Finally!

After about 4 months I have finally found time to post everything that has been going on . We took a trip to Alabama, St. Louis and had our first family vacation in that time! Of course Asher has grown and learned so many things since then as well. He is speaking really well and learning new words daily. He is trying to have conversations with you, which is pretty cute. I have posted a ton of pictures and will try and explain most of them. Ryan will be putting our videos in the proper format to post on here so hopefully I will have them soon.

Asher also had his first set of stitches. Something tells me this won't be his last. The first picture is of his stitches. They are right above his eye.


Asher has taken an interest in taking pictures of himself. Its quite funny to watch and even funnier to see what he takes. The next few are ones he took of himself.




Finally a picture of my belly! I am 31 weeks in this pic. On the second picture look for the little guy.

Asher wants to wear his rain boots every day now. I love it! He wears them as much as he can.
We stayed at this wonderful resort for our family vacation.






We took Asher to a childrens museum where he had so much fun!







Asher and I went to a train park. It was really neat and we both had a lot of fun!


We also visited a zoo that was really up close and personal with the animals. You could feed and pet the giraffes!






Before we went on vacation I took Asher to a pumpkin patch. I enjoy this stuff more than he does.
He is already ready to smile for the camera!


Asher likes to read like mommy and daddy. One day I caught him on the couch reading this...no joke! It says investing for dummies, daddy is so proud:)

I had to do a painting project for my moms group. Asher was more than willing to help!


He got into my lipstick and then was all upset when I took it away...
These were taken in Alabama. We had a great time! Thanks Dean family for putting up with us:)

Yes, I actually held a snake...in Alabama...



Asher eats like his daddy. Here he is chowing down on a 6 inch from Subway.

I believe I was around 5-6 months here.


My wonderful Aunt Lisa now shares a birthday with Asher and his cousin Ellie. Here is a picture of all three!
My sis Nikki with Asher at her baby shower.
Asher turned two last week. Wow does the time go by. Thank you all for the gifts and the birthday cards. He has loved them all. I hope you enjoy the pictures and hopefully I will be able to post again really soon with more information.

Blessings!

Its been a long time!

So once again I am way behind on the blog. My sincerest apologies. I feel like this year is flying by at warp speed. We have been having lots of fun and getting ready for a new addition! I am almost 12 weeks pregnant! It came as a suprise but a good one:)

We also had a visit from Grammy and Grampy that went really well. They were very helpful and Asher loved playing with them. Asher and Grampy would go out every morning with his bouncy ball and play basketball. Asher will still run for his ball when he sees Grampy on Skype! Thank you Grammy and Grampy for helping and Asher had a blast with you both!

Asher is growing by leaps and bounds it seems. He has added some words to his vocabulary:

ball
please
more
food

We are working on thank you, he said it once but not since. He knows his name and when you ask where Asher is he points to himself. He knows where eyes, ears, nose and mouth are. He has a pretty mean throwing arm. He can also swing a golf club. It seems we may have an athlete on our hands:) He climbs on everything he can, which keeps me on my toes! He loves the website Starfall which teaches the ABC's. His favorite books right now are his bath time book and his nursery rhyme book. He loves to sit in my lap and read together. He is extremely helpful. He will put his toys away, help me unload the dishwasher and helps with laundry! He still loves vaccuums. He really enjoys the playground and loves to slide.

So all in all he's growing up! He is turning into a little boy. Which also means he gets into more trouble! Below is a picture of what he use to do when I would put him into time out. We have changed the time out since then. Also, there are pictures of our visit with Grammy and Grampy. Enjoy the pics and hopefully I will post again soon! Blessings!

So much to tell!

Well its been quite awhile since a last posted (again). I was gently reminded by my sister! It seems like this past month lasted 6 hours. During that time I had my wisdome teeth removed, I was involved in a church outreach event and I attended a lifeway conference. My amazing hubby watched Asher quite a lot this past month. Asher LOVES his daddy time. They are so fun to watch. Ryan just loves his son so much, I am so blessed!

Asher has done quite a lot of growing. He is learning to talk more. He said "I love you!" (best thing ever). His new words are "No", "ball" and "done". Ryan has been teaching him how to play golf and so Asher thinks that everything can be used as a club. I mean everything. His swing is getting pretty good though:) Asher loves to play with bouncy balls, he also has a pretty mean throw.

