Christmas Card . . . Attempts!

We'd love to have a Christmas card picture of our family, but the verdict is still out!

Milestones

Since it has been almost a month since my last post I'm way behind on mentioning all of Asher's most recent milestones. He has not only discovered how to use a straw he has figured out how to hold his own cup while using a straw! At 17 months, Asher can also almost walk down the stairs alone, go down slides by himself and has lots more words including "shoe, NeeNee, PaPaw, Elmo, red, blue, two, and woof, and moo" and several more that we're not just quite sure what they are!

Traditions!

In addition to enjoying a great meal we enjoyed some other family traditions over the Thanksgiving holiday. Our Black Friday shopping expedition actually started at 9:00 p.m. unlike previous years where we would get up at the crack of dawn. And Asher decided he couldn't pass up the opportunity to join in on our yearly holiday cookie baking. Of course some we also did some serious Thanksgiving football watching with Papaw as well!

Thankful

What an amazing Thanksgiving. Heath, Asher and I were lucky enough to host our third Thanksgiving since moving to VA. My parents, Heath's parents and niece Maddie all made the long trek down to visit. We had a great time and enjoyed a really really good meal. We are SO thankful for our amazing son and all of our family. We are so blessed to have a roof over our heads, plenty of food to eat, jobs we enjoy and such caring family and friends to share our lives with.

Turkey Trot

In the midst of the holiday season I've gotten a little behind in my posting! Perhaps it was because was too busy training for the Turkey Trot?!!! Well . . . maybe not but we DID have a GREAT time at running in our 2nd seasonal 5K. This time mom, dad and Maddie joined us as well. The hills were killer but we all ran PBs.

Halloween 2011 . . . Roar!!

Even wasn't feeling best for his 2nd Halloween, but he was a trooper and made the most of the day. He started out with a party with all his buddies at daycare. The "corn pool" was definitely the best part! Although my little dinosaur also enjoyed crawling through the cardboard maze. One two hour nap and a freshly washed costume and Asher was ready to go again. He helped to pass out candy to the hundreds of trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood. More like he helped to throw candy at our trick-or-treaters but he really was trying to help!

At the mall

Turns out Asher may enjoy going to the mall as much as his momma, only not just to shop! Going to the mall with NeeNee and Papaw means getting to see the puppies in the pet shop, watch cartoons in the kids clothes store, get a few too many chocolate chip cookies at the bakery and ending the trip with not one but three trips on the merry-go-round.

Asher and Papaw bonded over some football watching last weekend. Asher not only discovered his love for the Da' Bears but also for pretzels, yum!

Bumble bee :)

Every day

It's funny but with every stage Asher moves in to I think it's my favorite. Right now every day he's doing something new or figuring something out. People have asked if he has words and he kind of gets "ball" and "dog" "kitty-kat" and "mama" and "dada" but his clearest words are most definitely "oh no!" It's clear as day!

He also can now give high fives and knuckes and has just learned how to "blow kisses" more like sticking his hand to his mouth but still pretty cute!

Grandma and Grandpa's visit!

I had a little glitch with posting things on our blog for a couple of weeks so I'm behind on reporting on our visit from Grandma and Grandpa Ewing! We had a great time hanging out and even took a tour of Randolph's campus!

Pudding Party

Sometime when daddy is at work Asher and I get a little bored. Today we decided to have a pudding party (followed by a bath). Asher LOVED it, and I think has discovered a new favorite food.

Fall Festivities

Asher has definitely taken advantage of all the fun activities the fall brings. He's been to three pumpkin patches and two apple orchards! His favorite part of the apple orchards was getting to take the picked apples and putting them in our bag. And of course his favorite part about the pumpkin patch was getting to walk around (although all the pumpkin vines got in the way a little!)

Are you ready for some football.

It looks like it might be a rough year for the Colts with Peyton out, but that's not going to stop Heath or Asher from watching some football. Luckily for Asher (to the dismay of his daddy), he's got his second favorite team to cheer on as well - Go Papaw's Bears!!

Good Job, Daddy!

This weekend Heath ran in the Virginia 10-miler. It's something he's talked about for the six years that we've been here and this year he decided to go for it. 10 miles anywhere is difficult, but 10 miles with all the hills in Lynchburg is almost crazy. Asher and I cheered Heath on from the top of the last big hill (as we listened to the them music to Rocky). Unfortunately the battery in the camera was dead so we had to settle for a picture once we got home.