A Day in the Life

We are starting to figure out our routine now that I am back at work. So one a day that I work it goes a little something like this. 5:30 Broden wakes up (fyi the last two nights he has slept through the night!!!). Dennis usually gets up and feeds him or whoever is the first to wak up. 6:00am Kyrah wakes up and knocks her pacifier on the crib rail to let us know to come get her. She gets lifted out of the crib and immediately goes to her corner where her snacks and cereal are located. She gets a small bowl of dry cereal and takes it to the living room where she plays around and eats. I then do a very quick 15 minute get ready for work session as I have taken my shower the night before so it is pretty easy to fix my hair and through on the minamal amount of makeup. Broden has finished eating and hangs out in the bouncer or swing. Dennis leave for work at 6:20. I wake up Raya no later then 6:30 if she has not gotten up on her own. She gets changed and a bottle which takes about 15 minutes. Then at 6:45 or so Kyrah gets changed (which is a fight to get her to lay down to change her diaper and clothes!) and her hair gets fixed. I still have not cut her hair so it has to go up in a pony or barrett every day. I then take my stuff out to the car. Come back in load the twins in their car seats. I take one baby and Kyrah out to the car. Load the baby and let Kyrah either sit in the front seat or walk around in the driveway and go back in to get baby #2 and shut the door. By 7:00 am, we drive around the corner and I run Kyrah inside to her daycare. Her drop off used to be 5-10 minutes of BSing with Lori the owner now it is "here's the kid c-ya" try to give Kyrah a kiss and back to the car I run. I then drive .5 miles to the twins daycare called Wee World. I take them in at the same time in their car seats for now, but they are getting heavy so not sure how long I can keep that up. I take them to their room and talk to the teacher there tell her when they should eat next, give them kisses and back out the door. I try to be on the road to work by 7:15. It actually works out rather well becuase they wake up so early.
At 4:15 pm Dennis starts the pick up route. He gets the twins first then on his way home stops by and picks up Kyrah. So he has the three kids from 4:30 to 5:45 when I get home. During this time he is just playing defence - feeding anyone that needs it. Kyrah eats at 5:15 to 5:30 so if the babies are content he can help her and feed her something more complicated (spegetti or something that requires his help) if the babies need something Kyrah gets cut up lunch meat, cheese and grapes - or something similar that is finger food that she can feed herself. She is actually pretty good with a fork, but it is just easier to give her finger food.
When I get home I just start with whoever needs something. Usually it is one of the babies needing fed. Then it is play time - which consists of anything outside for Kyrah. A lot of the time we will take the twins for a stroller ride and Kyrah will either get a stroller ride or a bike ride. 6:45pm starts bath time. Kyrah is first. She plays in the tub for a bit then gets her jammies on. She gets a cup of milk and a small snack and walks around or sits on the couch eating. If we are luckily enough to have one of the twins sleeping then one person can read to Kyrah or hold her and the other is giving a baby a bath. Kyrah goes to sleep at 7:15. We ask her if she wants to go to bed and the answer is always no, but when we take her in anyway she is fine with it. Hopefully by that point baby 1 has had a bath and is finishing up a bottle. We always make sure they get a bottle before bed even if they are not due to eat. Sometimes it is just topping them off with a few ounces, but I think it helps them sleep through the night. Baby 1 gets swaddled and held for just a bit. We are starting to put them down when they are awake now hoping it will teach them to sooth themselves to sleep. For the most part that has worked. By the time baby 1 is put in bed baby 2 should be finishing up the bottle and close to being put down as well. Ideally all 3 kids are in bed by 7:30 to 7:45. This is a best case description of a day in the life or at least what we strive for. Some days are better then others but you do your best and go from there. Here are all our angels sleeping:


They all look so peaceful.

And just some cute photos of Raya and Broden playing on the floor.
Every now and then Broden will enjoy his tummy time so much he just falls asleep during it. This is good and bad. He doesn't mind tummy time so he doesn't really push up like Raya does so he is not getting as strong as she is.

We have also just introduced the jump-a-roo. They are still a little wobbly so they don't spend too much time in there, but both of them like sitting up so it is a way to do it without having to hold them.

By the way it is nice to be back at work so I can blogg more often again :-)