5 Months

I'm baaaaack!  :)  I can't believe it has been a month since my last post!  I have a really good reason - JZ has been working on a side project that he doesn't feel comfortable doing on his work computer, so he has been using our home computer.  My computer.  No computer = no blogging.  But, he's at the gym right now, and I'm down one kid (more on that later!), so I'm squeezing in a little computer time myself.  I have so much to update, but I'm going to have to bite it off in small chunks.

I'll start with the most important two events that have happened in the last two days and then work backwards (hold on to your hats, this is going to be a good time.  Ha!)

First thing's first...

Asher Basher it 5 months old!  

He's still huge, still sweet, still smiley, and still an absolute joy

I have now packed up all of the 3-6 months clothes and have pulled out the 6-9 month ones.  Unfortunately, when Caden was in 6-9 month clothes it was the dead of winter.  There was not a short sleeve onesie in the bunch!  It's still in the 90's here, so I still had to go buy him some new clothes.  I think he just wants his own wardrobe!

This darling boy is looking more and more like his big brother

That is Caden on the left and Asher on the right.  Uncanny, isn't it?

Basher, you are a delight!  You can't look at your bright blue eyes or sweet smile and not smile yourself.  You can soften even the grumpiest, random stranger.  Your mommy, daddy, and big brother love you to bits.  We are lucky to have you!

Whoa, Asher Basher!

Yesterday, this sweet boy turned four months old.

Today we went to the doctor for his well-baby check-up and another round of shots.

Dude is big. Really big.

Like 

16 lb. 3.2 oz. (75%)

25 1/2 in. (75%)

Big.

Like

almost 2 lb.

and 3/4 in.

bigger than his brother was at 4 months

Just as cute though

No wonder the 3-6 months clothes and size 2 diapers are beginning to look a little tight! 

You're living up to your nickname, Asher Basher!

Who is It?

What do you think, do they look alike?

1 month

2 months

3 months

3 month professional pics

In each of the pictures, Caden is on the left and Asher is on the right.  I think they look pretty similar - handsome, handsome, handsome!

July 12...

2011

2012

:)

Wordless Wednesday: Four of My Favorites

Conversations with Caden

I'm going to be really sad when Caden starts saying things correctly.  It's just too cute!  Here are a few of my current favorites:

• hang-ga-ber (hamburger)
• mock-a-ma-lo-lee (guacamole - see video below)

• "Can I see Asher please, Mommy?  He's my friend."
• "We've got work to do.  It's big boy work.  Sorry Gags!"
• funder (thunder)
• gumbrella (umbrella)
• safari (Ferrari) 
• "I'm just realing." ("realing" is the opposite of pretending.  I asked him if he really had to go potty or if he was just pretending.  He told me he was "realing," not pretending.)

iPhone Dump

Usually I take pictures on our big camera.  Sometimes I don't have our big camera with me, so I take pics on my camera phone and then I forget to take the pics off my phone for awhile.  Oops!  So here are some (relatively) recent, random pics that I took on my phone while we were out and about...

Last week we went to an employee appreciation party at Coors (you're probably asking yourself who is employed at the brewery...no one!  We went as the guests of my retiree mom).  

There was a race that Caden was signed up for, but did not participate in - it started at 7:30am, and there are many things I will wake him up for, but that's not one of them!  At least he got a free t-shirt and prizes!

There was also food, face painting, and jumpy castles

Caden's favorite part was the fire truck - the firefighters even let him spray the fire hose!

Here is a video of Caden doing his newest trick - a somersault!

One night, after Caden had gone to bed and JZ had gone to meet a friend for a few beers,  Asher and I were hanging out on the couch together watching The Bachelorette on TV and waiting to feed him one more time.  I was so enthralled in the show that I didn't realize that he had stopped kicking around.  I looked down and realized Asher had started his night right there.  i figured he would sleep for 20 min. or so, but two hours later I finally woke him up to feed him one last time and put him to bed.  

Let's keep him, shall we?

The other day Caden, Asher, Papa, Gaga, and I went to the Denver Children's Museum again.  This time, Caden spent a lot of time "building" things with REAL TOOLS

So happy!  I'm sure it's because of the tools, but I'll just keep telling myself that it's because he got to play with me :)

I keep telling Asher that one day (too soon!) he'll be big enough to play at the museum with his big brother.  Until then, he hangs out in the stroller with Freddie the Firefly

And last but not least, this is what a tree that has been struck by lightning looks like

Seriously, this is a tree in our front yard that got zapped.  After a big flash and a HUGE crash of thunder that caused our alarm system to trip and start going off, this is what JZ saw - a sizzling tree trunk with a big hunk of dirt missing (we found it in the middle of the sidewalk).  JZ's fillings started tingling and it will probably take Caden and Belle forEVER to not shake during a thunderstorm.  And Asher?  He slept through the entire thing, even though the lightning hit right outside his window.

Exciting stuff, right?