On the go!

Asher is 100% ready to walk!  Just can't do it independently yet, but that day will be here before we know it!  Asher's favorite activity this past week has been walking around the house holding on to our hands... and then cries anytime we stop.  We'll post a video here shortly... of him walking, not crying.  ;)  (I know, I know, we still haven't even gotten the crawling video up, but we will!) 

Anyway, today he pulled up on the laundry basket and started pushing it around the living room - until it started tipping over on him.  I put something heavy in it, but then he couldn't push it anymore.  :)    We're going to borrow one of those push around toys from a friend to try out for a while, cause it's killing our backs to help him walk.   We looked at them at Walmart last night and the ones they had were $45 and we decided it just wasn't worth buying him anything big... especially with a 1st birthday and Christmas just around the corner... and he'll probably be walking independently before then anyway, at the rate he's going! 

It's a blast though "following" him around the house and seeing where he wants to go.  He's not been brave enough to crawl out of our sight so far, so it's interesting to see where his two feet take him... most often to the bathtub.  Oh boy, does he LOVE bathtime!   Good thing we're not in the habit of leaving water in the tub... he's also become a fan of unrolling the toilet paper... who knew one could have so much fun in the bathroom. 

Anyway, I'm getting rambly.  Here's our pic of the week!  

 Scars healing up nicely, and yes, we know these socks are too small. ;)

Here's a pic of Asher doing a magic trick. :)

 

And here's his best rocker face to go with his rock star outfit from Great Grandma Scherer...  Grandma knows her boys... daddy secretly wishes he could be a rock star too! ;)   

#Meagan

It's just one of those weeks...

Don't you hate those weeks, when it seems like EVERYTHING is coinciding at the same time? Like when something you do every other week, a monthly meeting you have, and something you're asked to do like every six weeks, etc, etc, etc,  ALL hit on the exact same week?  Well that's been our week.  I feel like we've been running around like complete crazies.  And then to top it off, tonight has been one of those nights when I wonder if we're helping our child or just harming him...  :( 

We had youth group tonight and it was our turn to lead the lesson.  We were scrambling to get out the door, and Eric was trying to print something off the computer.  Meanwhile, Asher lunged for the laptop and cord and in Eric's attempt to keep him safe, Asher fell face first into Eric's upright pencil.   Came awfully close to poking him in the eye, and left a stripe of graphite up his cheek.  :(

Then at the church, I was hurrying to get out some supplies and Asher decides it's the perfect moment to crawl under a table and spit up all over the place.  In an effort to pick him up before he army- crawled through it, I swung him up out from under the table, and at the worst moment he flung his head back and I wacked his forehead really hard into the metal edge of the table, and he split open the bridge of his nose.  Hurt mommy's heart pretty bad.  I'm glad he bounced back quickly from both, though, and hardly would have cried at all, if I hadn't been fighting him so hard to hold ice on his nose.   Poor little guy! 



Doesn't look so bad in these pics, but it's open and bloody, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were some serious bruising in the morning. :(






I'm glad Asher and I have NOTHING going on tomorrow.  :)   Hopefully it's a better day for him.   Though, then again, I've got a baby boy who's into everything and learning to walk.  Hmmm... can't protect him from everything... just most things, I hope. 

#Meagan

P.S. On a lighter note, did you notice the unintentional Brady Bunch imaging going on?  Only he's gazing at himself... :)  Sorry, no siblings in the works yet, folks!

Overalls

It's been a busy start to the week already, so we're getting this one out late. Asher is continuing to develop, with improved crawling, taking steps while holding on to us, scooting backward into a sitting position, and continued babbling. A new joy for me as I come home from work is his reaction when he first sees me walk in. I really want to get a video of it, so we'll see what we can do. Here's our boy, with his harvest overalls on.

 

And a couple more for good measure. 

 

 

Here's an overalls comparison.  I know what you're thinking, but yep, it's the same kid.

 

 

                                10 1/2 months                                                              2 weeks

This kid's a blast.

#Eric

Asher's 1st Concerto

Asher rarely cries when we're at home, but when he does it's usually because we won't let him play with one of the following items:  the laptop, the remote, the phones, the cameras, you know any of the "toys"  mommy and daddy are playing with but won't let him have.  :)   We make a concerted effort to limit our use of these items when he's awake and playing, with the exception of the camera.  I mentioned in our previous post that he will spend half our weekly photo shoot crying because I won't let him have it, but the video camera is 10 fold as interesting, because it makes a little noise when it turns on, and another when you hit record. Often this means that whenever we go for the video camera because he's doing something adorable, he immediately stops whatever he was doing and reaches/cries for the camera.  So we often start it in the other room and then the first minute of every video we have is of us walking through the house.  Anyway... long story short, I just tell this story to explain to you the reason for the first 15 seconds of this video as I'm bringing the camera out of its muted hiding place while I turned it on. :)

So without further ado,  I present to you... Asher's 1st Concerto!

He went on to play another several minutes, but at 3 minutes, I knew I'd already gone way past the point where anyone but Eric and I and a select few would even watch it in it's entirety, and even if they did, they wouldn't watch it more than once. :) I tend to think the 3rd minute is the cutest, but I'm not skilled enough on here to know how to cut the video down to a shorter clip.  But I think the whole thing was pretty darn cute too, but then I'm not at all biased, am I?   Such a sweet little boy!

