Sunday, September 22, 2013

Schedule

I LIVE by a schedule.  I love routine.  I'm not OCD or anything, but I love routines.  When I shower, I do the same thing, in the same order every time.  Weird?  I think most people do that, but maybe I'm wrong.  When I played volleyball I did the same thing before every serve (bounce the ball 7 times, then spin it up to my hand, and bam).  I feel like the babies love a schedule too.  At first Curtis fought me on how strict of a schedule I keep, but now he gets it.  It has created happy babies who sleep really well!  I think if I only had one baby I would be a little more lenient in a schedule, but with triplets it's easier just to stick with it. 

The babies have become more predictable lately, which I love.  Even their poops have become like clockwork.  It makes things a lot easier.  It still gets crazy at times, but manageable.  They eat, play for an hour, then go back down for a nap.  Eat, play for an hour, then go back down for a nap.  And repeat.  They drink five bottles a day and take three naps.  The only "hard" time is from 6:30pm-8:00pm.  It's SO nice to have Curtis home and help out during that time.  After the 5:00pm feeding they pretty much stay up until bedtime.  Occasionally they will take a quick catnap, but it's never longer than 15 minutes.  I feel like I'm getting the hang of this triplet thing.  Some days are harder than others, but overall I feel like it's getting easier.  The babies are such happy babies and bring such joy to our lives.  We are so in love with them.
 Cruz
Cruz & Julie
 Bumbo time.
 Brothers.
One of my favorite pictures. #iwatchESPNwithmydaddy



Cutest little stink.
First Nike's.




BYU vs Utah.  We all know how that one ended.  Lame.

2 comments:

The Dabo's said...

I, for one, am a true believer of schedules! I love them! So glad the babies also thrive on them. Makes life SO much easier! You're doing such a good job!

The Pearson's said...

Ill be coming to you and Jamie for help in the schedule department when I have kids! I love to have the same schedule each week like school days work days etc but somedays throughout the day i just want to do anything and everything or nothing so I'm afraid when i have a kid ill screw it up and be miserable if I want to go somewhere when its nap time because i know that schedules are such a great thing for kids. Aside from that I love the bumbo pictures of the kids with curtis sitting on the couch in the back ground! Awesome!