Baby Love

Last night our friends Sara and Adam brought over their sweet chickie, Charlotte.  We are in love!!

Especially Robert!

Teacher Appreciation

Ellie loves school.  We love Ellie's school.  Ellie loves her teacher.  We adore Ellie's teacher.  What an answer to prayer!  (And yes, we keep praying for those two little chickies behind Ellie...not to mention Ellie's teachers in the future!)

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week.  Yesterday each student sent a few flowers in for Ellie's teacher to put in a vase.  Today Ellie took Ms. T. a bookmark.  I finished five more bookmarks for her to give to her specialty teachers (music, computer, etc.).  These were super-easy to make.  I used this tutorial for the bookmarks, and this tutorial for the rosettes.  The best part is that I had all of the supplies on hand!

Thanks, Teachers!!

Quick Trip

My mom, Grandmother, came from Pennsylvania this past weekend to see the kids all of us.  The theme of the weekend seemed to be 'sickness.'  Robert was recovering from a nasty ear infection and has that lingering cough that we've all heard lately.  Mom was taken down Saturday with bad stomach pains, and just feeling yucky.  (She was fine by Sunday...thank goodness!)  Mary Claire followed right behind her with a fever, an earache, and 'the cough.'  Today we learned that sweet MC has a raging ear infection of her own.  But hers has a bonus...she's been throwing up, too!  Lovely.
We still had fun, though!  It's hard not to with Grandmother here!

Robert was never put down...

The girls had never-ending puzzle and game fun...

Nope, Robert wasn't left out...

We took our famous 'group shot before mom leaves,' but I didn't get it loaded onto my computer.  Oh, and I forgot to wake Robert up from his nap, so he's not even in it! :(

Mom just got on the plane, but I'm ready for her next trip!

  

Daddy Love

Don't think Robbie didn't get a little sentimental when I showed this to him.  I praise the Lord each day that Robbie loves our children the way that he does.  

Help! I Have Two Sisters!

Oh sweet Robert.  The patience you will have as a husband because of how well your two older sisters have tortured trained you.  Ellie loves to pick you up and walk around with you, despite the fact that you are almost as big as she is. 

Mary Claire's favorite thing to do is pretend like you are saying things you shouldn't be.  For instance, several times a day, she says in a high-pitched voice, "I love you, Mary Poopyhead."  Then Mary Claire runs to tell me that you used bathroom words.

Yesterday was Valentine's Day, and all three of you were actually in real clothes and happy.  Perfect photo op.  Except not.  

But  I am one happy mama to capture the moments of silliness between my three precious Little Lathams.

21

Before today, twenty-one days didn't seem like a long time. When it hit me that our church's annual twenty-one day fast starts today, suddenly '21' felt like forever. What a skewed thought process to think that giving up something for twenty-one days to draw closer to my Savior is a long time and that maybe I would just skip this year. Uh-uh. After some serious consideration, I am giving up social media for the next three weeks. My prayer is that I will use the time I would normally be looking at blogs or Facebook and dedicate it to bible reading, talking to God, and devoting more time to my home and family. See you soon!!

Lots & Lots

Of grandkids.  My dad and stepmom are up to FIVE!!  And we ALL spent Christmas at their house.  

What a treat to celebrate Christmas Eve at church together, then come home and open family presents.

Sprinkling reindeer food with Robbie...

Making cookies...

Reading a new Christmas story with Nana...

Then waking up Christmas morning to more new fun...

Don't worry, we didn't forget about Robert!

And once Papa recovered from Christmas Day,

he invited let all of us come eat lunch with him at work!  (He works at a country club.)

Fittingly, we ate at the Halfway House.  I'm thinking the sweet girl at the counter wanted to be committed by the time we all left!

And the last group shot...poor Robert had his blanket over his face.  Thinking he may have had the right idea! :)

Nana and Papa...YOU ARE LOVED X 5!!