January 12, 2002

• Good morning.  Well last night was exciting.  Okay in a parenting kinda way. LOL  Samuel decided sleep was highly overrated, and was thumping around in his room until 9:30 last night at which point he woke Jamari & Kaylin BOTH up.  Kaylin was soothed pretty quickly with a tippy cup.  Jamari was NOT.  Rob and I were each up and down the stairs about 4x a piece.  And did NOT get the kids settled down until 10:30.  We finally put Samuel in the girls room so he could "sleep".  INstead they had a party.  *sigh*

  
  

  So he came downstairs to sleep on a mat in our room.  Zeria then proceeded to start crying because she "missed" Samuel.  Really she was just trying to convince us she should get to come downstairs too.  Two trips up & down the stairs (one for me one for Rob)  We'd convinced her it was bedtime.  Jamari was convinced shortly thereafter.  We were both exhausted, frustrated etc.  And poor Rob had to get up at 2:30 am...and was wide awake.  So we finally get ourselves sleepy.  Just fading off...........................and a nice LOUD wind storm picks up.  Our room has not got the sheet rock up yet...so the wind storm joined us in our bedroom.  We have a big tree outside our house that makes us nervous etc, etc.  It was a LONG LONG night.  LOL

  
  

  Good news the kiddos slept in if 7:30 counts as sleeping in .  So go upstairs to get them.  Kaylin is used to being carried down in the morning, and I'm NOT supposed to be doing that anymore.  So she's a bit fussy in that regard.  Go to pick up Jamari, and he's got poop all down his legs & of course I get it on my hand.  EWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!  So balancing Jamari on one hip, and trying to convince kaylin she can walk down the stairs.  Each step takes about 5 seconds to negotiate.  And the big kids are talking 5 miles a minute.  About half way down Kaylin decides she aint'a movin' NO MORE NO HOW NO WAY.  So I swing her down the last few steps.   Put her on the floor holding her hand, and proceed to step on her toe.  She starts screaming in earnest.  Jamari has to be cleaned NOW!  and Kaylin wants to be held YESTERDAY.  Poopy mess gets the attention.  *sigh*

  
  

  Kaylin follows us to where I'm changing screaming and looking very put out that I "hurt" her and didn't cuddle.  Jamari starts squirming everywhere spreading poop as he goes.  I tell him no.  He goes hysterical.  (he almost looks like he's having a seizure he freaks so bad some times)  So he's flipping out, and I'm trying to clean up poop...and Kaylin's screaming.  Can I PLEASE go back to bed now? 

  
  

   I carry Jamari to a crib in my bedroom kept for his screaming fits.  Lay him in it with his bottle and close the door.  He stops crying the second the door is closed.  I go pick up crying Kaylin and she instantly stops.  We snuggle for about 5 minutes.  I go get Jamari snuggle with him.  Breakfast is served.  And its all of 8:00.  I think I just did three days work.  

  
  

  So far the rest of the day has gone much smoother, and I'm sooooooooooo glad!  Because.....I think I would have had a couple kids for sell cheap otherwise  

  
  

  Father God, I ask today that the kids would be well behaved.  And that I would handle the pressure's of demands well.  I ask for Rob to NOT make mistakes in his very sleepy state at work.  And that things would go well today.  In your sons name, Amen. 

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