Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Asher --9 months

 It seems like a short time ago I was posting that Asher was 8 months and now he is 9 months!  He weighs 18.4 pounds and is kind of a lug to hold for too long.  He tried to grab everything within sight and now that he is crawling he knows that he can get to almost anything. He is a lot of fun right now but is becoming a bit of a momma's boy . . . such a blessing to have in our lives.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Camping Trial

 The forecast for this past weekend was gorgeous, so we decided to go camping Friday night for practice.  We will be spending a week in August camping in a pop up, but wanted to go with the kids for our own 'understanding' and to let them have a fun time too.  We found a place about 20 minutes from our house with a little pond for swimming.  The weather was wonderful, the campground quiet and clean, and the kids loved it! Well, accept Asher, he wasn't a fan of being in his stroller a lot or sleeping in the pack N play in a well lit area or the cold water(see below).
 Gideon and Briella were reintroduced to the deliciousness of s'mores :)


 Asher did enjoy the swing at the playground, if you didn't believe his record breaking teeth feel free to zoom in on this picture!
 We also fed fish with some bread and saw 100's of tadpoles in the pond. It was a lot of fun, especially for the kiddos :)  I have been camping several times, mostly in my single days where camping was about active & adventurous days, relaxing evenings, and taking turns with meals . . . camping with three kids kind of mixes those up so that the nights are active and 'adventurous,' the meals are a tag team marathon, and the relaxing is optional for adults.  Overall we enjoyed the day away and of course the kids are already asking when we can go camping again!!

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Mother's Day 2012

 Every Mother's Day I make sure to get a picture of me with the kids.  As we add kids this is becoming a little bit challenging.  So since there was no great picture, I'm going to share the three semi-respectable ones we got.   
 Does it look like Asher needs a haircut?!?  I am thinking so . . . he has a patch of long hairs on the top that are quite obvious in these pictures ;)
 Last week, Asher was a little off on his naps and rather cranky after dinner . . . I was going to quick grab a drink and do something before feeding him so he could go to bed!  Within a minute he went from whining to this:
Sleeping face down on the floor with the kids playing right there!  I couldn't believe it, poor kid was T.I.R.E.D.