crash and crawl

I was in the kitchen this morning and heard a loud CRASH from the living room. I immediately knew what it was. Asher pulled over a candle stand with a glass hurricane on it, and well, the hurricane didn't survive. This will be the first of many I'm sure. Oh well. No one was hurt so that's good. Proof of Asher's destruction...

The second excitement of the day was he started crawling A LOT today. Apparently he just wanted to wait until Uncle Matt came home from Downrange and Dada came home from Romania to crawl. We were at Uncle Matt's and Aunt Abi's today and Uncle Matt chased him all around the first floor crawling. Asher's favorite thing to do is to take a toy, like a ball, and throw it up in the air and in front of him and then crawl to it and he'll do that across an entire room. It's pretty funny to watch. Check out Asher and his new skillz...

christ is risen

Here are some pictures from our Easter. Asher and I had a great day! Of course it would have been better having Ryan around, but we spent the day with great friends! We went to church with our friends the Meads, Ally and Lily, Katie and Kristen. After church we went to the O'Club at M'hall for an Easter Brunch which was yummy and Asher got to see the Easter Bunny. He didn't really think much of him. He was more interested in the food! We came home and Asher took a good nap while I made a Sweet Potato Casserole, then went over to the Meads for a great Easter Dinner. It was super yummy and we had a great time. Here are some pictures of Asher playing with his friends Ella, Lily and Taylor (he's a pimp).

Asher, Ella, Taylor

Lily (Her Daddy would be proud)

Asher, Ella, Taylor

Ella, Asher, Taylor

Ella, Asher

too long

Please forgive me for just now trying to catch back up with blogging. Ryan was gone to Romania for 3 weeks and he took the computer with him. He needed it to finish up his 3rd Masters class (which he got an A in!! I'm pretty proud of him!) Asher and I were able to check our email b/c we have such great friends who let us borrow their computers, but we didn't do much else on the internet besides that. I know no one really "reads" our blog for the entries, it's more the pictures. So here are some pictures of the little man doing what he does best...

Fully enjoying breakfast--eating and wearing it!

We have had some really nice, sunny days recently for which I am very grateful. Asher loves being outside, and I am much happier if I can get outside in the sunshine and run outside! One sunny morning I took him outside to get some pictures of him in good light...

...but he was way more interested in eating the rocks than looking at the camera!

Yummmmmm

Throwing them was a lot of fun, too.

At our friend Ric's Fini Flight. Hearing protection is very important (Pops and Uncle Dave would be so proud!)

This is pretty cool, Guys!

Another great thing about nice weather--the park

Asher loves the swings

Ready to take off--he actually is crawling some these days

Big cheeeezzz for the camera

Hi!

mum's the word

This is a shout out to all the "Mums" (Surrogate Mums and Godmums, too) in our lives! Happy Mum's Day! We love you all. You are all so special in your own unique way. We're two months early you say? Not in the UK. Their "Mothering Day" or "Mum's Day" is in March. I felt very special on Sunday at church. All the Mums there got a bouquet of daffodils. It's nice to be able to have two Mother's Days in one year.

One of the many, many joys of being a Mum is getting to watch our sweet son discover the world. Today I was holding him in the kitchen and the washer was going (when is it not?!) and he noticed it for the first time. He totally locked onto it and his eyes got really big and he reached out towards it. It was very funny, so I walked over to it and set him in front of it. He sat and watched it and "talked" to it for a good 10-12 minutes. Who needs TV when we can watch washing machines? If only our lives were that simple. Now for doing the laundry in addition to watching it...I guess I shouldn't hold my breath for that one, it might be awhile. Simple pleasures!

punting

Last week we were fortunate to have some wonderful, gracious guests! Geremy, his mom, Pam and his sister, Kristy came to visit from Tennessee. Geremy and Ryan have been best friends since 6th Grade. Geremy has been to visit us once before, but it was Pam and Kristy's first visit. They were a joy to have here! We did lots of fun things with them--here are some pictures from our day out in Cambridge. We went punting on the River Cam. We could not have asked for a more perfect day! The sun was shining brightly and it was probably in the low 60s. They were quite the troopers--this was the day they arrived and they stayed awake and were very adventurous!

Geremy, Kristy & Pam enjoying punting

Asher, Geremy & Ryan waiting to go punting

Pam & Asher

Pam, Kristy, Geremy & Ryan exploring Cambridge

Geremy outside of St. Catharine's College

Asher & Ryan--looking at something...interesting...

Asher and his typical "Happy Face"

Emily, Ryan & Asher enjoying the sun and punting

Pam, Geremy, Ryan, Asher & Emily

new discoveries

It seems that recently Asher learns something new almost everyday. Here are a few of his latest discoveries or "tricks" as we like to call them (kind of makes him sound like a dog...poor kid)...

Playing with Jordan--Asher has really started noticing Jordan and Maverick and gets very excited to see them and especially excited to pet them. It's very cute.


If we say, "Where's Asher?" He puts his arm up over his eyes like this, then drops them down and laughs as we say "There he is." or "Peek-A-Boo."

He knows how to "Clap, Clap." his hands now.



So this isn't new, but I couldn't resist...
Who's going potty? This Guy! (I realize when he's 16 he'll hate me for this, but I'm okay with that)

happy morning

This morning was perfect! I woke up to this....

The SUN!! It was shining through the window so bright and beautiful...I know this may not seem like such a big deal, but those of you on this grey island with us can relate.

....had a delicious cup of coffee. It wasn't really Starbucks coffee, it was some yummy Maple Pecan flavored coffee that Krissy sent from a little coffee shop in Augusta (Thanks, Krissy!)...

...and, of course, this ALWAYS makes my morning...

We're always greeted with this amazing smile when we go to get Asher up--either first thing in the morning or from naps! What a Blessing he truly is!