Jesus Loves Me!

These videos are from over a month ago--actually almost 2 months ago! And like the previous post, Asher has gotten much better since then (even singing the 2nd verse, now!), but this is when Asher had just begun singing "Jesus Loves Me" with us. Such a precious little voice. :-) Don't you agree?!

And here I caught Asher singing all by himself "Yes Jesus Loves ME! The Bible tells me so! Yay!" I LOVE how he's almost shouting it, and he kept doing this over and over and over! Asher may not know who Jesus is, yet, but it makes me happy that he knows this song already and will be able to ask questions about it soon so that we can teach him about the Truth that is in it!

Hello!

This video clip is almost 3 months old, but I had to start somewhere, right? I remember taking this video because Asher was playing with his "cell phone" and started saying, "hello!" He hadn't really said this word before, so it was very exciting at the time. His vocabulary has since exploded and I hopeto show more of that in future posts.

To "tide you over" until I have more time...

I KNOW it has been forever since I've posted anything and I WAS gonna do a bunch of blogging tonight, but it took my computer SO LONG to upload all my pictures and videos that now I don't have time to blog! So, I'll leave you with this one picture of Asher for now, because he's just so darn CUTE in it! :-) I will try VERY hard to have more time soon!

the EXPERT spinner

Here's what Asher's "spinning" looks like these days. Notice the effortless skill he uses to get the bowls going! I don't know why he's shaking his hand like that. He doesn't do that most of the time. Maybe he was just excited this day. Hope you likey!

Cruise on Canyon Lake

While my parents were in town (near the end of May) we went for a cruise on the Dolly Steamboat on Canyon Lake, and this is what Asher spent some of his time doing. Crazy boy! (He looks a little drunk at the end, but I promise there was nothing but WATER in that green cup he picked up!)

Uh oh, baby!

This is Asher's new phrase (as of May 17th--sorry, I'm still a little behind in my posting, but at least I'm getting them on here!)

My matching boys

I just HAD to get a picture of this! Don't they make a GREAT pair?!

More pool action

Here's Asher splashing away in his pool again--he just LOVES the water! (Have I said that, yet?) This time, it's really warm outside, so he didn't get cold! :-)

Playing with the laundry basket

'Nuf said

Play Date

Asher and I had a play date with our friends Melissa and Aaron at the beginning of May and these are just a few pictures we took that day. This first one is of us trying to get the 2 boys to smile at the same time. (if you look closely you can see the reflection in the window of Melissa's attempt to get them to smile--good job Aaron! You think Mommy is funny! Asher just looks like he doesn't know WHAT is going on!)

These next 2 are of us telling the boys to give hugs (or maybe kisses, I can't remember). And they just never quite got there....

The AFTER pictures...

After Asher was in the pool, I decided that he needed a haircut BADLY!! (actually I had known for WEEKS that he needed one, but just didn't have the time!) So, I decided spur of the moment to take him over to a children's hair salon that several friends had GREAT experiences with their kids at. And when I got there, I found out they were closed...for GOOD! Oh, boy, now what was I going to do?! So, I decided, "here goes nothing!" and I sat him in his booster seat and put his favorite video on (which was only 30 minutes long so I had to work quickly!), gave him a PILE of Goldfish crackers and went to work. I really didn't have any idea what I was doing and as I got partway into the haircut, it really LOOKED like I had no idea what I was doing. But, the more I cut, the more I seemed to get the hang of it, and in the end I was really PROUD of the outcome! I thought I did a darn good job! :-) Yay! I was so scared that I was gonna have a very funny looking little boy when I was done. But what a relief that I didn't! So, here are the pictures I took immediately afterwards. Asher did surprisingly well! The only thing he had trouble with was when the scissors got close to his ears. He didn't like the sound of them. (and now it's actually time to do it all over again!)

In the pool...a little early

I know how much Asher loves being in water, so I waited as long as I could before putting him in the pool, but it really wasn't quite warm enough, yet...at least not at 5:45pm when the sun was already starting to go down. This was from April 29th and the air temp was pretty warm to just be sitting out in, but the water was cold, and the air just wasn't THAT warm. So, Asher ended up with chattering teeth at the end, but he sure loved his time while he was IN the pool! And as I was deciding what part of the video to post I realized that Asher is trying to spin that bowl IN THE POOL! :-) He sure is a crazy boy! And, yes, says "puppy" at the end. I don't think you can hear it in the video, but we heard a dog bark, and Asher used one of his very few words to identify it!! Go Asher! (oh, and by the way, this is the BEFORE picture of his haircut!)

The REAL beginning

These are the culprits that started the whole "spinning" thing. Every time we went over to Nana and Papa's house he would go straight to these wooden rings and drop them on the floor, I guess because he liked the sound of them. Then as they started spinning, he just kept doing that and the rest is history....

Crazy bed head hair!

I had to take a picture of this crazy hair! He was sweating during his nap and I guess he must have been sleeping on his head because he had this crazy hair going on when I got him up! And this is even a little more tame than when I saw him in his crib!

