Don't you wanna play with me?

This was actually the last photo but I can't seem to get Blogger to post in the order I want them!

The Talk

Here are a few pictures Mely snapped of Asher at the mall play area while he was trying desperately to get this little girls attention. She did not seem to mind because Mely was able to take like 8 or 9 pictures while the two were getting to know each other..

"whose dat?"

"whose dat?", "whose dat?".....over the past week Asher has figured out everything has a name! "Whose dat" is Asher's way of saying what is that? He misses nothing as he is a curious little fellow like most kids his age. Just last night - he noticed a pimple on my face and I had the finger pointing at it asking "whose dat?". It is fun to see the excitement and growth as they change. Now I will digress to being the proud mommy I am and also log some fun things in the blog which I will later print out on an annual basis. Here I go! He can count to 20 these days in English and 13 in Spanish. 13 because we have 13 steps in the house. He is singing his ABC"s and various other songs like Twinkle Twinkle, wheels on the bus and old MacDonald. He loves any shows that have dancing and music in them. Every morning we have to turn on the "muhsac" and play daddy's ipod loud so he can dance and if Matt is giving him a bath then the ritual follows before bed time. It definitely relaxes him and gets him ready for bed. Ha!

He crawled out of his crib the other day but I was watching him do it. We are working on getting Asher's room set up and transitioning his day naps to his room for the next month or so to get him accustomed to it before we make the full leap.

He still loves to play with any kids and especially likes to get the little girls attention whenever possible. It is so very cute to watch. He loves babies which I am excited to see so hopefully things go well with the new addition next year. Just a quick update since it has been a while and I don't really have a great excuse other than being exhausted by 8:30 PM! :)

Congrat's Jeff & Shelly

Shelly looked beautiful and they both were thrilled to be getting married. Congrats Shelly & Jeff. We love you!
It was a little warm and humid the day of the wedding thanks to tropical storm, Alex. It was still a tropical storm when it went through Belize and skirted Cancun area with some lovely rain!

Her dress was beautiful but we did not get a great picture! (matt had the camera, of course! hee hee)

All boy!!

Asher is all boy! We spent the 3rd of July over at some friends house and their backyard was a wonderland for him. He was in heaven between the two toys you see here in the video and the play set too. In the video with the rings, it took him about 2 times watching an older boy jumping off of a stump you can barely see when he begins before he was needing to try it himself. He got it right the first time. Then, he wanted to move back to the 3rd stump and jump from there. (they were in a row with the last being slightly higher than the first two) I tried to stop him from trying that one but after a few minutes of battles I finally just let him try. The worst that could happen was a little scraped knee and he only tried it once!

Needless to say we spent the entire party with him on some toy but we did the tag team. He was worn out the next day because we stayed until almost 10 to watch some fireworks. As usual with most loud noises, he is curious about them and does not necessarily want to leave but they also make him a little afraid. He is good about working through it though.

Happy 4th

It may look like a random shot of him in a parking lot but.....it is really Asher getting on his dance moves. Any time a float came by that had music - they boy had to show his moves. He still loves to dance and loves music.

To get him to even focus on the parade, he had to get on "sholders". He was good for about 20 minutes which is excellent for him! This parade was quite long. It was over 2 hours but we left after an hour and half and he did not make it back to the car before passing out. He actually passed out on daddy's shoulders!

Asher & Aleah's visit to the zoo

We took the kids to the zoo last month along with the grandparents, Pop pop and Gigi. They had a great time and Asher especially loved anything he could watch that was swimming in water. We had to tear him away from these sea lions!

Tractor, tractor, tractor!

Asher loves all things construction related or tractor related including lawn mowers. We have to stop and watch the lawndaddy's (lawn mowers) as Asher calls them whenever we are on a walk. He recently was brave enough to "push it" and push the lawn mower with daddy. Of course, I was holding him while he was pushing. For the first few "watches" he was more of a curious yet slightly fearful observer. He seems to have overcome his fear.

Dallas Trip May 2010

Playing with Uncle Cody is so much fun!

Hanging out with Grannie and showing her ABC's.

Brayden. He is a big boy like his dad was. He is 23 pounds at 4 months. he loves to smile and laugh too!
Asher was playing in their water fountain hence he had to lose his wet clothes but Gabby really wants that dessert he is eating!

Asher with his godfather, Scott Smeltz.
Asher had so much fun playing in the dirt with Kennedy, our goddaughter.
Papa and Bella



Ben & Tiffany, Ryleigh & Brayden
Cousins enjoying being pulled around on the blanket in the grass. The original plan was to take a picture of all of them laying on the ground while I was looking down on them. Asher was not having anything to do with it.
Cody with Bella & Jake.

It has been a while since I posted some pictures. Here are a few from our recent trip back home to see family and friends. We had a great time and Asher did great on the plane especially since we planned the trip for his nap times. The above is a picture with Grandmother Shirley and Brayden, Ben & Tiffany's little boy.

Fun time with Daddy

He decided it looked like fun to sit on daddy's feet and he enjoyed the ride. Wheeee!!