#Meagan

Curiosity

So I've been getting frustrated with these weekly pictures the last few weeks.  Can't really remember if I've mentioned that or not, but if I have this can be an update for you all... and I apologize if I'm repeating myself. 

Anyway, first of all,  I feel pressure - though I know it's silly- to put him in a new outfit that's never been seen in a weekly picture, which can be a challenge if I haven't done laundry in a while.  Then, on top of that, I have to keep it clean enough until he's in a time of day when he's not too sleepy or too hungry where he'd fuss through the whole photo session, which finding the right timing is a whole 'nother issue.   And then of course curiosity is in full swing in this little guys life.  He spends the first half of the photo shoot squirming to try and reach things off the bookshelf next to the chair, or trying to stick his arm down as deep as he can between the cushion and the arm rest.  (Don't get me wrong, I adore his curiosity these days, it just gets overwhelming when I'm trying to get a picture of him sitting still and looking cute.)   Then he spends the second half of the photo shoot crying because the camera looks like an awfully fun toy that mom's playing with and mom will not share!  So today we compromised and he got to hold a new "toy" for the first time in one of his photo shoots... the case for the memory card.  Ooo, how exciting! 

I told Eric it's losing its fun factor for me, but Eric has and end goal photo project in mind for when Asher turns one, and I know I'll appreciate these pictures in the long run, so I will persevere.  Even though half the time I get him all ready and the memory card is not in the camera, or the batteries are dead, or some other crazy to add to this hectic 15 minutes every Tuesday.  :) 

It's not really all THAT bad.  And I do enjoy seeing the results. 

Anyway, as for Asher's growing curiosity, many positive developments have been occurring.  He's crawling further, faster, which is fun to see, but definitely keeps me on my toes.  In addition to sticking his arm down the heating vents, he also has discovered the "joy" of sticking his hand in the VCR... yes, we still own one of those. ;)  My last weekly post became a self-fulfilling prophesy, of sorts.  Within days of writing that he doesn't put things in his mouth, he started feeding himself his Cheerios!  Woohoo!  And today fed himself chunks of fruit!   But with it came the new curiosty of mouthing things. Yes, after 10 months of not putting anything in his mouth, Saturday we looked back at him sitting in his car seat sucking on his sock covered toes.  His sock was soaked!  And then today when we were playing outside, I turned around to find him with an entire leaf in his mouth.   I'm just grateful it wasn't one of those brittle fall leaves that would have been in a hundred pieces in his mouth.  Definitely keeping me on my toes.  :)

It's a blast though, and its super fun hearing him jabber.  He carries on entire conversations with us in some made up language. :)   Zabba dubba bizu buza.... on and on, while he looks us in the eye like whatever he's saying makes perfect sense.  That's when we most wish we could see what's going on in that little brain of his!  

I'll stop rambling for now, because I think I better be getting dinner started, but I leave you with these pics.  Not the best, but they best show his hair (growing nice and long right on top), and his two little teeth.   (You can click on them to view them larger, if you desire.)

Happy Tuesday!
  #Meagan 

Happy first anniversary to...

OUR BLOG!!! :)

One year ago today we posted this post, our very first one ever! We were 7 months pregnant with our little boy--- though we didn't know he was a boy at the time! :) I can remember the excitement and anticipation like it was yesterday! And now we've got an adorable 10 month old who's crawling all over the place, getting into places he shouldn't. :) One of his faves is lifting off the vent covers and sticking his arm down the vents - the metal edges underneath are so sharp, it scares me that he'll slice his arm off! We've got to find a way to secure those! That's one thing we didn't think about when child proofing our home!

I checked our blogs stats and was initially shocked to see that our blog has been viewed 9,646 times! What??? Almost 10,000 times in just one year?!! That's amazing! Then I did some quick math and realized that that just meant only about 26 people would have had to have viewed it daily. I figure Eric and I probably contribute to 4-6 views a day, which drops it back to only about 20 people a day, give or take a few. And I figure that some family members probably view our blog several times on any given Tuesday if they're checking for our weekly pic. :) Better than no readers though I guess!!! :)

Nevertheless, we will continue writing since we're doing this for family and close friends anyway - to keep up with Asher's developments and what not. :) I would continue joyfully posting for Asher's great grandma Marge, even if she were the only one who ever read it, because she checks it often and told me that reading our blog is the best part of her day. (Love you grandma!)

We've enjoyed posting and recording our memories as a digital baby book that comes in handy when trying to remember when he first smiled or cut his first tooth in order to record such things in his physical baby book! And I of course just love writing for practice as I've wanted to write a book since I was about 5. Eric bought me a book on writing for my birthday, and I guess this counts as practice or something. :)

So hurrah for our blog and our delightful little baby boy who inpsires us to write. Here are a few pics to make your reading worthwhile. :)  

Reading by himself!!!

Bath time!!!

 

Threw a "Little Man" Baby shower for a dear friend.  Tried a left over mustache on our little guy!  Guess he was sleepier than we thought!

Crawling under the table!

Can he get any cuter?

 

Oh, guess he can. :)

Anyway thanks for joining us on this journey of blogging, writing, parenting, and some occasional randomness this past year! 

#Meagan

Funny, funny, funny...

I rather think this video speaks for itself.  Who knows what he was thinking.  :)   Just started doing this at dinner the other night...

#Meagan