emmy called me until I came. I was surprised, when he was already asleep by 1 pm. Not so Sammy. I stroked his head and then walked away, and a few minutes later he was asleep.

I sat down at the computer to work, even though I was very tired. At 1:30 Tammy came up and went to bed. I walked away, but could her her call me to rock her. I did not respond, hoping she'd fall asleep. Randy left again, as he had still not found a watermelon to buy anywhere. Then I suddenly saw Tammy standing in the kitchen. She said that he had a dirty diaper, so I changed her. Then I sat down in the chair with her to rock her. It was 1:50. After a few minutes I put her to bed; she wanted me to stay, so I did, and a few minutes later she was asleep. As I wanted to walk away, I noticed that Emmy's eyes were open. .He often wakes up at 2 pm. I stroked his head, then walked away. Five minutes later he was up and in the kitchen. i picked him up and lay down with him, but he wanted to be with Sonja. Sammy was also awake, and so I took them both downstairs. Then I returned to work, but I was so very tired that I had to close my eyes. It was 2:20 pm.

The next two hours is a blurr. While sleeping I knew I had to get up work but couldn't get myself to do so. I was just too tired, and that also annoyed me, as I had work to do. At 4:10 I woke up for good, but it took me a while to get functional again. That's how tired I was. I found out that Tammy had woken up at 3 pm and gone downstairs to Sonja.

I went back to work for the little time I had left. At 5:20 I started making their dinner, and at 5:50 I went downstairs to tidy up with them. They had already tidied up most, so there wasn't that much left to do. Then we went upstairs to eat. Sonja said her good-byes, and we sat down at the table to eat. They didn't eat much at the table, even less than usual, then they went potty, Emmy with success. They went into the bathtub, and ate quite a bit more there, while playing. Then we got them out one after another and got them ready for bed. By 7:05 pm they were all in bed, and I sat down by them, with Tammy laying down on my chest. We talked, after a while Tammy went to bed. Then Emmy wanted to be rocked, so I let him crawl onto my chest. He returned to bed, and then I picked up Sammy to hold and rock him. He never used to like it, even as a little baby, so he's not really been included in this ritual, but it seems that that has recently changed, and he now wants me to rock him as well, and he's enjoying it. Thankfully the others weren't as jealous as usual tonight, so that I was able to do it. Then I put him back to bed. The others were still giving me a hard time, and I walked away, but as they were crying for me to return, I did, and then it was better than before. By 8 pm I was able to walk away and go get my own dinner ready. I took it downstairs to eat, and then I went back to work. The nap has helped in making me feel better tonight, which holds the danger that I work longer than I should.