He can buckle himself into his car seat now, which he just started doing one day. He climbs everywhere, which makes us nervous. He climbs onto our bed several different ways. He has fallen once, which of course scared me. He can open our doors, which is even scarier;) We have had to put safety locks on them so he won't escape. The weather is getting so nice that we have been going to the park and having lots of fun. He climbs all over the equipment.

We went to our Easter celebration on Saturday and we had lots of fun! Asher seemed to enjoy himself. We brought a friend from the retirement home in town with us. She enjoys playing with Asher. The first picture is of them. I had to post it because Asher's face cracks me up! During the egg hunt Asher just kind of stood there, then a little girl shared with him. He took the egg and threw it! So I guess he doesn't quite get it yet, but I'm sure next year will be different.

We have a lot going on this month but I am enjoying the busyness. I have lots of down time to go with it! Enjoy the pictures and God Bless you!

I blinked and he grew a foot!

Everyone keeps commenting that Asher looks like he grew in the past couple of weeks. I think he did too, but its so hard to tell when your with someone 24/7. He is growing out of his clothes, he wears 2T on top and 18 month on bottom. He is getting as tell as kids that are 2 years old. So I'm guessing he might be tall when he grows up:)

He has just been such a joy to be around. He makes us laugh! I love watching him explore and figure new things out. Several weeks ago he threw away his own trash! I had not yet taught him that but obviously he watched us do it. Since then I have had to watch him because he has thrown out our remotes and some toys.

Whenever the dogs bark he yells out "DOG!", that is one of his new words. He has also said his name a couple of times. For some reason he has stopped some of his signing. I'm not sure why and I really hope he starts it up again!

He is also starting to get really picky with food. It can be very frustrating. He does like chicken and ribs though, thank goodness! He doesn't like veggies unless they have been cooked into something else. If you cook veggies and mix it he still won't eat them. I hope that changes because its hard to get his daily veggie intake.

He has been giving hugs lately which I absolutely love!! Nothing beats your child running toward you yelling momma and then throwing his arm around you. I wish I could bottle that feeling and open it up any time I need a pick me up!

We are staying very busy, which I enjoy. Time just seems to fly by. Easter is fast approaching and I can't wait to take Asher to our Church celebration. This will be the first time Ryan will be able to come, I am so excited! I just have to find Asher a really cute outfit for Church. Shouldn't be too hard right;)

Well thats it from here. Enjoy the pictures and have a great week!! BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!!

Finally....an Update!

So I finally was able to sit down and write a post. Asher is so active its hard to find the time to sit down and concentrate. As I write he is wielding a hockey stick (yes Guy a hockey stick!) and chewing on the puck (yes, the set you gave him grampy!). He is pretty much just using the stick to hit things and yep he just fell down without dropping either object.

Anyways, we have had a very busy and exciting few months. Before we left for Christmas I had a cookie party for some of our friends. That was super fun and I thank April for the idea! Below are a few pictures. I believe I had about 20 people in the house. It was loud, fun and I can't wait to do it again!
Here is a picture of Asher before we left. He loves to snuggle with Uma on her pillow and he LOVES his vaccuum!
We went to my parents for Christmas and had tons of fun. My parents house was filled with tons of people, tons of food and tons of dogs! We played games and cooked together. Asher rode a donkey, we visited relatives, I met my new niece, we shopped and so much more. Ryan and I decided to bring our video camera but when we went to turn it on we found it was dead! So I don't have any pictures or video to show you:( Maybe my parents would be kind enough to hurry and send me their pictures???

We came back home and right away Ryan had to work. So Asher I got busy trying to get back into routine. We have been keeping busy and enjoying the crazy weather. One minute its so windy you can't go outside, then its 60+ with sunshine and today its raining!

Asher has grown so much since I last blogged. I will try to remember as much stuff as I can. He can count to three and hold up his pointer finger for one. He can climb up onto the couches and get down all by himself. He is learning sign language and has mastered two of them. He can blow kisses. He runs, points to what he wants and reads more. He enjoys taking baths. He uses utensils when eating. He loves spaghetti, bread, pizza and mac n' cheese. He puts his toys away (some of them). He eats, eats, eats and then eats some more:) He has started sticking his finger in his nose, YUCK! He pretend blows his nose. He loves to sit in the laundry basket while I push him around the house. He likes the playground and playing with other kids. Thats all I can think of right now plus he is trying to help me type.

Enjoy the videos! The one with the mirror was taken in October, but its just so cute! The other one is a new toy a friend has let us borrow and the last one is well you'll figure it out;)