39 Weeks: Deck the Halls!

Dear Asher,

You are really starting to cruise now! You love to be on the ground crawling and it is getting tougher and tougher to keep up with you! You definitely blaze your own path in the family room, making everything in your way a potential toy or teething item. Your latest fascination is the dog food dishes. We are trying to find a new place for those things quickly! You'll crawl over to them and I'll pick you up and move you to the other side of the room and you'll quickly crawl back over to the dishes- it's pretty cute.

This week your daddy took Friday off from work and we had a special Christmas weekend! First thing on Friday morning we got up and took you to University Village to see Santa Claus. It was a very cold morning, but thankfully we were first in line and didn't have to wait long to meet him. You weren't too thrilled with having to sit in his lap, but considering you had never seen him before you didn't get too upset. There were a few tears, but they were quickly gone once we picked you up from his lap. Then we came home, you had a nap and after you woke up we took you to the pool for some swimming. You love the water and can't get enough of it! On Saturday Daddy put up the Christmas lights on the house and then we went to Garden D'Lights at the Bellevue Botanical Gardens. That was so much fun. We took Grandpa Don and Grandma Mary. You loved looking at the lights. It was a great way to get in the holiday spirit! Christmas is even more fun when we see it through your eyes!

Garden D'Lights

Garden D'Lights

Shocked Santa and Upset Baby

Who is this big bearded fellow?

Get me off of this guy!

Crawling for the dog food

38 Weeks: Crawling in a Winter Wonderland

Dear Asher,

You are the funniest person in our lives. It's amazing that a baby who doesn't have words yet can be so comedic with just facial expressions, sounds, and gestures. It's true though, you crack us up everyday and sometimes you think we're pretty funny too. Maybe you're just laughing at us though and not with us?

We are in the full on Christmas season around here- lots of Christmas music, Christmas smells and sights. You seem to love it all, especially the Christmas music. You have started to dance, which cracks us up. First you start hitting your hip with your hand and then you start swinging your arms around. Adorable to see. Although strangely the music you have most responded to with dancing was a hip-hop parody video from the Funny or Die website that one of my friend's sent me to watch. This sort of disturbed mommy.

You are also getting better and better at crawling, which is so fun to see. You crawled over to the dog food in record time this morning and tipped the bowl over. It used to be we could put you on the rug and walk away for a minute and you wouldn't get far, but those days are over!

This past week we did a lot of Christmas decorating and have been going on morning walks in the cold, cold weather. You seem to enjoy them. We love you so much, Asher!

Looking cute and bundled up on a morning walk.

You poor kid, your mommy is posting a video of you "doing your business!"

 Spending time with your friend Lila Rose