Thursday, August 10, 2006

1 Day

4:00 AM Vaughn wakes up and needs fed
4:20 AM Pump
5:11 AM My alarm goes off. Snooze until...
5:45 AM Lincoln & Gavin awake and hungry. Jamie and I feed, change and dress all the boys. I get ready for work. Start a load of laundry. Start the dishwasher.
6:45 AM Leave for work
7:00 AM Pump (at work)
11:30 AM Pump
1:00 PM Meet Emma (4) in the parking lot. She's coming over to play with Lucy.
1:20 PM Eat Lunch
1:45 PM Karen M. & Mary O. show up to help me with the babies. Give Gavin a bath.
2:00 PM Aaron A. shows up to see what projects we need done around the house.
2:13 PM Put Gracie down for a nap.
2:15 PM Give Vaughn and then Lincoln a bath. Feed and change babies.
3:30 PM Karen M. & Mary O. leave.
3:32 PM Put in frozen casserole that Lynann sent. Clean. Do Laundry.
3:45 PM Heather H. shows up with some laundry of mine that she took home the day before...clean and ironed!
4:00 PM Pump
4:15 PM Clean/laundry/dishwasher
4:30 PM Grace wakes up
4:45 PM Lucy goes to sleep
5:00 PM Take supper out of oven and feed Grace
5:45 PM Get bottles ready. Donna Steve & Kim show up to feed babies and watch the girls.
5:55 PM Lucy wakes up screaming because Jamie and I are leaving.
6:00 PM Jamie and I leave. Go to Maid Rite for dinner (After first walking into Tailgaters and leaving and then driving by the Brew. We are so indecisive!!)
7:00 PM Stop by Wal-Mart for a fan and some snacks.
7:25 PM Back home. Lucy and Gracie are happy - they've been outside playing.
7:35 PM Donna Kim and Steve leave.
7:45 PM Pump
8:00 PM Clean, get Gracie ready for bed. Jamie showers and shaves.
8:35 PM Angie D. shows up to help.
8:40 PM Jamie leaves...spending the night in hospital to do a sleep study.
9:45 PM Feed & change boys.
10:30 PM Gracie wakes up. Breathing funny - like she may need a nebulizer treatment. Makes me nervous...so I tell girls that as a special treat, they get to sleep with Mommy tonight.
10:45 PM Angie leaves
11:00 PM Bath
11:10 PM Pump
11:30 PM Lights Out
12:15 AM Special Treat is over - everyone to their own beds.
1:45 AM Vaughn wakes up. Out of control because got out of his "Swaddle" and blankets covering face. Bring him to bed with me.
2:25 AM A still fussy Vaughn gets fed.
2:45 AM Vaughn back to bed.
4:10 AM Give Gavin his pacifier.
4:30 AM Give Lincoln and Gavin their pacifiers
5:00 AM Give Vaughn a pacifier
5:11 AM Alarm goes off - Snooze
5:30 AM Give Vaughn a pacifier
5:45 AM All the boys need fed
6:15 AM Jamie comes home to help finish feeding and dressing boys.

1 day
2 parents
5 kids
1 playmate
6 volunteers
1 hired help

3 comments:

  1. all i can say is "wow"

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  2. Anonymous7:37 AM

    Holy smokes Karen!! Our vacation is going to be 10 fold for you!

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  3. Anonymous5:30 PM

    Okay, and what happened with "CALL DONNA" because she said so any time of the night?!!!! Girl, you have no right to complain now!! :) HA HA HA HAHAHHAHAH just kidding, sort of :) Love ya, and I am exhausted now......thanks :)

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