Sleepy

There's not doubt Asher is an amazing kid. He's always happy, loves to play, is a great eater and growing just like he should. He's perfect, right?! The ONLY thing Heath and I might wish were a little different were his sleeping habits :) Between Thanksgiving and Christmas sleep was pretty limited and we didn't know how we were going to survive! After Christmas, we got very serious about a strict bedtime routine: dinner at 6:30, bathtime, jammies and "lo-lo", bedtime stories, nursing and bed. Whether it was him getting a little older or the bedtime routine Asher started to figure it out and would fall asleep pretty easily! Of course still waking up once between 2-4:00 a.m. for a night-time feeding. At nine months old we've eased up a little on the bedtime routine and Heath can read the stories or give him a bottle and he's made it through the night twice without waking up - once again, "any day now" hopefully he'll be sleeping through the night every night!
It seems his sleep habits through the day are just as tricky to figure out! At home he takes a great 1 1/2 or 2 hour nap in the morning (if we're lucky) at daycare he seems much more interested in being awake and playing! Maybe it's "Sleepy the Giraffe" who makes the difference?!?

It's Not Easy Being Green

Asher celebrated his first St. Patrick's Day and he made sure to wear his green so no one at daycare would pinch him! He also invited his buddy, Brooks, over for dinner. They had a great time playing together - of course it was impossible to get a picture of the two of them looking at the camera at the same time!

Wearing Many Hats

Asher's Aunt Heather and Papaw love hats and have given Asher several to choose from. Here he is trying them out!

Two steps backwards, One step forward?

For the last month we've been saying "Any day now" when talking about Asher crawling. Seems he's done just about everything else but crawl! He can get up on his hands and knees, he can rev up his engine and rock back and forth, and he's REALLY good at using his hands to scoot/crawl backwards and get pretty much wherever he wants to go. So now he's nine months old and still not quite there, but any day now! Unfortunately, crawling backwards doesn't allow you to see where you're going and you get stuck more often!

1st Haircut - Sort of

Asher was born with a lot of hair so by 8 months we felt like he probably needed a hair cut. Asher clearly wasn't quite so sure. We got ourselves already to do it but then I chickened out a little. Asher did get his "wings" cut but there was barely enough to save to put in a baby book! Oh well, maybe in a few more months when his hair is covering his eyes he'll get the real thing!

Goodness. It has been a really long time since I've posted! Oops. In the beginning of March Asher and I made the journey back to Indiana, just the two of us, for Jennifer's baby shower. Asher did great! Unfortunately, I somehow forgot to get a picture of him in the car. He played with his toys and slept almost the entire way. Probably the most exciting part of the trip was changing his diaper at McDonald's - we ended up having to change more than just his diaper!
In addition to getting to "shower" his aunt, Asher got to help his grandma celebrate her birthday, and meet his new cousin Aaron. It was a little crazy running around NeeNeee and Papaw's with three boys under the age of 3 - I can only imagine what it will be like this summer with one more baby thrown in the mix!

Richmond

Asher had his first big overnight trip this weekend (aside from visits to Indiana to visit family). We visited the Richmond Zoo and Children's museum. It's hard to count all the firsts he had including seeing multiple animals live that he's only seen in books, riding down a slide, sleeping in a hotel room, and going swimming. Hmmmm, apparently he has also learned how to scream. And boy can he use his lungs. We all came home from the weekend thoroughly exhausted. And while Asher won't remember a moment of the weekend we'll have the pictures to show him we feel like a torch has been passed! Thank you mom and dad for every trip and activity you exposed us to - now we truly know how much work they are!

New Year's Resolution

My new year's resolution was to try and get the paperwork in my life organized. Can't say I'm there yet but I've at least got a good start with getting my files organized. Of course Asher had to help!

Puffs

Asher tried his first finger foods this week at 7 months old. While he wasn't quite sure about them at firs the decided "puffs" were pretty good! We've noticed he can get them in to his mouth pretty easily with his left but needs his left hand to guide his right hand in to him mouth, hmmm??!
It's amazing how fast Asher is growing and what all he has learned in the last 7 months! He's still working on crawling but "tummy time" isn't terrible anymore and he's working on crawling - at least moving backwards a little!

15 years

It's been a while since I've posted for many reasons! Life is crazy with a 6-month-old, yup, we've got a six month old!!! It's crazy to believe Asher is that old. Although, whenever we go out no one can believe he's only that old. Apparently Asher is a big boy! We got a great report at his well-baby check up and is in the 75-90% of height and weight.
This weekend we were able to celebrate the 15 year anniversary of Heath's bone marrow transplant. Heath's parents came down for a quick but fun-filled weekend topped off with an excellent dinner!

If you're happy and you know it!

I'm not sure how you could watch this and not be happy!

Colts Christmas

Heath's favorite Christmas present this year was probably Colts tickets on the 30 yard line with his two brothers and mom! Asher wanted to go too, but decided he'd probably have more fun just staying at home supporting the team in his jersey!

Christmas Gift

It was amazing to see how much Asher changed over the holidays. It was like he knew that while visiting his family in Indiana it'd be good to impress them. Prior to Christmas Asher had begin sitting up just a little but he was VERY unstable. But while we were away something clicked and now it's no problem. He LOVES sitting up being able to play with more toys and see what's going on!
Asher's a very talkative baby and babbles all the time but there was definitely a very distinctive "Da Da" that came out! Now he says it all the time!

Good Food, Good Friends

Living in VA, when we make a trip to IN it feels like a whirlwind of visits with family and friends. It's hard to see everyone we want to see! But we were lucky enough to celebrate the holiday with a great high school friend while checking out a fun new restaurant in Indy. It was also a great opportunity to let NeeNee and Papaw babysit while Heath and I got some much appreciated time out! Asher and I also enjoyed brunch with several college friends on New Year's Day morning!

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