While big brothers and sisters are in testing, Mama gets to hang with three littles. We had quite a few adventures for a few days.
Zoe joined us on the last day of testing and asked if this is what it was like when she was little and there were just three of them. No. No it was much harder because I had three kiddos three and under. A six year old, four year old and baby is easy to juggle!
This girl and her daddy!
Laughing baby showing off a couple of teeth.
NIght times are a real party around our house. Typing contests to see who can get the most words per minute. Zoe’s pretty fast!
Swinging siblings.
Toes are tasty!
Mark and I celebrated 22 years of dating with a trip out to a local seafood restaurant.
I don’t think Tot is too happy about being a super dog.
Lulu wasn’t thrilled to be in a tutu either.
Emmie’s first real bun.
I got some sweet LK cuddles from my friend, Tracy’s cutie patootie.
Josiah built with cuisennaire rods.
Emmie and her Cubby buddy E.
The fort in the playroom.
Zoe and Ceili Rain helped do the flag ceremony with American Heritage Girls at a local fundraising walk.
Good gravy! He’s the cutest and squishiness bundle evah!
I honestly didn’t get a ton of pictures. This was one of those days that you just enjoy making memories.
Our Three Musketeers.
Papa & Grandmere couldn’t physically be with us but we had them there in spirit and through technology!
How we sat through meals!
Tobin liked Uncle B’s beard!
Cousins! Two weeks (to the day) apart and a load of fun.
Tobin thought Cousin C’s toe would be tasty!
Ace stole C every chance he got.
And O took Tobin every chance she could get. Basically, I barely had to hold a baby the entire visit.
Someone decided Tobin needed new hair.
We volun”told” Uncle B that he would be dissecting animals. Zoe was studying biology and what better way to study biology than with a veterinarian as a teacher?
Water beads were made and Emmie and cousin A were ecstatic.
Liam taught his cousins how to play Axis and Allies.
The big kids loved the water beads too!
Soldier of the Lord!
Tobin the Chunker with Cousin C. It took nine babies but we finally have our big baby!
Nineteen cousins! The Lord has truly blessed us all!
All she knows is that it’s forty-five minutes of visiting with friends and dancing. And that’s good enough for her.
This was the first time for decorating a cake outside of my home. I think I did a pretty okay job considering I wasn’t at home with all my normal stuff.
Right on the golf course and a short drive to the water park.
We decided to go out to eat for one night to Mama’s Farmhouse. Yummy eats and fun activities for the kids.
Three littles as snug as a bug.
It wasn’t all water play, we spent a good bit of time hanging out in the arcade too.
One night, the guys took a trip to the knife store. It turned out to be a pretty cool store.
Ace won the Most Amazing Pool Hair Award.
Mark and I snuck away for a lunch (and trip to the cast iron store). We chose Paula Deen’s Family Restaurant. It was absolutely outstanding. We were stuffed and enjoyed every single bite. We also got to watch snow fall (not stick, thankfully).
Let’s start off these fun random pics with our chunky monkey at four months! Ya’ll, those chubby arms are the sweetest.
Liam took a coding class and loved it. I’ll be looking for more for him to learn from.
Malachi wanted to learn to read and pretty much just taught himself with pretty much a smidge of help from me. 
Headbanz by “Emmie Rules” included her telling daddy what was on his head band and then telling him to tell her what was on hers.
But then it was naptime.
And naptime for Tobin too.
Date night included Cinnabon Delights.
Lulu the Guard Dog.
Tobin has no problem with snuggles and kisses from Lulu.
A Your Pie opened up in our area. We got in on the soft opening and fell in love. Definitely a treat.
Check out these eyelashes.
Emmie had an ophthalmology appointment in February. I’ll post a more detailed update after her MRI but basically, she has strabismus and needs to wear glasses to try and strengthen the eye turning in. We think she is adorable in these glasses!
Ceili Rain got a cake decorating kit from Ge and Granddaddy for her birthday. This was her first creation.
Beautiful weather means playing games with neighbors.
