Summer Accomplishments...

Well, it's been a very long time since I blogged so I'll try to catch you up on what Asher's been doing this summer. He is now almost 9 months old so he is learning to do so much more now than he could before. This includes:
1. pulling himself up on furniture and cruising around
2. crawling everywhere...and I mean EVERYWHERE
3. eating grown-up food (even vegetables...green peas, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, carrots)
4. saying "ma-ma" and "da-da"
5. laughing out loud and babbling
6. eating paper (i.e. magazines, the mail, etc.)
7. trying to play with electrical sockets (we've had the house baby-proofed for a while now)
We're having a blast watching him grow-up. Here's a few pics from the summer.

Park at Fairhope

Beach Trip #1

Today my Mom and I took Asher on his first beach excursion. We all packed up and went to Orange Beach. Asher played in the sand some, but mostly he just watched everyone around him. He doesn't care too much for the water yet. I could hold him and walk into the water, but if I tried to put his feet in the water he got scared. I think the sound of the waves crashing against the shore made him nervous. Anyways, we enjoyed our time together and took a few pics.

ASHER AND MOM

Mother's Day

This was my very first Mother's Day and it turned out to be great! We celebrated in Andalusia. The day started as normal with me making bottles, feeding Asher, changing poopy diapers, etc. Sunday morning Bob was a wonderful husband and gave me a pendent with the December birthstone, blue topaz, since our entire family has a birthday in December. I LOVE my gift. Thanks Bob! It would have been nice to have Bob around the entire day but he had to go to work so Asher and I hung out together all day. We went to church with Bob's family and then had lunch at the club. The rest of the day we spent driving back to Daphne and preparing for the week ahead. It may not sound like much but it really was a nice relaxing weekend.

Asher and Aunt Susan.
Asher and his Grandma Jane.

We also got to meet Ollie Pearl for the first time. Hi Ollie! She is a sweetie pie and just as beautiful as her mommy. She's just so tiny. It was hard for me to remember Asher being that small. I've included a picture of Ollie for you all. What an angel!

I walked down to Lynsey's house from Bob's parents house with Asher in his stroller. I thought this picture was too cute so I have to include it.

I've been a TERRIBLE blogger lately. Sorry! Asher has done so much since I last blogged. We had our 4 month visit on April 3 and Asher weighed 15# 8 ounces and was 26 inches long. He also began officially eating food at 4 months. So far he's had apple sauce, bananas, peaches, sweet potatoes, and carrots. His favorite food is bananas. And as for carrots and peaches...he gags every time he has to take a bite so I don't give him those anymore. Some people say start with veggies and then add fruit, but I don't think he would ever start eating if I did that. Have you ever tasted baby food? It's totally gross. But, the bananas actually taste really good so I don't blame Asher for only wanting to eat them.

Another big milestone this past month is that Asher can now sit up by himself. He started sitting by himself at 41/2 months. When he first started this he would sit with his arms straight out to keep his balance. Then he progressed to the tripod where he would sit propped on one arm. And now he is sitting somewhat more normally. One habit he's picked up on since learning to sit is leaning all the way over and trying to put his toes in his mouth. He's never tried to eat his feet before now. Here's a few pics of Asher.

Cute stuff!!

I love the picture above. Asher's doing whatever he wants as my mother "babysits" in the background while snoring really loudly.

Asher on his bouncer almost in tears.

Also this month we have graduated from size 2 diapers to size 3 diapers. Big accomplishment! I have also started teaching him to drink from a sippy cup. He has 2 cups that he plays with in order to learn how to hold them. I generally put water in them and I teach him to drink while he's eating his baby food. Surprisingly though he can drink better if I remove the sippy cup top and just let him drink normally. He feels like a big boy when Mommy lets him drink from a cup!

Well, there's a short update of what's going on in my world. Hopefully I'll be blogging again sooner rather than later.

One more thing...

CONGRATULATIONS LYNSEY ON A BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY BABY GIRL!