"mom, take picture of ME!"

Happy Halloween!!

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

We took Asher to the Strider Cross saturday. Yep, he won. Well, they all won. It was super cute though. They did 3 different groups of kids, group A, group B, and the Strider group (strider is a brand of peddle-less toddler bikes). He made it all the way around the course on his own. He got to the barricades and just got off his bike and lifted it over. No coaching or assistance needed. Mike is super proud of him, it's pretty cute. Looks like we found a new Saturday activity!!

The Little Monster

Chewing on the fang of Asher's monster costume. Just happy as can be.

Our First Fat Lip

This morning, as Asher was jumping on the bed and Mike was pretending he was still sleeping we had an accident.  Well, Asher had an accident. He landed mouth first into Mikes knee.  He started screaming and Mike started hyperventilating. Well, not really hyperventilating, but definitely freaking out.  He ran Asher into the bathroom and started wiping up the blood.  Then started looking in his mouth and talking about a huge gash. (can you tell I thought Mike was overreacting a bit.) I for some reason was more concerned with the swelling so I offered a popsicle. This is where Mike and I's parenting ideas differ.  He, I think, was ready to call life flight.  I, on the other hand, was offering treats. Perhaps we should work together to meet more in the middle. :)

Novice parenting aside, Asher stopped crying less then 2 minutes after it happened. (really once he saw land before time on TV he forgot he even was gushing blood).  And he was fine.  I mentioned it to his teachers and he was very proud of his fat lip.  When I picked him up I couldn't see it and thought it had gone away, then I realized he was just sucking on it. 

He is quite proud of the fat lip.  Pretty exciting rite of passage for the lad.  I'm not looking forward to the broken bones I'm foreseeing in his future.

Asher vs Milo

For some reason today i thought it would be a good idea to try and recreate an older photo of Mike and Asher, so we could compare and see how much alike the two boys really look(ed) at this age.

So below are two photos. One is from two years ago with Asher and one is from today with Milo. It's probably not going to be very hard, I think it's kinda obvious when they're side by side like this....but what do you think? (Milo is obviously chunkier)

Cuteness

5 Months Old already...

Can you believe it! It's already been 5 months since I pushed this lil' guy out...

Can you believe how adorable he is? He really is the happiest baby ever. Everyone at daycare is always commenting on how happy he is, and just content. And I secretly love that they all fight over who gets to hold him. It's awesome. I still get to go up and nurse him twice a day at work. We've got our system down pat and he is now eating very consistently at almost concrete set times during the day. It's amazing how enjoyable a nice plan can be. I can mark out the feeding times on my calendar so I don't get double booked, and I can spend 20 minutes enjoying my little munchkin. (and the Outlook reminders that pop up are dually helpful, I have almost spaced it quite a few times)
He's sort of rolling over. Not really consistently, but he does well maneuvering himself around a blanket full of toys. He is just starting to sit up, and doing quite well. He's good for about 10-15 minutes, then he usually either falls to the side or falls back. Don't worry, we keep the boppy pillow wrapped around him for that specific reason. Safety First.

He doesn't have any teeth yet, that I have found. He really loves me singing to him, not sure many people can say they enjoy that, but it really seems to soothe him. It's nice, because it's not something I ever forget to leave at home. But people do give me odd looks when I'm singing twinkle twinkle while walking around Costco.
He is so in love with his brother. He could sit and watch Asher play all day and be super entertained. Milo laughs at Asher's silliness all the time, and lights up when he see's his face. He used to show a certain amount of fear in his eye when he would hear Asher's voice, but that has turned into joy. I am so excited for him to grow up a bit more so he and Asher can really play together. It will be so fun to watch.

He is now sleeping through the night, which is so amazing for both my sanity and my exhaustion. There was a point there where I really thought I wasn't going to make it. Between my more than normally stressful job, and the complete lack of sleep I was really questioning my health. But now we are on the up and up. Yippee!

Milo has turned out to be quite a keeper. He is such a wonderful addition to our little family.