asher has a little yellow rubber duck that he likes to put half way into his mouth and crawl around like that. i get a kick out of it, but i pretty much get a kick out of everything he does!
this is a picture of asher and his second cousin kaylie. kaylie was kind enough to share her headband with asher! i just kept thinking "boy, are my daughters going to be cute or what?"
man is she beautiful! inside and out!!! olivia is so awesome, and she can always make me laugh. i am sooooo glad that i know her. i love my little sister and asher loves his aunt!
well, here is my FAVORITE story of the evening. we were spending some time at my mom's house and asher was just playing on the floor with liv. i guess she was giving him kisses and right when my mom and i looked over at them he looked at her, grabbed her face, puckered up and kissed her!!! it was the most adorable thing i have ever seen! i said "yeah, asher! do it again." and he did. he must have kissed her 7 or 8 times. once it even made a smoochy sound. i was laughing so hard i didn't even think to take pictures or video. he has done it a few more times since then, but only to aunt liv, aunt hannah and me.
this was when asher was starting to pull himself up on furniture. he even used his toy basket which was funny because it's not a very sturdy basket. for a second it was like he was surfing or something, but he eventually caught his balance and came out of the whole thing smiling. like always.
so, asher is a pretty active little guy, right? well, one day we went to get him after a nap and he was standing up, somewhat hanging over the crib rails. talk about heart stopper. we didn't even know he could stand up! but, i guess that is how it happens. so, we promptly lowered the mattress all the way down which helped calm our fear of him falling out. the next problem was that he could now kneel or stand up but he didn't know how to get back down. i think this made him more frustrated then anything else. now he is a pro. up, down, all around. p.s. justin took this picture. i couldn't have handled that face!
justin is a fantastic daddy and husband! i needed to go to the general relief society broadcast one saturday evening but we hadn't done our grocery shopping for the week yet. justin said he and asher would get it done. when they came home justin said asher did really well and he showed me this great picture that he took with his cell phone camera. this was the first time asher sat like a big boy in the shopping cart. what a trooper!
asher likes to play with blocks now, and i'd say we have a pretty good working relationship; i build the tower, he knocks it down. in these pictures he is happy, but it is pretty funny when he is upset and crying if i build a block tower where he can see it he will tone it down to whimper, crawl over to it, knock it down then start crying again...every time! it is so funny. it's like he just can't leave it standing. am i horrible for testing out this game?
this is my happy boy as he learns how to sit up all by himself. (remember, this was a month ago. now he can sit up, crawl, stand up to furniture, etc.).
one day asher and i decided to get up early and go for a walk. i mean early. so early that we had to wear our winter coats in august. i just wanted to try again to be a morning person and enjoy the stillness and beauty of the morning. it didn't work. i respect the stillness and the beauty, but i have a hard time enjoying it. asher was happy until we got outside and i kept insisting that his hands stayed under the blanket.
| You Are A Lily |
 You are a nurturer and all around natural therapist. People see you as their rock. And they are able to depend on you. You are a soothing influence. You can make people feel better with a few words. Your caring has more of an impact than even you realize. |
