Asher is 5 months old now! He weighs 17 pounds, unofficially . . . and this morning I felt his first tooth! He is about a pound ahead of Briella and Gideon at 5 months. I checked their calendars and they both had their first tooth around 7 1/2 months!?! Not sure I like this news, but oh well, not much I can do! Asher has been shoving his fingers and various toys in his mouth a lot recently so I have been checking for teeth and this morning was the first time I felt tooth rather than a hard bump. So the drooling will probably continue for months and months . . . which is why one of my next sewing projects is going to be bibs!
I can't take a picture of one without these two goofballs wanting in on the action! Here are my smiling sweethearts :)
I finally found some time to do some sewing projects on my 'new' sewing machine I am buying from my Mom. I made Asher a little monster taggie, a mini version of Gideon's. Asher promptly broke it in with some drool . . .
I added his name to one of the legs for a personal touch . . . I'm not sure if it my lack of embroidery experience, or the difficulty of embroidering on the fleece, but it was hard to make neat letters! Must have been the fabric ;O
Stephan built these doll bunk beds for Briella as a Christmas gift and I sewed some 'mattresses' and pillows to go with them. She is pretty excited about her bed and there have been babies sleeping in it ever since!! (In the background you can see our new glider rocker from Grandma VM, we love it!!)
After a two week break, we are back to our preschool letters . . . we made ice cream for I last week. Briella is getting better at writing her name and coloring and it is fun to see her learn! She has progressed from scribbling in the vicinity of the shape with one color to using different colors on the picture and staying closer to the lines. I didn't realize this slow progression, but I'm thankful she has made some progress, because I was starting to wonder if she was just a messy colorer.
At four months Asher is weighing around 15 pounds. He is starting to use his arms to grab at things, so toys are actually fun now. He is also shoving his fist in his mouth frequently and I'm hoping it's not teeth already . . . and we are really pushing the pacifier to avoid thumb sucking.
