A New Arrival

Asher has a new cousin! Alliyah Mae VanZandt was born last Saturday (May 24th). Both mama and baby are doing well(at least the last time I talked to them, they were). They were just waiting to get the okay to go home from the hospital. This makes cousin #11 for Asher, but every single one of them lives far, far away! Hopefully Asher (and Paeter and I) will get to meet Alliyah this fall! Welcome, precious girl!

Stats

Just wanted to give the update on Asher's stats, since he had his NINE MONTH appointment yesterday. He's now 18lbs 4oz, and 29 1/2 inches long! The pediatrician said he's in good health and everything looks great! Yay!

Asher's Progress

I tried to show a little of the progression of Asher learning to crawl. The 2 halves of the video are about a week to a week-and-a-half apart. In the first half you'll see that he's not very steady and he can't quite sit up. He'll stay leaning on one hand (or just fall over). And he can't quite crawl, but he can push himself backwards! In the second half it is Memorial Day at Uncle Jon and Aunt Karyne's house. He's doing much better now! (For extra credit, can anyone name the movie that's playing in the background??)

Busy...with nothing to show for it

I can't believe it's been 20 days since I last posted on Asher's blog! I took some video (as you can see above), but not really any pictures. So, until I got that video done, there was nothing to post! I would come home from work and look at all the other blogs that the mommies are faithfully posting on, and poor Asher had no updates! Well, here he is, moving around more than ever. He's still not a speed demon (and that's okay by me!), but he gets around just fine.

All wrapped up

As Asher is learning to move around, I caught him getting all wound up in his blanket that was on the floor.
Isn't he such a cute little burrito?

Moving around

I took some photos of Asher moving around the other day and wanted to share them. No, he's not crawling, yet, but he is getting close!
He can kind of push himself backwards a little bit, but then usually gets stuck on something. If you look closely you can see that he's kind of giving the same face in each picture.
This is the face that he would make as soon as he saw the camera. I don't know if it's his current version of a smile, or if he just doesn't like the camera right now, or what. I don't say "smile" before I take a picture,
but I swear he would be happy until he saw that I was going to take a picture and then he would make this face! He wasn't whining or fussing, just making the face! Crazy boy!

Sleeping like a baby

Ever since Asher started rolling around and "exploring" in his crib before naps and bedtime I've enjoyed peeking in from time to time just to see what position he ended up in. This one I had to capture "on film" and share with everyone. (Yes, his feet are resting on top of the crib bumper!)