The beginning

This is Asher when he first started Tupperware spinning. I will post (hopefully soon) what it looks like these days! This video was taken on April 12th. It's amazing how much time he spends doing this. Paeter thinks that when Asher grows up he will be a plate spinner! :-)

Easter Pic

I know this is definitely late, but for those of you who didn't get to see this, it's Asher's Easter picture. Adorable, huh?! ;-)

oh boy

Wow, here it is, another month has gone by since I posted last. Where does the time go? Well, hopefully I'll get something up here again, soon! I do have pictures and video, but they're still on my camera. You can forget about me getting any blogging done during the week, and on Saturdays, too, for that matter, so that leaves me just with Sundays. And here it is Sunday evening again, and nothing to show you all. Please check back soon, and I will try my hardest to have something new for you to look at!! Thanks for hanging in there for me with my BUSY life! Love you all! :)

Checking email

I guess Asher needed to check his email.

Just can't get enough of that smile!

More pics at the park

Here's another stuffed animal that Asher loves!

Running around in the grass.

Overjoyed at being shown another stuffed animal.

Ducks at the park

We went to the park a few weeks ago so Aunt Karyne could take some 18month pictures of Asher. She got lots of good ones, but I only wanted to use one for the actual 18 month pic, so I thought I'd share some of the other pictures here!

What a smile!! I think this is where Uncle Jon pulled out one of Asher's favorite stuffed animals and was showing it to Asher so that he would look at the camera. :-)

And here is where Asher got a hold of that little bear and is giving it a kiss.

The "time out" spot

Yup, Asher's "old enough" now to start getting disciplined. :-( It's hard because he's such a sweet boy, but it's amazing how he knows when he's doing something he's not supposed to. I wasn't home the first time Asher got sent to the "time out" spot, but from Paeter's account, I'm GLAD! It was rough on both of them! But, Daddy must have done it right because Asher knows to just sit there and wait for one of us to come get him up when it's time (and he cries the whole time he's sitting there--so heartbreaking!). *Sigh* how many years until he stops doing things he's not supposed to??! ;-)

Singing the ABCs

We have sung the ABC song to Asher since he was born, so he's probably heard the song at least 1000 times! And now he has 2 toys that at the push of a button will play the ABC song FOR him! How fun it was for him to discover that his toys play a song that he knows! So, I guess it was inevitable that he would start to sing along. Well, here's a video of him singing some of it, (as you can see, he get's distracted)but in this clip you don't ever get to hear him finish it. I'll have to capture that another time!

Ahhh, they start so young.

Paeter has found out that Asher really likes watching him play his pc game. He can really spend a long time sitting in Daddy's lap just watching what he is doing! So, I thought I'd share the moment, too!

Our Little Reader

So, I got a new digital camera--FINALLY, and now I'm just trying to figure out all the bells and whistles on it. But one thing I HAVE discovered is that it takes VIDEO, too! What an AWESOME bonus! Now, I don't have to drag out the big ol' video camera and then put the whole tape on the computer, then edit the clip I want to post, etc, etc. This is MUCH simpler! So, here is a little clip of our precious boy who just loves to read. ENJOY!

Mommy's helper?

I guess Asher decided that he wanted to help "fold" the diapers. It usually takes me at least twice as long when he "helps" me!

Playing at the park

It's been a couple weeks since these picture were taken, but we've been trying to take trips to the park these days since the weather is SO NICE! Asher loves the slide, but he's not sure what he thinks of the sand, just yet. And he always finds ONE rock to bring back home.

Update

So, Asher just got done teething again, and now he's sleeping better at night, which is really nice for Mommy and Daddy! That makes 8 teeth total now, and I don't think it will be long before the molars start to give him problems!
Asher still LOVES books and would have you read to him all day long, if you'd let him! And when someone else isn't reading to him, he "reads" to himself! It's just so precious! I've captured just a little of it on film, and hope to get some more before he grows out of this stage! He's also starting to say a few words--finally! :-) So far I've heard "Hi!", "uh, oh", "daddy/dada", "doe!(no!)", and just yesterday, "baby" when he saw himself in the mirror, and then again when he saw a baby on TV.
He loves to have music, too, and has been "singing" off and on for a while, but just in the last few days I actually heard him sing a few letters when he was singing along with one of his toys that was playing the ABCs! And I SWEAR I heard him sing "Jesus loves you..." (just those words, but the song continued in "Asher speak" after that). The ABC song and Jesus Loves Me (Actually I sing it to him Jesus loves YOU) are the 2 songs that Paeter and I have been singing to him since birth, because those are 2 BIG things that we want for Asher...to READ, and to KNOW JESUS! Yay! He's getting it! :-)

Art Show

On January 7th, we went to an art show fund-raising event that a friend of ours had. She had a professional photographer there who took this picture. I didn't even know it was taken! But, anyway, I just thought it was amazing and wanted to share it with all of you!

Well, there you have it.

Okay, so I've updated my blog from the last 2 months. Sorry it took me so long, everyone! I hope you enjoy all the pics, and I hope it doesn't take me that long again! Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!

One more time.

Here's that swing and slide again, and Asher just can't wipe that smile off his face!