It's like working with 3 little lawyers

So, every night before I go to bed, I tell their Daddy to whisper in their bitty ears to Let.Mommy.Sleep. Sometimes it works. Sometimes, not so much.

Last night the little darlings slept until almost 3! Not bad considering Daddy had to feed them at 9, instead of the 10:30 they were scheduled for (oh, how I'm loving that funny little word schedule). I'll barely touch on the fact that that "sleeping" involved rotating holding Molly and then Emily while I slept in the chair, because, hey, sleep is sleep.

So they all started stirring a little and I got them up to feed them at 3. They sucked those ba-ba's right down and we were all back in bed by 4. But, first we struck up a little deal. They agreed to STAY asleep until 8. That seemed a reasonable compromise. Honestly, I figured I'd get 7 or 7:30 out of that deal and we'd be right on schedule for today. And they would get a sane, happy, well-rested Mommy out of the deal.

Well! The slimey little snakes reneged on me! They started in at 5:30 and we went round and round with diapers and unsuccessful nursing until I finally made bottles at 7ish. Do you think any of them TOOK those bottles?? No, they did not. Barely a drop between the 3 of them. What are the chances they stay on schedule for an 11 o'clock feeding??

The moral of this story is not to sign any contracts while hopped up on pain meds and lack of good sleep.

All done

Just an FYI: I am all done. I'm staying at mom's to rest. I have pics of my gallstones. Should I post them or will I lose readers? LOL

I'm boring this week

Sorry. Nothing much witty and interesting to say, LOL.

We had pictures with Jamie today! It was so much fun and I cannot wait to see how they turned out. Just seeing them posed together....ah! they were so cute!! It went surprisingly quickly; thankfully DiDi was here to help feed, change, etc each baby as they needed while we posed the other babies. Thank you again, Jamie!

I'm gearing up for surgery, not that there is much to do. The bummer is that I keep thinking of things I want to do this weekend, but then I think, "hmm, if I CAN do that", LOL. Sheesh, I was laid up for so long that I'm not looking forward to being stuck in bed, in the house again, even if it is just for a day or two.

I have been catching up on cleaning house. I finally unpacked my clothes from the hospital :) I spent yesterday cleaning up my scrap/craft room. It was disastrous! Can't blame me; I haven't even been in there in 6 months. I cleaned the room but have only cleared off about a 10x10 section of my table, so I've been trying to work in that little bitty space :P I'm mostly just finishing up some little projects. I'll post pictures eventually, but the items are all gifts, so can't give you a peek until they are mailed off. Hmm, should I tease the recipients?? PawPaw and Jenifer J., be on the lookout :) Ha Ha!!

Keep praying

I know that the babies are here, and home, and healthy and that's all that we wanted and prayed for (and asked you to pray for) for all those months.

One last thing though: I'm having gallbladder surgery on Friday. I'm nervous; I don't think one can have surgery and not be a little nervous. I actually know of someone who died after a "routine" gallbladder surgery and yes I know that that was a freak accident, but it scares the poo out of me. I just won't even go there about the thoughts going through my head.

So, just keep praying.

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Swing Shifts

That's what it's like, working swing shifts. Only, the boss(es) doesn't tell you what shift you will be on that day, they just call you in and you have to be ready to go. So, I can nap in the afternoon, go to bed early, and darn if they don't sleep that night. But I skip the nap, stay up a little later, and find myself asleep in the chair at 5 am for the first time since 12.

I'd make the full switch to nocturnal, but sure as I do, they'll decide to be up all day instead. I was actually doing laundry and cleaning the kitchen at 3 am. Might as well; Molly was awake and crying off and on anyway. No reason to get comfortable in the bed, only to be awoken by her banshee screams.

Can't keep my eyes open. 'Night 'Night (at 8 am)