Day 2555

It was not all gas. The baby officially smiles now.

So she knows she can get away with torturing us more now.

Day 2554

Dear Baby,

Based on new information that has recently come to light, your application for Best Baby requires further review. We’ll advise you of the committee’s decision in due course.

Best Wishes,

Your Mother

Day 2553

Being cute is an important survival skill for babies who don’t sleep properly.

Day 2552

Chinchilla’s superpower is hugs.

Day 2551

No one is as contrary as a two year old who just got exactly what they asked for.

Day 2550

Does it still count as a growth spurt if it never stops?

Day 2549

“We need to get in the car to go see the wind. And the rain.” -C

Apparently we are raising a storm chaser. DO NOT APPROVE.

Day 2548

Scientists should really look into why it is that when you put an particularly exhausted baby down for a sleep, they always seem to end up with a violent case of hiccups.

Day 2547

Banana is already one month old because every time you have a kid, the world starts spinning a little faster.

Day 2546

We’ve now successfully destroyed all the cedars on the property. Now we can plant trees and bushes that are actually useful and make delicious fruits.

Day 2545

Chinchilla doesn’t seem to resent the fact that the baby sometimes requires my arms and attention; he’s figured out that if he wants me, he just needs to convince another adult to take Banana.

Day 2544

That feeling when your baby is four weeks old and has gained more than two pounds and people are still asking how many days old she is...

Day 2543

This baby doesn’t believe in looking angelic when she’s sleeping; she prefers grumpy face. Or ‘Concerned About the State of the World’ face.

Day 2542

The baby is forcefully reminding me that sleep-related baby miracles do not strike twice.

They exist solely to dangle Hope in front of exhausted parents.

Day 2541

Glow-in-the-dark pajamas for a newborn: not as catastrophic as feared.

Larger children: volatile.

Day 2540

The dog has secretly learned more English. He can now tell when we’re talking about going out... so that he can start shivering uncontrollably in preparation. Or start sending himself upstairs to go in his box.

Day 2539

Chinchilla continues to be the best at hugs and snuggles. That kid hugs with his whole heart.

Day 2538

We’ve officially moved into a bigger germ pool.

Lizard, at four, just discovered that when you stay home sick you get to stay in your pajamas. I have a sneaky suspicion she’s going to become very familiar with the sick day routine.

Day 2537

I would not recommend having both parents be sick while you have a sick kid and a baby.

I would also not recommend having both parents be sick when you have a baby and a healthy two year old.

Day 2536

Never ever call a small child’s attention to their scraped knee.

Day 2535

If the baby keeps trying to race her way up the percentiles, I predict more naps for my future.

Day 2534

Successfully socialized all three children! Realized that when we hang out with our friends, we’re going to have a high percentage of the number of kids... and probably a much lower percentage of the volume of kids.

Day 2533

That feeling when everyone is surprised to learn you have three kids... Nope, not actually fourteen. Don’t want to think about what that would mean for when I had the first one...

Day 2532

This is likely our most well-travelled two week old; she is really making me remember that taking my babies out in public means people feel compelled to comment about how tiny they are.

And to the parents of the kid who thinks girls aren’t supposed to like dinosaur clothes: you’re doing it wrong.

Day 2531

That feeling when you hear another kid ask your kid if she wants to be friends...

Day 2530

Lizard and Chinchilla started at their new daycares. Lizard is a little appalled that they don’t enforce time for naps. She’s also about to learn to eat faster the hard way.

Chinchilla didn’t nap because he was too busy doing ALL THE PLAYING.

Day 2529

Banana went for her first walk today; she is apparently susceptible to the bounce of the stroller, just like her siblings before her.

And for a couple hours this evening, all three kids were asleep in their beds while we were downstairs doing things. Feels a little like magic. And a little sad, because it means no snuggling.

Day 2528

It’s amazing how much more human you feel after one night of almost reasonable sleep...

Day 2527

I was expecting that there would be times that all three kids would be grumpy at once, or would need help at once... I was hoping it wouldn’t happen when both parents were so spectacularly overtired.

Day 2526

Apparently it *is* possible to get groceries with three kids. At least when one of them sleeps the whole time.

Day 2525

Gramma departs; now we have to figure out how to actually manage three kids on our own.