Daddy went back to work and we're slowly developing a routine. DiDi leaves in just a few days to visit my brother and her other grandchildren so that will be another adjustment. Adia's been used to seeing DiDi on a daily basis and she's going to miss her even though she's gone less than a week. Adia will be seeing Gramma and Papa though.

As you can imagine, the hardest part of the day is bedtime. Adia hasn't been going to bed at a normal time since I was in the hospital on bedrest and we're trying to get back to it. Yesterday she was asleep by 9:30, which was great, but there was one big problem. Leia didn't feel like sleeping. She screamed until 1a! DiDi was here and tried her best to get Leia calmed and asleep, but as soon as DiDi left, Leia started up again. I finally got to sleep around 1:30a, only to be awakened by Mira at 4a. That wouldn't have been too bad except her crying woke Leia, who once again started screaming and even after eating 5oz, didn't want to go back to sleep. It was rough. I think I got back to sleep a little after 5a and the girls all woke up at 7:45. Daddy was nice to me and took Adia and a hungry Mira so I could sleep longer. Adia woke me up at 10. She walked in and told me she was poopy. I asked her if Daddy was sleeping and she told me he was. I walked out into the living room to find Daddy asleep on the floor and Mira asleep on his chest.

DiDi and I have had some outings with all three girls. We've been to Target, the mall and the grocery store. DiDi wears Mira in a snugli, Leia goes in the Kozy on me and Adia usually walks. I absolutely love my Kozy carrier still. It's so easy to use and Leia loves it too. She's slept through everything we've done.

play dough ice cream

The real interesting outing involved three sleeping kiddos. Adia fell asleep in the car by the time we got to the grocery store. We wore the twins and then had to figure out what to do with Adia. DiDi grabbed a race car cart and we used my diaper bag as a pillow. Adia slept through shopping and woke up as we were leaving the store. It's just proof that she's not getting enough sleep at night.

Today Adia and I baked brownies. She absolutely loves to help any way she can. She pushed a chair over and watched for a bit while I melted the butter and chocolate. I was really worried she was going to burn herself, but she didn't. While she waited for me to give her something to do, she made music with a whisk. She would hit it against a metal measuring cup. She almost had more fun doing that than the actual cooking. She really enjoyed being able to add the sugar, each egg and the flour mixture. This time she managed to get everything IN the bowl as opposed to when we made muffins and she dumped all the flour next to the bowl. She also attempted some stirring, but she just doesn't quite have the oomph for it yet.


When the brownies came out of the oven she was desperate to eat them. I kept telling her they had to cool before we could cut them, but she wouldn't take no for an answer. While I was feeding Leia, I heard a chair slide across the kitchen floor and then it got much too quiet. I walked into the kitchen to find Adia leaning over the brownie pan. She smiled at me and told me she wasn't doing anything when I asked her. When I walked over the pan, I noticed little holes all over the top. She gave me another grin, hopped down and ran out of the kitchen. She did get a brownie before we left. She is such a little stinker anymore.

We went over to my mom's friend's house again today. Adia loves it there and she knew where we were going. She woke up this morning and the first words out of her mouth were, "We go Nita's house?" She couldn't get dressed fast enough, even though we weren't leaving until the afternoon. Every few minutes she'd ask again. When we were on the way there and had just turned on her street, Adia yelled, "I found Nita's house!" She was so excited. I guess I know I have a place to leave her if I ever need a babysitter. Adia also really liked Nita's son's girlfriend. They took Adia to the park and when they came back, she was carrying Adia! Adia's normally very shy so that was a surprise. When it was time to leave, Adia even gave her a huge hug.

Adia fell asleep in the car, just before we got home, which turned into a very late nap. I had to wake her up around 8p to eat dinner. Then we took a bath together, where she demanded we bathe the babies too. Adia helped bathe the babies. She's usually very careful not to get water in their faces. We got out and put on pjs. I fed both babies with Adia sitting in my lap (not an easy task) and they were both almost asleep when Leia kicked off her blanket. She started howling again so I decided I'd grab a couple sleep sacks for them. Adia then wanted one too. She was very upset that they didn't make them big enough for her, but she did remember that we had just bought her footie pjs. Daddy grabbed them out of her room and I changed her. She was so happy to be dressed like her sisters.


We then all piled into the bed. It started out just Adia and me, but then Daddy had to leave so I ended up with Mira on my chest and Leia next to me. We finished watching Arthur and Adia requested songs. I started singing and soon all three girls were fast asleep. Mira and Leia are asleep in the pack and play. I'm hoping the sleep sacks keep them warm enough that they'll sleep well. Adia's asleep next to me. Someday she'll go back to her own bed, but I think my hospital stay freaked her out a bit.

The twins are continuing to grow and a fast pace. Leia's grown out of the smallest clothes we had and is definitely wearing newborn clothes well. She's got the longest arms and legs though so any pants or long sleeved tops are sometimes a little short, even if they're too wide. Mira's almost out of newborn already and can easily wear 3 month clothes. That's a shock to me since Adia didn't wear 3 month clothes until she was 3 months. At 1 month, Adia was still wearing mostly our smallest newborn stuff still. We had the hardest time finding clothes that were small enough for her. I still have trouble finding pants skinny enough, but long enough. Mira's also almost too big for the newborn diapers! Leia will be in them for a while longer though. She's a skinny thing.

oh dear

Ever tried to feed and burp two babies at once?

