race day

still a boy

We had our official ultrasound today to see Baby Boy #2. He is in fact (very obviously) still a boy, so that's good! He is currently weighing in at 13 oz, measuring 1 day smaller than I am pregnant--let's keep that small trend up, please and has a strong heartbeat of 143. It was great to get to see him and know that everything is looking healthy and strong! I love Psalm 139:13 that says, "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb." This little guy is truly being knitted together in my womb by a wonderful and magnificent Creator. We can't wait to meet him in December!

Face (looks like a skull), is on the left, abdomen with heart and kidneys and bladder is on the right; hand is on top

A better picture of the face, abdomen and hand

assisting with the dishes

If we leave the dishwasher open too long while doing dishes, the following is the result...

thai punting

My good friend Katie invited me to go Thai Punting in Cambridge on Friday night with her, her mom and mom's friend who were visiting from Florida. Thanks to Janell and Chase who kept Asher (Ryan was working late...weird), I was able to go. It was sooo much fun!! It is THE way to see Cambridge! It's basically punting with a little flair. A Thai restaurant catered our dinner in the punting boat so we got to enjoy an amazing dinner while being "punted" down the river by a professional chauffeur and enjoying the beautiful colleges. It was fantastic. It's nice to get away and have "girl time" sans babies every once in awhile! Thanks Katie, Joy, Judy and Janell!!

Joy, Judy and some of the spread...yummmm!

Katie and me (with Luke, our "punter")

nakey time and purses

We like to give Asher a little bit of "air time" to dry off completely after baths, so we let him run/crawl around nakey for a little bit. Just like every baby (so I've heard) he LOVES "nakey time!" The other day, he found one of my purses that I had hanging on my closet door, and he was playing with it, and at one point I looked at him and he had it around his neck. Ryan was not impressed, and Asher will probably hate these pictures when he's 16. We both got a good laugh out of it. He's a lot of fun and has a really fun and funny personality! We are truly enjoying him to the max right now! It's great!!

Looking at all his bath toys he threw all over the tub

Crawling around with my purse

I blurred out "the goods"

Asher and Mama. Happy Baby before bed! (Please ignore the HUGE feverblister on my lip!)

happy mornings

Monday mornings are always tough. I think that's universal. It totally makes my day when I have a happy, very "cheeky" little 14 month old to smile at me constantly and laugh first thing in the morning! It makes it much more tolerable, and even fun. Thank you, Lord for a very happy kiddo!

chimney sweep

As I was sitting in the dining room trying to get the commissary list put together, Asher was crawling around "playing" as usual...or so I thought. He discovered the fake charcoal "rocks" for the gas fireplace and decided to pull two of them out. I heard him crawling with things in his hand, which is completely normal for him to do, but I did not recognize the sound they were making when he was crawling. I stood up at the table just as he made it to the doorway of the dining room. He crawled with the soot covered charcoal rocks across the living room, down the hallway and to the dining room door. Somewhere along the way, he wanted to see what they tasted like, too! Ugh! What a mess that made for me to clean up. Apparently he wants to be a chimney sweep. He's getting started early...And I'm about to have TWO BOYS to get into mischief...oh the fun will at least triple I'm sure!!!

Where the rocks belong...IN the fireplace!

Part of his trail in the hallway

Yeah for soot!

The used-to-be-white sleeper. Hope it tasted good, Dude...yuck