Sleepy boy

We decided to take our weekly pictures first thing this morning.  He was happy as a lark, but it still took a while to get this smile...

Most of the first few pictures we took looked more like this... just not quite awake yet. :)  Makes me laugh every time I look at it!  :)  

Anyway, we're thrilled that it's finally cooling down.  There were very few days in July when we wanted to brave the heat and venture outdoors.  So we're definitely soaking up the cool mornings and getting out for walks and to just laze in the yard!  It got down to the 40s here in the early morning hours and the house this morning was pretty cool so we got dressed all snuggly-like.  Welcome early fall!  But I doubt we'll get to leave the sweatshirts on too long... it is still August in Iowa after all. :) 

Asher is going to be nine months tomorrow!  I continue to remain in disbelief over how fast time is going, how big he is getting, how fast he is growing.  BUT with that, he's just continued to be more fun everyday - since the day he was born, I think! :)   We just get to see more of his little personality and he is more interactive all the time! I'll give you a more thorough update on him tomorrow though.  I've got a nine month blog post idea in the works!  So you'll just have to wait until then! :)

Happy Tuesday!

#Meagan

The State Fair, part 2

We LOVE using the park and ride to the state fair.  We park downtown in a nice shaded uncrowded parking garage, hop a two dollar (round trip!) bus that delivers us to the fair gate and returns us from the fair gate to our car, no walking, no fighting crowds to park... it's great!  Asher was pretty enamored with his first bus ride and to be in a moving vehicle without being in his car seat.  

Eric and Asher strolling through the fair.



Asher loved watching the baby chicks!

He also loved petting the baby goat.  Sooo soft!

He also enjoyed seeing turkeys, cows, and sheep.... and, of course, the butter cow!

I was not so excited about going to the fair this year, we've been there the last three, and I'd seen it all for awhile.  But Eric thinks it's an annual thing, and after we went, I'm starting to agree, because I hadn't thought about how much fun it would be for Asher to see the animals and everything!  It's just going to be more fun every year as he gets older and can express himself more!  So I guess we can go every year... at least for now.  :)
  
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Asher, The Talented... a.k.a. The State Fair, Part 1

We had NO idea our son was so talented... or so sneaky!

Who knew he raises turkeys,

"Yeah, that's right..."

"Whoa, I look awesome in that previous pic!"

 cows,

"It's soo heavy, mom!"

cartoon pigs, too???... daddy knew, I guess,

"Uhh... sorry, I didn't tell you., mom."

...well, I admit I knew he was in FFA...,

but I had NO idea he was a bee keeper too!

"I LOVE keeping bees!"

Yeah, our son is pretty awesome!  Way to go buddy!

"arghhh"

Okay, Okay... we'll have the serious pics up tomorrow... or maybe later today.  But check back because there's some truly adorable pics of him seeing and petting animals for the very first time!  So many firsts for him at the fair. :)  We really had a blast with him!

#Meagan 

Crazy day

It's a crazy day 'round here so this is going to be short. 

For one, we were at the State Fair yesterday (which was super fun and we got some awesome pics that I'll share tomorrow!) but it always throws my week off a bit when we're gone on a Monday. Things that I usually do on Monday (like laundry and grocery shopping) don't get done and disasters happen... like no clean undies.... oops :)  Sorry if that was too much infomation.  But there was definitely some speed laundry going on this mornin'!   

Secondly, we started a simple project this weekend that I thought might take an hour that morphed into a much larger project that's cluttering my entire upstairs and which I'm STILL trying to wrap up.  Why does that always happen with my projects???

Thirdly, we're hosting our bible study tonight, so I'd better get back to tidying the house and folding laundry so people don't have to sit on the piles of clean clothes that are all over our couch! 

So, anyway, here's Asher's pic of the week - check that off the super long to-do list for the day!  I know I'll appreciate having these pictures in the long run, and most the time I love taking them, but some Tuesday mornings (like this one) it feels like just one more thing to do!  Though he's as adorable as always...

Can't wait to share our pics from the fair so be sure to check back tomorrow!!!

#Meagan

My new fave... storytime!

Reading books with Asher is a new fave of ours. We've made it part of our routine before bed and sometimes before naps.  He snuggles up and actually looks at the book most of the time... and my favorite thing of all - at 8 1/2 months, he actually turns the pages for me!  Eric got in on the fun last night, and I just couldn't not post this adorable picture of my boys.

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Mobile Baby

Well at 8 1/2 months our baby is finally mobile.  He recently decided he was no longer content to just sit stationary all day.  We're super excited he's learning and developing, but now that the day is here we're also starting to understand why everyone told us to enjoy he pre-mobile days.  :)

You may have seen the video Eric posted last week of him starting to pull up, but since then, he's also gotten up on his knees, and actually -yes, Asher (who has always HATED tummy time) - rolled ALL the way across the living room floor to get to daddy. :)  He's pulling up on more things everyday and is getting closer to crawling too! 

Such a blast.  :)  

Happy Tuesday!

#Meagan

Music to my ears...

Asher was being somewhat frustrating to me this afternoon, not for any big reason other than he was getting a little over tired and wasn't really cooperating with the going to sleep business, plus the fact that our lunch was boiling over and Eric was in the shower didn't help... but then as things were settling down, I heard for the very first time - "ma ma." And every crazy moment of the day was worth it. :)

Now I know he wasn't probably talking to me, just babbling like he always does, BUT it was the first time he's EVER made the "m" sound and it wasn't ma ma ma ma ma... it was just "mama". Anyway, just wanted to record this little moment in history... or well on the blog at least. :)

  Here's a few pics of our sweet boy from the last few weeks...










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