I have...



and I succeeded. No spit up. No projectile vomiting. No blood curdling screams.

Absolute Chaos

Maybe semi organized chaos would be a better word for what our house is like now. Daddy goes back to work tomorrow and today was sort of a trial day for me. He left me in bed with all three girls this morning. I managed to get them all fed and the twins went back to sleep. All was fine until I wanted to take a shower. I'm not sure how that's going to work in the future unless I can get Adia to shower with me. I called DiDi and she watched the girls while I showered. Then we all headed down to her house for the rest of the day. It wasn't too bad having all three and I know I'm going to have them full time soon, but it can be a bit overwhelming. I only have 2 hands and it's crazy when both babies start screaming at the same time. Adia's at least understanding when it comes to them and helps by bringing diapers and holding bottles. Yesterday she even stuck her finger in Mira's mouth to get her to stop crying. She's seen me do it a million times because it gives Mira something to suck on since her pacifiers often disappear. Adia then attempted to use the pacifer, but Mira wouldn't keep it in so the finger went back in. All Daddy could say was, "Her hands are super dirty!" I just shook my head. At least she'll develop a good immune system, right?



It's been super hot here lately, like 100+ degrees. Not your typical summer weather and our place gets entirely too warm. Adia's spent a lot of time playing with water and trying to stay cool. She experienced her first water fun fight, water balloons and run through a sprinkler this last week. She's completely obsessed with water, which was no surprise. She loved running through the sprinkler with her new little friend and thinks shooting Daddy with the water gun is the best thing ever.








In order to really escape the high temps, we headed back to Gramma and Papa's house. Mira doesn't handle heat at all and we were really worried about staying up here. We nearly froze on the coast, but it certainly felt nice for a change. We went to dinner the first night we were there. Adia was happy to see Colie and Eck. She had been talking about them and asking if they'd be there.


Gramma bought Adia a blow up pool at the end of last summer and we hoped the weather would finally get warm enough for her to use it. It finally did while we were there and Adia loved it. The water coming out of the hose was ice cold, but she didn't mind one bit. She played in it for ages and only decided it was time to come in when she got a face full, or more like nose full, of water. She really liked the slide and kept trying to go down face first.




The next day we took her to the lake. It's the same lake that I swam in as a child. I used to go there every day in the summer and even during the rest of the year. I remember DiDi sitting on the beach, bundled up, umbrella over her head and writing letters while my friend and I swam. It would be freezing cold, but we wouldn't care. Adia felt differently. I thought she'd want to swim, but she told Daddy and Eck that it was too cold. Daddy did get her to walk in the water up to her waist, but she wasn't about to attempt swimming.





We've still been swimming once a week at the pool. I still can't swim and neither can the twins, but Adia can. She's actually been swimming in the deep water. Tonight she was even chasing Daddy around the pool. I just get to sit and watch. I hold one baby while the other sits in a boppy next to me. Normally, they sleep through the whole thing and only wake up just as we're getting ready to leave. Tonight, they were wide awake the entire time.









After we swim, we usually go to Red Robin. Adia keeps falling asleep there, sometimes before she even eats. She did that tonight and I felt bad. At least she had a bunch of snacks in the car before we got there.





The sleep deprivation seems to be rubbing off on everyone. Not only does Adia fall asleep in restaurants and in my lap on the couch, but she's fallen asleep at the grocery store twice now. She'll ask for a blanket because she's cold and she's soon out. The last time she fell asleep like that, she slept through shopping, check out, returning to the car, coming home and being laid down in DiDi's living room. I feel so bad that she's not getting enough sleep. She doesn't want to miss anything so it's really hard to get her in bed at a reasonable time and then a baby will wake her up too early in the morning. I can sometimes get her to nap, but that doesn't always happen either. You can always tell which days she's had enough sleep because she's the Adia I know and love, not the little demon child who throws temper tantrums over every little thing.


Daddy and I took Adia to Costco, just the three of us. She begged for ice cream so we got her some. She ended up only eating a few bites of it and wanted to feed Daddy. She was so happy and silly, it was nice to have some time together.

To my surprise, Adia actually ate spaghetti last week and last night. I used to never be able to get her to even try it. I would buy all the different shaped rice pastas I could find and they'd never even come close to her mouth. This time I used regular rice spaghetti and she loved it. She even tried twirling the pasta around her fork, but didn't have any luck getting it to her mouth. I think she liked it because the pasta looked like worms and was covered in parmesan.


The twins continue to get bigger and bigger. They both eat like crazy, but Mira likes to spit it back up, or in Daddy's case, projectile vomit it back up. Last night I was trying to get Adia to sleep when I heard, "little help please" from the living room. I go out there to find a vomit covered Mira and Daddy. It was everywhere. I took Mira, stripped her down and gave her a bath in the sink. It wasn't the best bath and she still stunk a little, but at least she wasn't covered anymore. Daddy had never experienced that before or seen it happen, but I had. I'll never forget when Adia guzzled 8oz and promptly projectile vomited it all right back up on me. I had no one there to help me get cleaned up so we both hopped into the shower. It was horrible and I never used a fast flow nipple on her again or let her drink more than 6oz at a time.