Vacation

Just another day on vacation in CA. More pictures to come.

Milk? No Thank You

I had to share this moment. It really made me laugh.
Here is some background. Asher is totally weaned now but he has not been a fan of whole milk. He will avoid it any way that he can. When I hold it up to his mouth to encourage him to drink he simply pushes it away as if to say, "no thank you". I am hoping that he starts liking it soon... we are not going to stop trying to give it to him. Ty and I are both big milk drinkers so we are finding it hard to sympathize. He LOVES water on the other hand :)
So, this video was from the afternoon. I was giving him some goldfish to eat and I put the milk there in front of him just in case he got the urge. Well, he found another use for his milk. I wonder if he thought he was pulling a fast one on me because it 'looked' like he was drinking... or more likely, he was just having some fun. He did this over and over and so I was able to catch it once on video. He never really got it in his mouth with this method. Enjoy!

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. My brother, his wife and our niece Chloe came into town to visit. It was so great seeing them and watching Asher and Chloe play together. Chloe is older and wiser - so while she was here I think it sparked Asher's interest to walk a little more. He wanted to do everything that Chloe was doing. It was so fun.

On Saturday morning our neighborhood had a 4th of July parade. Everyone comes out and there is even a fire truck that leads the parade. It is a very neat tradition. Here is a picture of Asher and I before the parade started.

Here are a couple pictures from Asher's time with Chloe. She is ADORABLE!!! She wasn't a big fan of Asher using her to pull up on though :) As Ty found out... it is very hard to get a good picture of two little ones! So, hence the selection below.

Relaxing Weekend

Ty had Friday off... it was so fun to have him home an extra day this weekend. It was extra special because today is our 6th wedding anniversary. We went out on a date yesterday to celebrate (dinner, a movie and ice cream!). It was so much fun to be able to get out by ourselves. It is so great to have parents (free babysitters) that live close :)
Here is a picture of Asher on the swing with Ty pushing. He only gets that kind of smile when Ty pushes him on the swing!
Yesterday we were getting ready to go out on our date and Ty turned on the shower. Asher happened to be in the bathroom and he didn't hesitate to crawl in the shower - FULLY CLOTHED! So, we put him in the tub and gave him a bath since he was wet anyway. Here is a couple pictures from the bath. He loves to drink the water as it comes out of the faucet!!
PS - I finally updated our website with some new pictures. Take a look (link also on the left.)

Summer

We have been having a fun summer. It has been HOT here in TN. So, we have spend a fair amount of time at the pool. Here is a picture of Asher ready to head to the pool!

Asher is 1 year old!

Ty and I have learned that the pictures with the signs might be out. It took two of us to take this one and the only way we could get it was to lay him on his back. Otherwise he was crawling away from the sign quickly or tearing apart the sign!

We had a small birthday party for Asher on Saturday. It was a beautiful day outside so we spend most of the time outside enjoying the weather. Asher's Aunt Emily made him a cake for his birthday. I thought he would be really into it... b/c I love sweets so much... but he was more confused than anything. He got some in this mouth but had much more fun pushing it onto the ground :) Here is a picture of him with the cake.


I can't believe that a year is up already. It truly has flown by. Asher is so fun to have around... I am not sure what we did before he was born :)
Thank you for all of the friends and family that celebrated with us and sent gifts for Asher's birthday. We love you!

First Haircut!

We couldn't wait till he was 1 to get his first haircut (he turns 1 on Friday). While we were in Dyer this weekend, we had his hair cut by the Paula. Paula was the one who also gave me my first haircut!! So, it was pretty special. I will have to dig up the pictures from my first haircut and put them side-by-side. Asher did so well. Paula said that he was in the top 5 for babies behaving during their first haircut. I like to think that I was also in her top 5... but she didn't say that :) Here are a couple pictures - before and after. Thanks to Ty taking pictures and my dad taking video, the experience was well documented!

Shaggy hair before...


Very clean cut after...