Bath time

Well, now that Asher is 8 months old (!), I thought it was high time we took some pictures of him in the tub. He really likes his baths, and LOVES to splash in the water. He doesn't care how much water lands on his face, he just keeps going! It's so fun to watch!

Morning at the park

Asher and I went to the park this morning. It was nice and warm (probably low-mid 80s) and sunny! We saw people and plants and some baby ducks, too! You can see in this first picture that Asher is crossing his ankles. He just started doing that this past weekend and now he does it all the time!

I think Asher's excited to be outdoors!

Asher's first ride in the swing. He had a good time. :-)

Incidentally, near the end of our time at the park we had a minor incident. Everyone's fine, but I put Asher on top of one of the picnic tables to change his diaper and when I was done, I put the dirty one back in the diaper bag. I took my eyes off of him for no more than a few seconds and he chose to roll over. I was sitting right beside him, but he rolled right off the table and I caught him by his leg as he was falling. I don't think he even hit any of his body parts on the bench, but he was sure scared! (as was I!) I've been thanking God ever since for teaching me a lesson without letting little Asher get hurt in the process. I'm very thankful that Asher chose to roll TOWARDS me instead of away, and that I looked back at him at the moment I did, and that I was able to catch him before he hit the ground (cement!). I'm sure all parents can relate to something scary like that happening, and I've heard that babies can move quickly, but now I know from experience just HOW quickly! YIKES!

How do you choose just one?

Sometimes I feel bad about the number of pictures I include in a single post, but I can't seem to choose just one! Our little boy is just so darn cute (no bias here!), I have to show him off to everyone! :-)

Daddy's "Little Stinker"

Yesterday was Paeter's 30th birthday, so I thought I would take a picture of him and Asher together. Well, I did take several (it was hard to get Asher to look at the camera!) but this is the only one that came out nicely. All the other ones were blurry! And wouldn't you know it, but this is the one where Asher has the expression of "Mom, would you hurry up already?!" (all said in a whiney tone, of course!) As a side note, Asher's shirt says "little stinker" on it. I bought it because Paeter calls him 'stinker' all the time!

Sitting up all by himself

Okay, so maybe this is cheating a little bit, but I was very proud of Asher when he sat up all by himself from this semi-lying position (and he seems proud of himself, too).

Here he is, trying hard to sit up and...

...he does it!

Yay, Asher!

Sweet Potato Success

We took a little step forward yesterday and today. Asher seems to like sweet potatoes! He doesn't aggressively seek out the spoon, but at least he opens his mouth for it part of the time! We'll see if this pattern continues.