The Lacher Family

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I’ve really turned into a bad blogger.  For those waiting with baited breath for an update…well, I apologize since you are probably blue in the face by now!  This is a week of big events in our house so I figured it was time to write a little something. Today was Emily’s first day of [...]

In the past several weeks, Emily has: outgrown almost all her clothes learned to ride her bike without training wheels gotten her first loose tooth (it’s been almost 2 weeks now and it is still hangin’ in there) learned to whistle gone on her first sleepover at a friend’s house How is it possible that [...]

Recently, Dan was checking out Woot.com and they were running one of their blind deals. For a fixed amount, you purchase what they affectionately call a Bag of Cr@p and then you receive whatever it is in the mail – it could be as the name suggests, it could be an HDTV. You just never [...]

The question is often asked “Do you love your adopted child the same as your biological child(ren)?” I have been struggling with this question lately, feeling guilty that I can’t say “yes” yet. Every day, I tell Julia I love her. Multiple times per day in fact. But sometimes I feel like I am trying [...]

It was quite a busy day around here. First off, after a rocky road of emotions over the weekend this Mommy got off to a new start today and it feels wonderful. Throw in a catnap and some quality French Open watching and you have yourself a pretty awesome day. Emily had gym class, brought [...]

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted [...]

As a new mommy of 3 I find myself on quite the emotional rollercoaster. I don’t know if it is that 3 is much more difficult than 2, or that starting with a toddler is much more difficult than a newborn, or that helping an adoptive child work through her grieving is emotionally and physically [...]

So yesterday, somewhere in between Norah coughing so hard during the night that she threw up, and last night when her whole body was trembling as a result of her fever, we had some awesome moments.  Since Norah was sick we stayed home from church and had an important lesson about how we can worship [...]